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Re: IP Address Caching of Slurp@inktomi From Inachu at Help Desk on 24 July '99 replying to IP Address Caching of Slurp@inktomi posted by Dan >I've recently changed IP's on my website and the DNS has been updated >now for 4 weeks. I kept the OLD IP address and Webserver active >during the transition so that any DNS Caching delays will not affect >visitors going to the old IP address. So far all traffic is now going >to the NEW IP address except some of the Crawlers like Inktomi's >Slurp, according to the server logs. > >Does anyone know if Slurp will ever update its cache or do I need to >deactivate the old IP and Webserver to force Inktomi to update? >I'm concerned that if I deactivate the ip, the spider will just drop >the url instead of updating the DNS/IP entry. > >Any Thaughts? You need to use meta tags that tell the bots not to cache your older website............. Better yet do a search at infoseek or hotbot on: Metatag no cache Inachu

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>>I've recently changed IP's on my website and the DNS has been updated >>now for 4 weeks. I kept the OLD IP address and Webserver active >>during the transition so that any DNS Caching delays will not affect >>visitors going to the old IP address. So far all traffic is now going >>to the NEW IP address except some of the Crawlers like Inktomi's >>Slurp, according to the server logs. >> >>Does anyone know if Slurp will ever update its cache or do I need to >>deactivate the old IP and Webserver to force Inktomi to update? >>I'm concerned that if I deactivate the ip, the spider will just drop >>the url instead of updating the DNS/IP entry. >> >>Any Thaughts? > >You need to use meta tags that tell the bots not to cache your >older website............. > >Better yet do a search at infoseek or hotbot on: > >Metatag no cache > > >Inachu