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I do not believe this has been discussed. Any thought on this issue is helpful.
Thanks much!
[edited by: vitaplease at 12:36 pm (utc) on Dec. 4, 2003]
[edit reason] no specifics please [/edit]
One of my sites shows up somewhere between the third and fifth positions on Google for my two keyword combo. This is a very competitive but mostly non-commercial area with lots and lots of sites doing the same thing. We just do it better. :) Anyway, my point is the site is mainly photographs of plastic model widgets and I don't want Google stealing them from me for their own and other's use. Within the last year or so I started using the <meta name="googlebot" content="noarchive"> tag and my ranking hasn't been affected at all. Google also crawls just as deeply as it used to before I added the tag.
I hope that helps you some. Perhaps others will share their experiences with you as well.
GaryK, I had the same experience, but the fresh tags disappeared.
On the site I mentioned above I noticed the same thing too. But it's no big deal. However on another of my sites that ranks even higher but is less competitive I sometimes notice a fresh tag the day after a regular weekly update is done when I happen to be checking Google to see if I've made it to the #1 spot for my one keyword. Currently I'm #2 and #3 for that keyword but #1 for a two keyword combo. I can't confirm it gets a fresh tag every time though because I don't check it weekly.
