Rant: Google data refreshes suck
I just had to say it. Time after time, with each data refresh that Google pushes out, I see old data being pushed through. Once in a while, they seem to get it right, but more often than not, the [...]
My thoughts on Google, click fraud, terrorism sponsorship and more
Obviously, the Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal story about Google possibly helping fund terrorists groups by displaying ads on terrorist sites has brought about a large response. Yes, the article title is obviously designed for linkbait. Yes, it appears [...]
Yahoo and MSN now supporting Google sitemap protocol
The Google blog just announced that Yahoo and MSN will be officially supporting the sitemap XML protocol that Google created last year. You can get more information on the protocol at sitemaps.org.
Current Known Google Datacenter IP list
Members at WebmasterWorld who have been diligently watching Google datacenter changes have compiled a list of datacenter IP addresses. There are far more known IPs than ever before (519 of them within 39 separate Class C's, if I counted correctly), [...]
GBuy – the next thing to worry SEOs?
Threadwatch noticed this article from Forbes that says that Google will be launching GBuy (a Paypal killer?) on June 28. The big thing of note for me is the statement that "On its core search results pages, Google will designate [...]
Toolbar PR updated – Backlinks too
The almost-never-ending PR update has finally completed. Toolbar now showing new PR. And backlinks have updated as well. Hat-tip to Michael.
Tidbits of Google knowledge
Most of you have probably read Matt Cutts' answers to his Monday Q and A thread, but I like to document things for the future. I often come to my own site here to search for a phrase that I [...]
PR = Deep Crawl
During the Meet The Crawlers session at SES, someone asked why all of their pages weren't indexed. Google's answer: Every search engine crawls in a different way. Mentions vs indexed. There are instances where we know about the url, but [...]
