[45859] in Cypherpunks
Re: [NOISE] Alta Vista caches queries
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven L. Baur)
Sat Dec 23 15:56:56 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: steve@miranova.com (Steven L. Baur)
Date: 23 Dec 1995 12:46:32 -0800
In-Reply-To: nobody@REPLAY.COM's message of 21 Dec 1995 18:20:13 -0800
>>>>> "Hieronymous" == Anonymous <nobody@REPLAY.COM> writes:
Hieronymous> Here's one more
Hieronymous> reason to worry about the implications of web search
Hieronymous> engines: I just stopped in on Digital's new Alta
Hieronymous> Vista page, and was surprised to find that the query
Hieronymous> field was filled in--with a search I ran 3 or 4 days
Hieronymous> ago.
I see no evidence whatsoever that caching is taking place. The
Alta Vista robot browsed the web site I manage for months prior to
public release, and behaved in exemplary fashion. In short, they
appear to be managed by people who know what they're doing. There's
nothing sinister about Alta Vista IMHO.
Furthermore, no one has mentioned the positive changes made to
Dejanews since it got bashed thoroughly on this list a few weeks ago.
They've significantly turned down the amount of old information
indexed, and have restricted the groups (and mailing lists) they
archive.
--
steve@miranova.com baur
