WebPosition Gold (Shareware) Copyright (c) 1999 First Place Software
December 16th, 1999  Version 1.30.7

Features:
WebPosition Gold is the first and only product to combine all the
following features designed to launch your Web site to the top of the
search engine results.

1.Generates HTML pages designed to rank near the top of the search results. 
2.Analyzes your existing Web pages and gives plain-English advice on how to 
improve them. 
3.Includes a simple, built-in HTML editor for fast and easy changes. 
4.Assists in uploading your new and changed pages. 
5.Submits your pages to the major search engines automatically. 
6.Reports your positions on each search engine for each
keyword you are targeting. 
7.Tracks the number of visitors to your site, where they came
from, and what keywords they used to find you. 

Recent Changes & Fixes

December 14th, 1999 Version 1.30.7

1.	Fixed intermittent "printsearchmatches" error in Reporter.

December 10th, 1999 Version 1.30.6

1.	Fixed compatibility issue with Netscape search engine.
2.	Fixed display problem on submitter where last submit date did not display for HotBot.
3.	Support for NorthernLight.com has replaced PlanetSearch (now dead search engine).
4.	Fixed advice in Page Critic where the total frequency and word count range recommendation sometimes did not correspond to the sum of the individual areas.
5.	Many other minor issues addressed to improve reliability.

November 5, 1999 Version 1.30.5

Fixed:

1.	Several problems that escaped notice for quite some time with customizing reports on the 2nd tab of the Upload Manager have been fixed.
2.	Problems with certain customers being unable to access the new engines in version 1.30 in the Page Generator and Page Critic has been corrected.

What's New in this version (1.30):

1. Support for 5 additional major search engines/directories:

a) Open Directory 
b) Netscape 
c) Google 
d) GoTo.com 
e) Yahoo "Web Pages" via Inktomi 

Support for these engines has been added to all the appropriate modules such 
as Page Generator, Page Critic, Submitter, Reporter, and Traffic Analyzer. 
This brings the total engines supported to 18! Always keep in mind that it's
the major engines you want to focus your positioning efforts on, and not 
the so called "hundreds" of link lists, no-name directories, and obscure 
search engines. We've tried to be selective in our additions to add more of 
the largest, highest traffic sites.

2. The Page Critic advice has been improved and fine-tuned for all engines. 
We now recommend changes to your page based on the analysis of the top 5 
ranking Web pages rather than the top 10 pages to gain a stronger focus 
while still maintaining statistical integrity.

In addition, we now exclude pages from the Top Averages that obviously do 
not deserve the ranking achieved. If a page does not include any 
repetitions of the keyword/phrase in its content, then it is ignored. 
The assumption is made that the content of the page has changed since 
the engine last spidered it, IP stealthing/cloaking has been used, or 
something else has occurred outside the norm.

To further increase the accuracy of the Page Critic advice, pages that are 
ranked by purely external factors (versus page content) are excluded from 
the content averages. For example, pages ranked solely by DirectHit, 
or that appear because of a reviewed directory listing, are skipped.

These changes, and others, make the Page Critic an even smarter tool than 
before. We expect this to improve your odds even further of gaining those 
coveted top 10 positions. As always, let us know what you think!

3. Networks that require proxy user names and passwords to be entered before 
accessing the Web are now supported in WebPosition Gold. 

4. The Page Generator can now output completely customizable doorway pages. 
Finally, you can whip out doorway pages that look just as good as any other 
page on your site. The pages will still include the major elements needed to 
rank well, custom-tailored to the preferences of each search engine. On the 
new Template tab of the Page Generator, you can now customize the background 
color, font color, image, etc. You can customize every element of a 
"template" which can be based on the layout of your home page or any other 
page of your site. You can even create multiple templates, each tailored for
a particular Web site or search engine.

5. Other enhancements have also been made in the quest to make the program 
even easier to use. 

Fixes in this version:
1. Scheduler no longer auto-selects all URLs before running a mission. 
Instead, it only auto-selects them IF all URLs in the mission are currently 
de-selected (i.e., completed) and you have the auto-select checkbox on.  
This feature is useful if you want to run the same mission every week or 
month.  That way once it completes all submissions successfully, it will 
re-select them on the next "go around" and submit again.

2. Many other problems reported over the last couple months have been 
corrected.

Requirements:
Pentium-75, Windows 95/98/NT 4.0
16MB RAM, 8MB disk space
Netscape Navigator 2.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0

Instructions on installing and running the program
Installation is very simple, just run wpgoldsetup.exe. WebPosition Gold 
will unpackage itself and install itself on your system.

Questions or Comments
webposition@divtech.net
or Call Rob Toll Free at
(888) 243-1034
                      
