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Google recruiting sites for their index?

         

lazerzubb

10:19 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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[lists.debian.org...]

Huh? are they recruiting sites for their index?

Also noted by Google weblog at [google.blogspace.com...]

Or is this just a April's fool Pre-Joke?

[edited by: lazerzubb at 10:22 am (utc) on Mar. 26, 2003]

creative craig

10:21 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I have seen this a couple of times before, cant remember where though :(

Craig

Tor

10:34 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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It looks like Google have turned into spammers:

[studioz.tv ]

Shak

10:39 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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my source informs me that NO, Gabriela Valdes at Google.

either I am going to look like an idiot, or something real weird taking place.

Shak

(personally I can NOT see them sending unsolicited emails for standard serps, to be honest they have not even started sending these out for Adwords or Premium Listings yet, so free traffic, doubt it)

chiyo

11:09 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hmm... at least they didnt ask for a reciprocal link..

:)

misja

11:23 am on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2003/debian-www-200303/msg00211.html
Huh? are they recruiting sites for their index?

276,000 results from debian.org in the Google index ... including old ones and new ones from the freshbot ...

dotremy

2:13 pm on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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The emails are mentioning a robot.txt not robots.txt