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FAST at a Glance
Media Metrix Rating* (home)

6.9%

Directory/Engine

own spider

NetRatings**

2.6%

Support Frames?

will index, use <noframes>

Submission Wait Time

2-4 weeks

Deep Crawl?

Yes

Support MetaTags?

Yes

* Media Metrix Ratings as of Mar 2002
** NetRatings as of Jun 2002

Capsule Comments

Fast Technologies have been providing the search results for Lycos.com and have claimed that they have the "freshest" database of websites on the internet.  They claim that their database is refreshed every 9 - 12 days.

Submission Notes

Recent Developments

FAST has publicity endorsed a procedure the FTC recently recommended on disclosing paid listings. In addition they've taken steps to further detail where and when payments affect search engine results.  (Source: Planet Ocean Communications Reference: Fast Press Release)

FAST announced, on July 17th, their new Alchemist search tool which allows users to customize search results by way of user-defined cascading style sheets.  Visit http://www.alltheweb.com/alchemist to modify the look of alltheweb.com's results pages.  (Source: Planet Ocean Communications)

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