Why doesn't my google searches of today have the info from the same search a year ago (even if it's in a different order?)
March 5, 2004 11:33 AM Subscribe
Why does Google, which purportedly have a mondo cache of everything, "lose" search results over time? That is, if I search on something today that I last searched on a year ago, my results don't include all of last year's results. I understand that there's a complicated ranking algorithm, but that doesn't explain why some results go missing altogether.
If you're looking for everything on the web, ever, seek the help of the Wayback Machine. It'll be your new best friend.
posted by bshort at 1:52 PM on March 5, 2004
posted by bshort at 1:52 PM on March 5, 2004
The most recent issue of Wired has a pretty good explanation of all things google.
posted by drezdn at 2:08 PM on March 5, 2004
posted by drezdn at 2:08 PM on March 5, 2004
Also, there are different servers with different information. So, for instance, when I follow referral logs from Google, I occasionally can't find my site listed in the list of search results. That's because one search server has one iteration of the site and the others have a previous iteration, which did not include the terms that triggered the click.
posted by calwatch at 1:53 AM on March 6, 2004
posted by calwatch at 1:53 AM on March 6, 2004
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It's also possible that the page has been removed from Google--including its cache--at the request of the person in charge of that page. See the entry I need my site information removed.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 12:39 PM on March 5, 2004