Webposition

[Bennett, David]

    No, this is not another job listing, but an interesting piece of 
shareware that gives reports on how a website is ranked (trial version 
limited to three search search engines).  Also includes tips on how to 
improve a site's ranking.  Not that anyone here is concerned about 
rankings...but this software may provide some insight in how search 
engines rank sites.

Name of Software:  WebPosition
Company:  FirstPlaceSoftware http://www.webposition.com/
Windows 95 required
Shareware: Free to try, $99 if you decide to keep it.
Version available: 1.10.3
Compressed Size: 2,699,344 bytes 

Full version searches: AltaVista, Excite/AOL NetFind, InfoSeek, HotBot, 
LinkStar, Lycos,
 OpenText, WebCrawler, Yahoo!, and YellowPages. 
30 day trial searches: AltaVista, Excite/AOL NetFind, and InfoSeek

Here's a review at ZDNet:
http://www6.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000N6Y

I have no financial interest in this product, and use at your own risk.
                 
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David Bennett  (bennett at robert-morris.edu)
Systems Support & Instruction Librarian
Robert Morris College Library
881 Narrows Run Road
Moon Township, PA  15108
(412) 262-8474
(412) 262-4049 fax
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