On 27 Dec 2004 at 10:03, Graywolf wrote: > Thanks too all for the search suggestions. > > I can tell you ebay is taking over the web. For instance a search for > "kodacraft" (the developing tank with the plastic aprons) gets 188 hits. Add > "-ebay" and it drops to 40. Add "-auction" as well and it drops to 25. That is > 87% of the hits are ebay related. Worse because some of the remainders are the > webpages ebay auctions refer to. Even if you are looking to buy something from > ebay 90%+ of those references are to out of date auctions. > > BTW, didn't ebay buy out google a couple of years back?
It's more to do with harvesters linking to eBay actions in order to drag unsuspecting searchers to their sites. The more valid links to your site the higher it's rated by Google, the more people will stumble across it and the more hits you can offer to prospective advertisers. It's sad and unfortunate. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
