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Re: Lycos is loco? From Erik at ElectronCloud.com on 11 June '00 replying to Re: Lycos is loco? posted by adam >Lycos accesses two databases. Sometimes it accesses >Lycos's own database, and sometimes fast.no >(aka alltheweb.com.) Alltheweb's spider will not visit >"virtually hosted" sites (multiple sites at >the same IP.) Also, Allthweb's database is badly >scaled; new submissions never get to the head >of the queue. I have this from an actual person >at Lycos. Thanks, That explains it.

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>>Lycos accesses two databases. Sometimes it accesses >>Lycos's own database, and sometimes fast.no >>(aka alltheweb.com.) Alltheweb's spider will not visit >>"virtually hosted" sites (multiple sites at >>the same IP.) Also, Allthweb's database is badly >>scaled; new submissions never get to the head >>of the queue. I have this from an actual person >>at Lycos. > >Thanks, >That explains it.