Friday, October 15, 2004

Google Desktop Search Download

Google Desktop Search Download

O'Reilly Network: Google Your Desktop review at O'Reilly

Google Launches Desktop Search Tool Slashdot discussion

Search Engine NewsLinks to various articles:
Google Launches Desktop Search - Exclusive ReviewSource: Search Engine Lowdown
Google Desktop Search Launched Source: SearchDay
A Closer Look At Privacy & Desktop Search Source: Search Engine Watch
Google unveils desktop search Source: News.com
AOL launches new portal, tests desktop search Source: News.com

WebProWorld :: The Googlebot Assault Continues: theories

WebProWorld :: The Googlebot Assault ContinuesGarry Grant, CEO of Search Engine Optimization, Inc., stated:

“Only the inner circle at Googleplex knows the purpose of this new spider, but there is no shortage of theories. Some of the more popular ones include:

· Google is creating an entirely new way for ranking pages – something that could dramatically change a web site's position on the search engine

· Google is trying to weed out fraudulent links

· Google is conducting an experiment in order to improve search engine results”

WebProWorld poster Profilesite, “…they could spider once normally, and then use this second robot to compare the content and see if they were being tricked”

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Google launch of Froogle UK DMNews.com | News | Article

DMNews.com | News | Article: "Google Inc. yesterday announced the launch of Froogle UK,"

Monday, October 11, 2004

Google’s New Update - Is Google Bombing You? anchor text

Anchor text is the "explanation" that pops-up when you put your cursor over a link.

I tested the "anchor text" theory with my site last week. I only tested one main page that I knew that Google would re-index within 48 hours. The results were very negative. As soon as the new information was indexed, the search engine results from that page dropped down dramatically.

Again, I removed the anchor text from the page and the results seem to gain momentum once again.