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It happened to my sites. You can remove any site that doesnt have index.html or index.htm. I did it i know.
See, that is from this url: http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controller?cmd=fullStatus
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2004-05-05 07:36:19 GMT :
removal of http://www.microsoft.com/index.html
complete
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I ask google to remove microsoft index.html file. They dont have this file and google removed it after a week.
http://www.google.com/search?q=www%2Emicrosoft%2Ecom
Google also send me this email.
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The following urls/messages have been removed:
www.adobe.com/index.htmlNOINDEX
www.microsoft.com/index.htmlNOINDEX
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Check their PR also.
Be sure that i dint hack any system. Just removed index.html pages. I also removed some more websites. It works.
Just used this: http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controller
with my own email login.
It happened to us, and it may happen again.
That's why Google has to fix this problem.
I told this before on other thread. But everyone thought someone hacked our system. But i didnt need to hack microsoft.com. i just removed their index.html that has never existed.
Does this mean that this is not the way to check for the problem discussed in this thread or does it mean that the test doesn't really indicate that the site is missing from google?
I guess you could eliminate the competition pretty easily.
Yes, Google says. The company sent this statement today:<snip>
Who is "Google says" and why we don't heard GoogleGuy about this?
[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 12:39 am (utc) on May 15, 2004]
[edit reason] we can not do email excerps of any kind on WebmasterWorld [/edit]
This is likely give us some confirmation that googleguy is a programmer or something like that and he is just busy when everyone overhere is crying and shouting. :)
When he's posting here, it might be best to see him as just another WW member who happens to work at the plex, not as an official spokesman.
He seems to have gone silent around the time the IPO was announced. Think there's a connection? ;)
With an IPO looming, I suspect any statements that could be construed as official are being carefully screened and funneled thru delegated spokesmen. I believe he's been "gagged." I just hope it's not permanent.
As a Brit who doesn't know much about Californian law I hope you can clarify an area I am unsure about. Doesn't CA state law state that any "hack" that affects CA companies or individuals must be reported?
I appreciate that this has been called a "bug" in the system and in this instance it almost definately is, but isn't a hack the exploit of a bug?
Please accept my apologies if I am way of base here, as I said I'm just a Brit who isn't sure of US and CA law.
With regard to the law, I doubt that what was done could be construed as a criminal hack. FeelFree could always claim that he was excercising his opinion that these sites did not belong in the SERPS. After all, Google are allowed to express their opinions, and so is everyone else.
In any case, there is no way Google would want to turn a minor PR problem into a full-blown nightmare.
Kaled.
I, for one, think that FeelFree should be rewarded by Google for exposing a hole in Google's software and openly sharing the outcome with us. He has been a gentleman throughout, even refusing to tell his methods to others for fear that they could used to harm the competitors. He seems to have a high sense of ethics.
With regard to the law, I doubt that what was done could be construed as a criminal hack.
Yes. There have been a couple of posts alluding to that... I would strongly suggest that people remember that what was done was done for a very good reason. It also resulted in something important being taken care of by G. We all remember the earlier thread where no one really believed him. He proved his point quite effectively... respect.
Absolutely.From me too.
Google have been a active participant in webmasterworld and IPO or not it warrants an official or an unofficial comment from them on this forum.IMHO
Google is really one of the most important thing for 3 years in my life. I am from Turkey. We try to catch world people (with my poor English). Google gave us this chance. Because it is not important where you are.
I want Google to keep its number one position in this business. And i am sure that google will be the one with its email service. I am waiting impatiently to have a gmail account.
Google gave me money and prestige. I want them to be perfect. Thanks.
But i still have something about this removal thing. I removed 4 more websites (I am sorry about that, i see that, if you try to say something, kill the biggest ones. then people turn their looks on me. I wish i didnt do for them). And they still didnt restored. So i am not so sure that they really fixed it. They said we restored 10 websites, No they didnt. If you want sticky. I can send these urls. Please do something for these 4.
Regards.
Google have been a active participant in webmasterworld and IPO or not it warrants an official or an unofficial comment from them on this forum.IMHO
Cabbie, in my (admittedly limited) experience on this forum when anyone suggests that Google should comment on any issues it only guarantees that they will not.
Like you I wish they would, but things are even more sensitive than ever at the moment. If someone digs up another couple of bugs and this gets in the press, well ...?
I cannot see that there is any basis for any website taking action against you. So many webmasters so often forget that being in Google's database and SERPs is not a _right_ that we can claim.
And a few word about GoogleGuy's silence: GoogleGuy's position is very difficult. There are situations where he serves everybody best by keeping a low profile. This might be one of those situations.
And a few word about GoogleGuy's silence: GoogleGuy's position is very difficult. There are situations where he serves everybody best by keeping a low profile. This might be one of those situations.
Clearly in these situations his position is very difficult, however I must disagree with you on this one. Burying one's head in the sand solves nothing and only serves to create suspicion and mistrust.
It's a bit like when someone says "no comment". You immediately think that they have reason to hide something.
[added]Unlike Microsoft and Adobe, who wouldn't have suffered much, if at all, because of drop of their index pages, because people could still find them, these 4 links relate to highly competitive travel business (Hotel reservations) and I think they must have seen a big drop in referrals from Google. I think restoration of these must be given priority by Google.[/added]
We adults would understand :)
:)
