New line added to google's robots.txt file

anyone know the meaning?

[Slud]

Google now blocks "/hws" in its robots.txt file.

Anyone know what that is?

[hakre]

hi slud,

whats google's robots.txt file?

[ruserious]

:D Admitted, it's not easy to find. ;)

google.com/robots.txt

I can't see how one could read meaning into any of what is in there...

[xlcus]

Google now blocks "/hws" in its robots.txt file.
Anyone know what that is?

Probably a test directory for their new Hierarchical Weighting System

[hakre]

there is no 'test' ;), i only get a 404. maybe this is a trap?

[globay]

by the way, what does /microsoft? mean? I get very different search results, when using it.

[mack]

The microsoft version is google search but only searching the microsoft sites.

Probably a good way of letting microsoft know they have better search technology when a large number of users find their pages from google search.