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Strange indexing behaviour

Google refuses to index a specific ODP page

         

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5:03 am on Dec 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

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There is a specific ODP page/category that Google refuses to index.

I think it is not a simple matter of time, because the page is very old and it doesn't seem a problem of page deepness, because other ODP pages at the same hierarchical level are correctly indexed.

Here are some more infos:

- If you search for the page URL in Google, the usual phrase "Sorry, no information is available for the URL.." does show, but "If the URL is valid, try visiting that web page..." does not.

- Google refuses to index also the matching web page in Google Directory.

- PageRank bar colour is gray for both ODP and Google Directory URLs.

- If I remember correctly, the page was indexed some time ago.

In my opinion, this strange behaviour (a bug?) could be caused by the presence of a particular directory name at the end of the URL (I don't know if I can post specifics).

Has someone observed a similar behaviour in the past?