HOTBOT Wired Ventures

660 Third St. San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 276-8400 Fax: (415) 276-8499

URL to the engine http:// www. hotbot. com

Must submit EACH page? Not necessary; spider finds pages.
How long to index my page? Within two days now!
Recognizes and supports META tags? YES
Are searches case sensitive? NO - only when relevant, e. g., neXt computers

Does a spider index the site? YES
Uses data entered on submission form only? NO
Is page popularity a factor? NO -although they certainly have this technology and could implement it at any time

Alphabetical ranking used? NO
Keyword weight plays a role? YES
Title tag considered for relevancy? YES
Prominence of keywords in title tag important? YES
Frequency of keywords in title tag important? YES
Comment Tags considered for relevancy? YES
Max. length of title accepted UNKNOWN
Max. length of keyword META Tag UNKNOWN
Max. length of description field you can submit N/ A

How to check to see if you're listed Select "Advanced Search" from just below the main search screen. On the "Advanced Search" page, there's a search box halfway down the page titled, "Location / Domain" Click on "domain" and enter your domain in the blank. www. yourcompany. com HotBot will return all pages listed for that domain in the HotBot index.

How to check your link popularity Drop-down menu on main search screen, "links to this URL."

Type in full URL as follows:

http:// www. yourcompany. com

E-mail support support@ hotbot. com

Total documents indexed 110 million pages indexed

Total page views HotBot does not disclose this figure.

They do acknowledge 5 million unique people a month use HotBot.

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