DerekH - 5:35 pm on Nov 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

synergy wrote

I think I have to agree with this.. there are sites in the www-in results that I know for a fact are brand new. If it were an old index, they wouldn't be there (including my site and a few others I am associated with). Please correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking.

I've already written in this thread to say that the only datacentre with an out-of-date view on one of my sites is www-in.

My evidence and yours together surely are compatible with the concept (that I saw someone else floating), that "the" index is now a myth, and what is present at each datacentre is merely a mix of old and new pages that gradually settles on "new".

I can't see another hypothesis that would support one website having new pages on www-in, and another having new pages every except www-in.

If my hypothesis is correct, and it is an "if", I know, but if it's correct, then those who are trumpeting that their site is doing well in www-in had better watch out, because my new pages aren't in the index there yet <grin>

DerekH