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Submission Policies for the AltaVista Search Index
AltaVista strives to provide the most
relevant search results on the Web.
In order to maintain the integrity of the search index, we must
sometimes exclude submissions from the AltaVista index. Examples of
pages that are deleted from the AltaVista index include, but are not
limited to:
Pages with text that is not easily read, either because it is
too small or is obscured by the background of the page
Pages with off-topic or excessive keywords
Pages that duplicate content, either by excessive submission of
the same page, submitting the same pages from multiple domains, or
submitting the same content from multiple hosts
Pages that are machine-generated with minimal or no content,
whose sole purpose is to get a user to click to another page
Pages that contain only links to other pages
Pages of which the primary intent is to redirect users to
another page
Pages that violate a court order or otherwise are required to be
removed by a court or governmental regulatory body
Attempts to fill AltaVista's index with misleading or promotional
pages lower the value of the index for everyone. We do not allow URL
submissions from customers who spam the index and will exclude all
such pages from the index.
We reserve the right to remove and/or to disable links to a Web
site or Web page to which AltaVista has determined, in its sole
discretion, that improper steps have been taken to manipulate
AltaVista's search results. If you have any questions or concerns
about this policy or its implementation, please contact us.