g1smd - 12:41 am on Feb 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

>> More interestingly.. some of my pages that are being listed - incorrectly - at the moment, with the only content being... "301 - this page has moved..." are now ranking again for their terms, even though the caption text in Google is still the "301 - this page has moved...". Strange... <<

It should not be possible to index the content that is sent out along with a "301" status code. The 301 code is a redirect, and includes the URL of where to go instead.

Make sure, using WebBug, that the page really does return a HTTP status code of "301". It sounds like you have a page with the words "301 Page Moved" on it, but you serve it with HTTP Status "200 OK" and then you are doing some sort of funky JavaScript or other type of redirect, not a proper 301.

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>> Q: Is there an easy way to test if a datacenter is running Bigdaddy? <<

>> A: There’s not a definitive way outside of Google. But the [sf giants] example that I mentioned in my pre-BigDaddy 302 post remains a pretty good test. If the query [sf giants] returns giants.mlb.com, the odds are pretty good that you’re hitting Bigdaddy. <<

There is NOT a definitive way. So, that means that there is a chance that you are NOT looking at BigDaddy results. The [sfgiants] test isn't 100% conclusive.