Hi,
I have a science popularization page. Last year, I moved it from
i.1asphost.com/pgostrov/e0.html to
pgostrov.googlepages.com/e0.html. Some months ago, dmoz updated the
links but google still
lists the old directions above the new one. Google directory
(contrarily to other ODP mirrors)
does not updated the url. In fact, searching for "do black holes exist"
lists

86th. i.1asphost.com/pgostrov/e3.htm (old site)
88th. www.freehomepages.com/pgostrov/e3.html (the article was move
from here in 2002!!)
151th. pgostrov.googlepages.com/e3.html (present location)

On the other hand, searching for the portuguese translation (originals
are in spanish) I obtained:
(search for "os buracos negros existem"):

1st. pgostrov.googlepages.com/p3.html
last www.freehomepages.com/pgostrov/p3.html

However, dmoz (in the portuguese directory) still is pointing to the
old url (www.freehomepages.com/pgostrov/p3.html)

I had similar problems during previous url changes, but only during 1
or 2 months. I can't understand what does google do when an article is
moved.

Pablo

Over 3000 sites use the DMOZ database (google is just one). DMOZ
produce a rdf dump of new data weekly. Downstream users update from
this whenever they feel like it. Googl does it on no set pattern and
has gone longer than 6 months between updates in the past - you just
have to wait until they can be bothered doing it.

Hi,

What is curious is that google seems to drop by a time the pages when
they appear updated in the odp.
During a previous change google quickly indexed the pages non updated
in the odp and lost by a time the one updated. Something similar seems
to happen now (if we see what it happens with the translation to the
Portuguese).



seo101 wrote:
> Over 3000 sites use the DMOZ database (google is just one). DMOZ
> produce a rdf dump of new data weekly. Downstream users update from
> this whenever they feel like it. Googl does it on no set pattern and
> has gone longer than 6 months between updates in the past - you just
> have to wait until they can be bothered doing it.