pmkpmk - 4:16 pm on Jan 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

I always wondered why Google doesn't implement a partner program with webmaster for the search results.

What I mean is that the webmasters sign up, get screened, get their honesty tested, sign up a contract and THEN these webmaster can SEND data regarding their sites to Google.

So if I subscribe to this "Google trusted webmaster" program, I can tell THEM when something on my site changes.

This would save them a lot of bandwidth and ressources (which they can use to discover the "hidden" net) and on the same time I have the benefit of exactly knowing what data they have about my sites.

Of course the possibility of abuse is high, but this contract should have clauses on (quarterly?) audits as well as penalties for abuse.

But in the end I guess both sides would benefit.