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Excite
Starting on December 17th, 2001 Excite results were produced
from Overture,
although apparently not entirely in a bid-sequence. It appears
that the top 15 results are in the Overture sequence, and that
those in position 16 and higher appear to be additional Overture
results except sorted by relevance instead of bid. This will include
the "free" Inktomi
results reported by Overture
if warranted.
Excite
is a MetaSearch engine receiving results from Overture,
Inktomi,
Fast,
AskJeeves,
Looksmart,
about.com,
and FindWhat
-- just about anybody that is a PPC feed. It is not yet clear
how relevance (results sequence) is determined, but it appears
to be determined by the algorithms of the other search engines
providing the results.
Excite
results come from Pay-Per-Click engines, notably Overture
for top results followed by Inktomi.
Adding a URL and ranking management is achieved thru Overture
and Inktomi.
Excite,
WebCrawler,
and Magellan
all use the same database in conducting their searches; therefore,
these search engines return the same results.
The following search engines or directories
provide content to Excite:
Overture
Inktomi
Fast
AskJeeves
Looksmart
The following search engines receive
content from Excite:
Magellan
WebCrawler
WebCrawler
and Magellan
are virtual clones of the Excite
results, generally with a different presentation on the same information.
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