Re: Alta Vista re Hard Core Porn

Boycotting Altavista would not be wise.  Probably a lot better alternative
is to join the growing number of people that want to see this type of
content recatagorized (.porn, .xxx) instead of .com etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Eldridge" <lorield(at)uswest.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 6:39 PM
Subject: Alta Vista re Hard Core Porn


> Hi All,
>
> I thought you might want to know about the following:
>
> I was surfing to see if AltaVista had listed my Young Poets page and
> the 2nd link that came up was a site with the same name. When I
> checked it out it was blatantly advertising Hard Core Porn--this site
> was obviously designed to lead little kids into Hard Core Porn (and
> that AV search page was sponsored by a "protect our kids"
> organization too). I wrote AV and informed them of this and their
> response was:
>
> = = = =
>
> Dear AltaVista Customer,
>
> Because Alta Vista searches and indexes the entire Web, it will find any
URL
> connected to the main body of the Web through even one link. Alta Vista is
> only an index, however, and is not responsible for the millions of pages
that
> it covers.
> If you have a problem with a particular page, you need to contact the
> Webmaster of that page.
>
> Regards,
> AltaVista Support Team
>
> = = = =
>
> Yeah, like I want to contact a Hard Core Porn Web designer who will
> probably sell my email to a multitude of pornies. I get enough "junk"
> mail as it is.
>
> Harrumph!!
>
> I think I'll just quit using Altavista for my searches.
>
> Lori

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