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Re: AV 404 Errors-how long to remove? From carl ballew on 26 Feb '99 replying to AV 404 Errors-how long to remove? posted by Chuc >Last week, in a particular search on Altavista, I found one domain with >40 bad listings in the top 100 for that search phrase. I submitted >them and AV said they'd be removed in a day or two. This week, they >are still there, still in the same positions, and still bad listings. >How long does AV normally take to get rid of 404 error submissions? I tried that long ago, and gave it, and Alta Vista, up as a waste of time. I still submit to them, but refuse to attempt doing their dirty work for them. I also don't like having to load my sites up with spam just for Alta Vista (and Hotbot!)

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>>Last week, in a particular search on Altavista, I found one domain with >>40 bad listings in the top 100 for that search phrase. I submitted >>them and AV said they'd be removed in a day or two. This week, they >>are still there, still in the same positions, and still bad listings. >>How long does AV normally take to get rid of 404 error submissions? > >I tried that long ago, and gave it, and Alta Vista, up as a waste of time. I still submit to them, but refuse to attempt doing their dirty work for them. I also don't like having to load my sites up with spam just for Alta Vista (and Hotbot!)