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Google acknowledges problems with site: query

Discussion in 'Google' started by minstrel, May 19, 2006.

  1. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #41
    I do think this is (1) an admission (finally!) that there is a significant problem that is NOT related to shady linking or other gray-hat or black-hat SEO practices, and (2) a tip of the iceberg admission.
     
    minstrel, May 21, 2006 IP
  2. Roman

    Roman Buffalo Tamerâ„¢

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    #42
    My site has been stable for the last 2 weeks at about 50% indexed, but just a few minutes ago, wham, another hit.
     
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    emil2k Well-Known Member

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    #43
    Hey guys found the tool again....
    check your indexed pages by DC it highlights the highest...

    http://www.yourcache.com

    What was I thought unusual though was that 10 of the DCs where down? Is this normal?
     
    emil2k, May 21, 2006 IP
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    #44
    That tool is odd. I use the tool to check a site and it shows on avg about 39 pages per DC. However when I go to that DC and check it shows about 12k pages indexed. Any comments or ideas?
     
    Las Vegas Homes, May 21, 2006 IP
  5. NetMidWest

    NetMidWest Peon

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    #45
    Somebody is working this weekend at the Googleplex? ;)
    http://www.yourcache.com/ shows allinurl:www domain.com/ site:www domain.com
    Are you checking at the other as site: ?
     
    NetMidWest, May 21, 2006 IP
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    #46
    I dont get that tool, I got -1 on a lot of data centers!?!?!
     
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  7. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #47
    That utility doesn't seem to be at all accurate. Too bad. :(
     
    minstrel, May 21, 2006 IP
  8. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #48
    Me too. And where there was data, it was way off, compared to what Google is reporting - I mean not even close.
     
    minstrel, May 21, 2006 IP
  9. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    #49
    They HAD to release some info on the present indexed pages issue, so they said that it was a SMALL bug, and OFF-COURSE that that's fixed, and no worries.

    BUT : site:www.yahoo.com (randomly choosen website) yelds 588 results when those should be over 400k, as a FACT.

    They can not and won't, like EVER, publicise all their issues. That's like a natural flow for any big corporation.

    One must see between the lines.

    And if someone just has a problem with Matt's posts, doesn't trust them, doesn't want to read them, has something against him, he/she can just ignore him, instead of badmouthing him in forums, like i do. :D
     
    Cristian Mezei, May 21, 2006 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #50
    Exactly right, Expertu.

    The problems are much bigger than acknowledged to date. Why do you think Matt Cutts went on "vacation"? In this case, I suspect that "vacation" is a euphemism for "police protection"... :eek:
     
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    #51
    -1 seems to indicate a d/c down.
    As far as accuracy:
    (using Google.com)
    allinurl:www mattcutts.com = 721
    allinurl:www mattcutts.com/ site:www mattcutts.com = 508 (like the tool)
    site:www mattcutts.com = 509
    According to the tool, using http //www mattcutts.com (no trailing slash) it shows 506-508. With the trailing slash, 503 or 508.
    But it is jumping, with trailing slash showed only 507 or 508 a moment ago.
    allinurl:www mattcutts.com/ site:www mattcutts.com is probably most accurate, I haven't seen any posts by GTeam concerning problems with allinurl: operator, but alone it will show stuff like alexa, feeds, etc.
     
    NetMidWest, May 21, 2006 IP
  12. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #52
    That tool may be using allinurl but I disagree that there aren't problems with that query as well.
     
    minstrel, May 21, 2006 IP
  13. Cristian Mezei

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    #53
    They stated that some "/" was the problem, and that that was *already fixed* and that all the bugs they fixed were rolling in all the worldwide DC's.

    That was on thr 19th. Today is the 22th (Romania, GMT+3, daylight savings on), and i can't see any improvement for site:www.yahoo.com , in any DC.

    Does anybody want to tell me that in 3 days (or a lot more, because Vanessa said in a post, posted on the 19th, that the changes were *already* rolling out) not a single DC was updated ?

    BAH, as Ninno sais.
     
    Cristian Mezei, May 21, 2006 IP
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    #54
    He left May 20th, probably went to Lake Tahoe, so that he could work on things like AIRWeb and get some rest from guys like us hammering him...

    RBTL! :D
     
    NetMidWest, May 21, 2006 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #55
    Yeah, I know that's the official story. :rolleyes:
     
    minstrel, May 21, 2006 IP
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    #56
    Leave the guy alone already :).

    He went with his friend Jeremy for a fishing break or something. He's human after all.
     
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    #57
    Screw that! You break something - you fix it BEFORE you run off on vacation. :mad:
     
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    #58
    If he had told me that straight up, I would think he left Wednesday, went to Florida, is working only on getting laid, and could care less what we say. :D
     
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    #59
    looks like i'm gonna need a new domain name for each page of my site...
     
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    #60
    I'm getting my index back

    I changed my sitemap. I now told google to only check my blog and index page every day. The rest weekly or monthly.

    And put nofollow attributes on pages that were not really related to the subject of my site shippingrates and such.

    I'm not sure if this is why my site is getting indexed again but I did this yesterday and this morning they showed 8 pages more which is a 100% increase. Got a good jump in the serps too.

    I'm aware of the fact that this is way smaller than most of your sites but I still wanted to share. Maybe something you could look into as well.

    It might be so that if you have a lot of not pages that are not related to the incoming links that your site gets devaluated?
     
    Keone, May 22, 2006 IP