fakedsysadmin - 5:57 pm on Jan 9, 2010 (gmt 0)

I usually monitor google.com using IE8.

I've notice that after checking a few times my favorite search phrase (about twice a day and for a couple of days), suddenly google.com starts showing results pretty similar to the results that were available in the Caffeine datacenter a few days ago.

This sudden change in search results have happened always when I restart my computer (I switch it off at night).

The "Caffeine" search results always dissapear when I put IE8 back to its default settings (Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, Restore advanced settings, Reset). However, the "Caffeine" search results will show again after a couple of days as explained above.

The regular search results and the "Caffeine" search results at google.com both have removed a Web site that has shown steadily in the top 30 for the last 4-5 years. The site uses a lot of outgoing links to sites hosted in the same Web server. All the sites in the same Web server have the same outgoing links. The affected Web site site doesn't have a lot of relevant content. The affected Web site and the sites it links to are owned by the same person.

The regular search results and the "Caffeine" search results have treated nicely various older domain names with a fair amount of relevant content.

The "Caffeine" search results treat even nicer those older domain names with a fair amount of relevant content.