Saqib Ali wrote:
> I am building a Search Engine exclusively for the Security and
> eSecurity Community using Google's Coop program.
>
> I would like to NOT include any vendor sites, but just index sites that
> are vendor neutral. Would this is be a good strategy or not?
>
> The URL for the search engine is
> http://www.xml-dev.com
>
> Here are my current guidelines for site inclusion
>
> 1) I will NOT include any vendor site (e.g. Cisco, Microsoft, Bluecoat
> etc)
> 2) I will check the Netcraft ranking for each suggested URL that I
> receive. The site has to rank in <50K to be included in the index.
> (e.g.
> http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_rep...urityfocus.com)
> 3) I will also make sure that the site doesn't excessive amount of Ads.
> For e.g. I will not include
> http://www.securitynewsportal.com/index.shtml
>
> As far the inclusion of vendor sites in concerned, I think if one is
> searching for some specific information (e.g. install guide) for a
> particular product they should probably go to the vendor website or
> google it.
>
> However if you researching about a technology, lets says IDS, you
> really don't need to see the vendor sites. They will, off course, say
> that their product is the best in the world. For e.g. search for "Full
> Disk Encryption" on Google, and you will see that DriveCrypt and
> WinMagic show up in the first 3 results. And they both claim to be
> "best in the world" :) And I have tried both, and they are not the best
> (to say the least)! ;-) Instead I would like to see what other sites
> are saying about these products or "full disk encryption" in general
>
> Note: I am looking for few other people to help me filtering out the
> website, and updating the index. Please let me know if anyone is
> interested. As always please keep sending your favorite URLs.
> I have tons of URLs in my email box, and I will catch up with them (and
> reply to the sender) over the weekend :)
>
Perhaps you could add
<title>Security Search Engine</title>
or something more informative to your web page's header section?