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Microcap & Penny Stocks : TheBigHub.com (OTC:BHUB)

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To: sleuthmaven who wrote (37)1/1/1999 3:41:00 AM
From: c-man  Read Replies (2) of 666
 
sleuth, I have been studying sleuth for only a few days; love their meta-search engine as a very convenient way to skip over visiting each and every engine for a max search ib min time. One problem that I still can't get over....if these meta-search engines lose their "access" to the core search engines (the "true portals" such as yahoo, Excite, Lycos, etc), they've lost most of their business plan. Why would "core" engines deny the metas access ? Because they would, rightfully so, see the metas as cannabilizing their visitors. Metas just feed you to the info...you don't have to set foot in Yahoo or Excite. In fact, intrinsically, the point of a meta is to save time and cover ground bykeeping a person at their site. Yahoo and others can't been too keen on that goal.

This trade rag discusses a related issue (metas dbasing search engines without permission). internetwk.com

So - what protects meta-engines right to dbase the core engine, and can the core engine BLOCK OUT metas that try to access ? I see inherent conflict over the consumers' browsing time which is what everyone wants and needs for the advertising revenue/income stream.

c-man

P.S. Other metas I've bookmarked - not sure how many, if any, are owned by publicly-held tradable stock companies.
1blink.com
2q.to
copernic98.com
cyber411.com
dogpile.com
fly-catcher.com
freeality.com
highway61.com
mamma.com
metacrawler.com
searchspaniel.com
surfy.com
webtaxi.com
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