Most surprising is that only about 6 percent of users check what is new on the site. The percentage of users visiting these pages has remained remarkably consistent, apparently reflecting the true interest of users in them. A central concern of the site is making it as easy as possible for potential users to find the information they need. The greatest hurdle here is directing users to the site in the first place. The complete review does not advertise, and so users find the site by word of mouth or, more commonly, via search engines.
Stability is a rare quality on the internet, and rarer still among search engines.
Infoseek was once one of the best on the web, with pages generally listed within a day or two of being submitted, but it is now a pedestrian second-tier site. Almost all pages from the complete review can be found there. Directories have helped attract users, especially to the Author pages. The efficient and comprehensive Open Directory is still the place to go. Despite repeated submissions Yahoo has failed to accept any more Author pages from the complete review .