__/ [ smart ] on Friday 09 June 2006 04:29 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Big Bill ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 11:24 \__
>>
>> > On 8 Jun 2006 02:05:55 -0700, "smart" <smart_outsourcing@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Dear All,
>> >> I have a web site: http://www.webservicesfree.com which is up for
>> >>more than 2 months. Google used to cache about 29 pages but now is
>> >>caching only 8 (using site: operator). MSN seems to cache most of the
>> >>site!!!. Please tell me why
>> >>
>> >>thank you
>> >>linkmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>http://www.webservicesfree.com
>> >
>> > A tale we hear from all over. It may be because the site genuinely has
>> > problems, or it may be because Google has problems (it does, we know).
>> > So you have to hang in for a bit or get someone to do a study of your
>> > pages.
>>
>> < "site:" operator is broken > is possibility one, which leaves me
>> somewhat skeptic, based on observations.
>>
>> I notice that some of my smallish sites lose cached pages, much like your
>> own site. Nobody knows the exact reason and whether this is permanent, but
>> if you look at some of the recent dicussions (=threads) in the groups, you
>> will find all the speculations.
>>
>> Oh! And Google is, in general, out of hand. The engineers are still trying
>> to (re-)tame the monstrous algorithms, which have gone AWOL.
>
> If you try to type a certain url of your site (not returned by the
> site: operator) you will find that it is in google index and
> cached!!!!!
In most cases (if not all) I found that pages really did get dropped out of
the index. If you enter an exact URL, I suspect you will just be referred to
it. Requesting the cache will point you to the page, if its cache is
inexistent (just checked this to confirm).
Best wishes,
Roy
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