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I made new website that got crawled without links

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Tom_e_rock, Aug 6, 2006.

  1. #1
    I made this new website (kinda secretive on this project) and it was one of the wieredest things.

    The sites still being worked on, I showed it to maybe 2-3 people (just normal friends), and the site within 2 weeks of being up has google send me 4-5 people, one of which emailed me to ask me about my service.

    I found this pretty strange how it could get crawled like that with no exposure from anywhere.. The domain must of got listed on like "recently purchased" domains or something??
     
    Tom_e_rock, Aug 6, 2006 IP
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  2. Lukaslo

    Lukaslo Peon

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    #2
    hum try this:
    google.com
    link:yoursite.com

    You will see if any site has link to yours :D
     
    Lukaslo, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  3. Tom_e_rock

    Tom_e_rock Peon

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    Your search - link: replacedsite.com - did not match any documents.

    None
     
    Tom_e_rock, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  4. JohnZing

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    well, i saw a stranger situation. I added a new webpage... lets say.. page999.htm to my website. No link from other sites, no links from my own website. 3 hours late googlebot goes to my site and made a single request... page999.htm

    Strange... how could gogle know? I use google toolbar... maybe... humm...
     
    JohnZing, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  5. NoobieDoobieDo

    NoobieDoobieDo Peon

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    Hrm... that's a very interesting situation.

    Keep us posted if you find out how google found you !
     
    NoobieDoobieDo, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  6. tfbpa

    tfbpa The....Alive

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    I think I remember a blogpost from Yahoo that they indeed search for new pages using the toolbar and I can only suspect Google does the same...
     
    tfbpa, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  7. Monty

    Monty Peon

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    #7
    I got a new domain once, with nothing on it, no link to it, nobody knowing of it. It was listed in Google one week later.

    The only explanation I found, was this: there is some sites which list all new registered domains, with a link to it. If Google crawl those pages and follows the links, you get crawled as well.

    Another explanation in your case would be perharps that one of your friends visited your site with the Google toolbar.
     
    Monty, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  8. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    #8
    Same thing has happened to me. New domain, no backlinks nor i did show it to anyone. One week later i get indexed. Could this be google bar?
     
    mightyb, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  9. jmman

    jmman Peon

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    Just think what else google toolbar is capable of... oh yes, THEY are watching :p
     
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  10. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    Its just i assume that in order to display PR the toolbar has to query Google. So when it does a query and it returns no results Google thinks... Hmmmm must be a new page! Lets crawl it... :D
     
    mightyb, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  11. Tom_e_rock

    Tom_e_rock Peon

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    #11
    sounds more than reasonable
     
    Tom_e_rock, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  12. Keone

    Keone Peon

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    'The' reason why I stopped using toolbars. I had the same thing happen to me on several occasions. viewing the content in your browser is the only thing that seems to be needed.
     
    Keone, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  13. sji2671

    sji2671 Self Made Mind

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    #13
    Google only updates the backlinks every few months.
    Is the website cached?
    Do you have adsense, as the media bots now take back information for spidering and indexing.
     
    sji2671, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  14. GULLIVER

    GULLIVER Well-Known Member

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    #14
    I think that the metter is toolbar (if you use it ofcourse). Toolbar is not for only showing PR or search, but also it sends info to Google about your internet activities!
     
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  15. design2host

    design2host Active Member

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    The Toolbar does not send info about the sites your browse. It sends other info about your comp and browser usage. No site info is tracked by the Google PR. it cannot be the google pr. Check the google for link:yoursite.com and link:www .yoursite.com one of it will surely return a result. If you dont see results then the possibility is that you submitted your site manually to goog. This usually takes 2 weeks to a month but you can get listed on goog if you did a manual submission and if your site is a less competitive one for that particular keyword. i have a site which has a keyword which is the least competitve but with a decent daily traffic of 2-3 , Goog crawled it in a month. I am still on the top and there are no links to the site from any pages. Beleive it or not!!! its on the top for that keyword.
     
    design2host, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  16. tonyinabox

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    well, do not tell me you have adsense code on your website.
     
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    I saw this happen once with a friend's site. He was uploading photos for a popular sport event for schools.
    The site (new domain, never registered before) got indexed in 3 days!
     
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  18. Lukaslo

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    oh :S
    I think that MSN is pretty accurate and i didn't find anything :(

    www.msn.com
    linkdomain:http://replacedsite.com
     
    Lukaslo, Aug 7, 2006 IP
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    Maybe a couple of things, these are just random guesses: if you have the Google toolbar, it pings Google so it knows there is a page there and can index it better. If you have AdSense the same happens.

    If you don't want it to be indexed you could just use a robots.txt file.
     
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  20. RedCardinal

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    Sorry but this statement is quite flawed. From the privacy policy for toolbar:

    Notice the 'For example' meanng that this is just one feature example of quite possibly (and almost surely) a larger set.

    Also notice the '..imporve the quality of Toolbar and other Google services'. Well if only one Toolbar user visits a particular site then that data becomes the aggregate. Google didn't get to where they are by missing any opportunity to mine data from multiple sources. I would imagine from a business perspective that the toolbar represents another data collection node as opposed to being a useful tool for their customers (although it fills both roles quite well - hence its popularity).
     
    RedCardinal, Aug 7, 2006 IP