Comments on: Newscorp is indeed dropping out of Google http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/ Tango, photography and whatever's bleeding edge Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Peter http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420611 Peter Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:03:30 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420611 @Matt: I have made a comparison between the numbers coming back from the API and the 'normal' website: http://tools.forret.com/newscorp/reference.php For a few web sites (e.g. Yahoo!) the numbers are the same. For most of them they are hugely different. @Matt: I have made a comparison between the numbers coming back from the API and the ‘normal’ website:
http://tools.forret.com/newscorp/reference.php

For a few web sites (e.g. Yahoo!) the numbers are the same. For most of them they are hugely different.

]]> By: Ferodynamics http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420568 Ferodynamics Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:08:44 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420568 the estimatedResultCount is “a rough estimate and is not reliable enough to be used for research/exact calculations. It is subject to frequent change as our index changes.” http://ferodynamics.com/google-delists-myspace/ the estimatedResultCount is “a rough estimate and is not
reliable enough to be used for research/exact calculations. It is subject to frequent change as our index changes.”

http://ferodynamics.com/google-delists-myspace/

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420561 Matt Cutts Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:09:50 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420561 A few of us at the Googleplex are checking this out and not seeing anything very unusual on our end (search results estimates are just that--estimates). As Paul Lomax asked, what sort of control sample are you using of regular sites? A few of us at the Googleplex are checking this out and not seeing anything very unusual on our end (search results estimates are just that–estimates). As Paul Lomax asked, what sort of control sample are you using of regular sites?

]]> By: J. Akerson http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420546 J. Akerson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:35 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420546 Interesting chart - going from 192m to 12m is significant. I wonder how difficult it is going to be to do the necessary work when they decide to go in the opposite direction... This decision is going to simultaneously destroy and create careers - and further, at some point the careers that the decision creates (in the beginning) will ultimately be destroyed when the decision is ultimately reversed. Interesting chart – going from 192m to 12m is significant. I wonder how difficult it is going to be to do the necessary work when they decide to go in the opposite direction…

This decision is going to simultaneously destroy and create careers – and further, at some point the careers that the decision creates (in the beginning) will ultimately be destroyed when the decision is ultimately reversed.

]]> By: Paul Lomax http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420545 Paul Lomax Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:11:33 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420545 Could this have anything to do with it..? http://www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-indexation-cap Have you been monitoring any non-Newscorp sites a "control" sample, to make sure it's not just a new algorithm from Google? Could this have anything to do with it..?
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-indexation-cap

Have you been monitoring any non-Newscorp sites a “control” sample, to make sure it’s not just a new algorithm from Google?

]]> By: Peter http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420540 Peter Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:38:50 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420540 It might be a bug in the Google Search API results. But the graph is not fake. It might be a bug in the Google Search API results. But the graph is not fake.

]]> By: TOMHTML http://blog.forret.com/2009/12/newscorp-is-indeed-dropping-out-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-420538 TOMHTML Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:28:07 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/?p=1147#comment-420538 It's a fake graph, or a bug. It’s a fake graph, or a bug.

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