__/ [ bedwani@xxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 09 June 2006 20:34 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ smart ] on Friday 09 June 2006 04:29 \__
>>
>> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> >> __/ [ Big Bill ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 11:24 \__
>> >>
>> >> > On 8 Jun 2006 02:05:55 -0700, "smart" <smart_outsourcing@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>Dear All,
>> >> >> I have a web site: http://www.webservicesfree.com which is up for
>> >> >>more than 2 months. Google used to cache about 29 pages but now is
>> >> >>caching only 8 (using site: operator). MSN seems to cache most of the
>> >> >>site!!!. Please tell me why
>> >> >>
>> >> >>thank you
>> >> >>linkmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >>http://www.webservicesfree.com
>> >> >
>> >> > A tale we hear from all over. It may be because the site genuinely
>> >> > has problems, or it may be because Google has problems (it does, we
>> >> > know).
>> >> > So you have to hang in for a bit or get someone to do a study of
>> >> > your pages.
>> >>
>> >> < "site:" operator is broken > is possibility one, which leaves me
>> >> somewhat skeptic, based on observations.
>> >>
>> >> I notice that some of my smallish sites lose cached pages, much like
>> >> your own site. Nobody knows the exact reason and whether this is
>> >> permanent, but if you look at some of the recent dicussions (=threads)
>> >> in the groups, you will find all the speculations.
>> >>
>> >> Oh! And Google is, in general, out of hand. The engineers are still
>> >> trying to (re-)tame the monstrous algorithms, which have gone AWOL.
>> >
>> > If you try to type a certain url of your site (not returned by the
>> > site: operator) you will find that it is in google index and
>> > cached!!!!!
>>
>> In most cases (if not all) I found that pages really did get dropped out
>> of the index. If you enter an exact URL, I suspect you will just be
>> referred to it. Requesting the cache will point you to the page, if its
>> cache is inexistent (just checked this to confirm).
>
> When I tried it I found that the url where cached (older date)
> thank you
Thanks for that little nugget of information. It might help me better
understand what the jack is going on in the datacentres. I saw the number of
indexed pages increase steadily, which is not what I had hoped for. I was
wishfully thinking that the old status quo would be reached overnight.
Best wishes,
Roy
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