Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google sandbox'

As we all know, Google Caffeine is launching on a single data center until after the holidays so that online retailers don't get a nasty present from Google. As I promised then, I would let you know what data center...

Posted on November 16, 2009 8:28 AM

Google has actually released a major Google index update before the holiday season. Yes, this is the Google Caffeine index, which has been in a Sandbox (testing environment) since August, is now being rolled out. If you visit the Caffeine...

Posted on November 10, 2009 8:36 AM

Back in February I ran a poll asking if the Google Sandbox still exists and if so, is it US based only? I don't think I ever published those results, so I apologize. A new Search Engine Watch Forums thread...

Posted on September 30, 2009 8:30 AM

Shortly after Google announced the Caffeine preview update The Register published an article named Google File System II. The two are actually mostly unrelated, in that the caffeine update runs off the second Google File System, like Microsoft Word runs...

Posted on August 19, 2009 9:26 AM

Google Tutor listed five tools that help you compare the Google Caffeine index to the current Google index. I figured I would list six here: facesaerch.com/caffeine/Google Caffeine BookmarkletPlug Caffeine into FireFox Search BarCaffeine Ranking Checkercartercole.com/googlevsgoogle.htmlcomparecaffeine.com/ Forum discussion at Sphinn....

Posted on August 18, 2009 8:11 AM

Normally, when we discuss Google updates, they are done without confirmation from Google. The search results on Google.com shift around, webmasters take notice and the update is named. Sometimes, Google confirms the major update and sometimes not. But never do...

Posted on August 11, 2009 9:02 AM

It has been a while since we really discussed the "Google Sandbox." The Google Sandbox goes back to April 2004. We first spotted it when I wrote New Sites = Poor Results in Google, then it became known as the...

Posted on February 5, 2009 8:22 AM

The Google Sandbox - what it was on day one, i.e. New Sites = Poor Results in Google, from when it was coined the Sandbox Effect to when Matt Cutts confirmed the Sandbox after much debate over the Sandbox, if...

Posted on September 25, 2006 12:11 PM