[WEB4LIB] Go Network search is now provided by GoTo

[Reed, Tracey]

cnet has an interesting article on what is happening with InfoSeek:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5125958.html?tag=mn_hd

-Tracey
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Tracey Reed
Webmaster, Clearwater Public Library
treed at clearwater-fl.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Kuntz [mailto:jkuntz at ansernet.rcls.org]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Go Network search is now provided by GoTo



Sometime this past week, Go.com [Disney/InfoSeek] relaunched, and the
InfoSeek search engine has been replaced by GoTo. From GoTo's about page:

"GoTo Search is the Internet's leading Pay-For-Performance(tm) search
engine. GoTo Search generates highly relevant search results by allowing
advertisers to bid for placement in the company's search results only on
keywords that are relevant to their Web sites."

I note that GoTo claims alliances with AV and Lycos. Is the use of
pay-for-performance more subtle on those sites?
Any reason why Go.com should be left on library pages of search links?
Will InfoSeek resurface somewhere?

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Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
Author, KidsClick! Web Searching Skills Guide,
http://www.neal-schuman.com/db/3/173.html
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