> At 06:09 PM 7/18/98 -0700, Javilk wrote:
> > Fewer and fewer. One of the things I do, is to put robot trap links
> >into some of my file so as to tell what is a robot, and what isn't. They
> What is a robot 'trap'? I know about some of the robot exclusions, but not
> the traps.
A robot trap... is an invisible file reference, be it via A - /A tags
with no text, or within comment fields. Often made to a file that does
not exist, so that it will not be placed in a search engine catalog. The
robot is then detected when it asks for that invisible file.
Some have refined the process by providing a file full of random
e-mail names referencing non-existant domain names... Or pehrhaps
auto-responders that notify their ISP's???
> > What search engines ought to do, is to churn the returns in each grade
> >band, so as to give everyone a more equal chance. Rotate the contents of
> Very good idea! That's actually quite similar to what cmtgroup.com does
> with their links. They call it 'Search without Predudice' because it's
> actually a combination search engine/FFA links list so meta tags don't matter.
Well, you do want to keep it within the match grade band so that a
search for "blue bottle fly" will still have all the three word links
above the two word links.
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