tedster
msg:3992531 | 4:39 pm on Sep 20, 2009 (gmt 0) |
This change will make published Google Docs crawlable - not only by googlebot but by all spiders. The link above also give instructions on how to "unpublish" those docs that you don't want to see in search results.
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greenleaves
msg:3992659 | 1:46 am on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
you know... this made me feel butterflies in my stomach :p This is going to open up a whole new can of spam worms!
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CainIV
msg:3992731 | 5:42 am on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
You just knew this was coming...
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engine
msg:3992780 | 9:19 am on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
If you're quick, i'm sure some of us will find it a useful tool. ;)
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Badcol
msg:3992926 | 3:28 pm on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
All those 'privately' stored CV's being found and used to create new identities ... he he he !
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CainIV
msg:3993210 | 1:22 am on Sep 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
| If you're quick, i'm sure some of us will find it a useful tool. ;) |
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Where's that copywriter when I need her :P
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signor_john
msg:3993479 | 2:48 pm on Sep 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
It sounds like a sensible idea. Let's say I'm a professor of widgetology at Harvard, I've written a 20-page academic paper about prehistoric widgets with Google Docs, I want it to be searchable. Would I rather: (1) Link to the article on Google's server from my widgetology blog, or... (2) Copy the article to another server (such as my university's Web site) and link to the document there. Option (1) is quicker and easier, and I'm likely to prefer it if I'm more interested in writing about prehistoric widgets than in messing around with a Web site. (Readers and researchers are likely to prefer it, too, if it means I'll be quicker to make the paper available to them.)
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Gomvents
msg:3993512 | 3:45 pm on Sep 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
signor_john and why can't they just use like blogspot or wordpress or some other free hosting service like godaddy with a WYSIWYG website builder? This seems to be a major invasion of privacy for a ton of people. People are generally stupid and not technically savvy... few will know how to opt-out.
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londrum
msg:3993519 | 3:55 pm on Sep 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
i would imagine that most companies would baulk at the idea of allowing their employees to use google docs, if there's the possibility of them forgetting to tick the right box and the data going public.
the fact that it's free won't change their minds.
looks like microsoft office is safe for the time being.
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