From: Harvey Newstrom (newstrom@newstaffinc.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 17:39:33 MST
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Moss <bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com>
To: Extropians <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 6:49 pm
Subject: Re: [Fleckenstein] The Story of Bubblenomics
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> > > It's going to be interesting to see what happens to all
> > > these .com's when good search engines start appearing.
> > > I mean, who's going to visit "petfood.com" when they can
> > > send a search bot out to get the best price on cat food?
> >
> > This is not true. The search tools are searching the dot-
> > com sites for the best price. If the dot-com sites go
> > away, the search engines wouldn't have anything to
> > search. You can't increase reliance on the search tools
> > while eliminating the sites they are searching.
>
> The search engine removes the importance of the domain
> name - it doesn't matter if your petfood.com or
> 250.210.211.3, the search bots will find you.
>
> BM
Ahhh... Good point. I did not catch this when I responded to your original
post.
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://harveynewstrom.com> Certified Consultant, Legal Hacker, Engineer, Research Scientist, Author.
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