__/ [ webseoguy ] on Monday 05 June 2006 13:20 \__
> Google is having some serious problems with their latest couple of
> updates.
>
> 1) The site: operator has been broken several times.
> 2) Sites are losing their pages and getting them back 24 hours later
> due to testing. Google stated that the problem did not exist, but in
> April and May said that it was fixed.
> 3) Graywolf reported that Google was showing content from the wrong
> domain name on a shared server. Matt Cutts said this was due to a
> misconfigured, old webserver and that they are working on repairing
> this bug.
> 4) Then there is the rumor of Google's machines being full that Google
> denies.
>
> My advice is to let it ride and DO NOT fret about or make any major
> changes to your web site until this is all sorted out.
>
> Google has been made aware of the recent problems and are working on
> them.
That is some very useful and encouraging set of speculations/observations.
Thanks for that. I never knew about (3), but it appears to explain the 404
errors in some results pages. As for (4), Google adamantly deny it. I
believe it all started in The Reg and then grew wings.
Best wishes and thanks for the heads-up,
Roy
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