The Search Engine Blog

The Google cache was way behind on dates for a number of sites according to this Webmaster World.com post.Google cache not up to date?
It seems to be back on track now with major sites now reporting current dates. One poster even jokes that perhaps Google ran out of room.

Lively lets you create a virtual 3-D world where others can chat with you and even help you create your 3-D world. This is so ‘98. In computer terms, that’s ancient. You can add a virtual room to your site hoping others stop by to chat. Personally I’ve got better things to do, but perhaps […]

Some cool apps for Google are coming. Google has finally released an API for Google Webmaster Tools. This has been long awaited and we look forward to how people use this to everyone’s advantage. The tools are limited at the moment, but we look forward to Google expanding the API.
Developer’s Guide - Google Webmaster Tools […]

Yes, if your robots.txt file is unreachable, you may not be in Google. I have seen it happen and here’s a discussion on Google Groups about that very topic. Make certain you have a robots.txt file and that it’s reachable by the outside world.
Site Disappeared from Google & Reconsideration.Request - Crawling, indexing, and ranking | […]

Occasionally Google emails me a message stating that certain customer accounts need attention. I appreciate being kept informed of changes that I should make to customers for whom I manage PPC campaigns for, but I’ve always been suspicious of the ones that want me to increase the daily budget. Here’s one that really got my […]

Finally some documentation from Google including an improved definition of doorway pages, a guide to robots.txt files, and an explanation of the infamous nofollow tag. Good reading. It’s about time someone pulled out their thumb.
Improved SEO documentation galore!

Ok, it’s not technically search related, but it’s a nice deviation from work. Go to Disney without leaving your desk.
Official Google Blog: Explore Walt Disney World® Resort in 3D

Google did testing on you. They shared the results here telling us what we should already know. We are too impatient. We want it now. Give us faster page loads even if it means less information. Make things easier to find even though it means the information is now split among many pages rather than […]

Google Heath offers to help diagnose, look for drug interactions and store your consolidated health records. Does anyone else think this is a bad idea? Why should Google be able to amass all this data and sell the “non-confidential” statistics it gathers? And why would I trust my medical records to a beta software program […]

The Internet is buzzing about Google’s new site social endeavor called Friend Connect. Check out more on their blog…..
Google Press Center: News Announcement