Internal Revenue Service/AltaVista

Kyle Banerjee banerjek at ucs.orst.edu
Mon Apr 21 19:01:36 EDT 1997


> For an interesting example of how a web page designer can flummox a search
> engine
> try the search (I used quotes and capitals but it may not be necessary!)  :
> "Internal Revenue Service"  in AltaVista.  The site at the very top of the list
> isn't all that relevant to this search.  It's a hardcore xxx site that has made
> creative use of Meta keywords and black text on a black background.
> 
	
	Since lots of folks have been putting the word "sex" in their 
meta info so that their unrelated pages would appear, I guess this was 
just a matter of time ;) 

kyle
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