Trip to Google tomorrow

August 30, 2006 By

Ahh, I see someone is asking “why is the Windows Live Writer blog banned from Google?” They are talking about that over on Channel 9 too.

I doubt it’s banned. There are lots of reasons things don’t get into Google very highly. For one the search term isn’t in the title tag (which, for many searches, is more important than how many inbound links you have). For two someone notes that the HTML on Windows Live Spaces is giving lots of errors on the validators.

Anyway, tomorrow I’m gonna visit Matt Cutts at Google. He loves these kinds of questions. I’ll make sure he gets a good answer. I’ll be the guy wearing my “I’m not Matt Cutts” t-shirt. Just incase anyone gets us confused. Also on the calendar is the Calendar team. Meeting me there will be Scott Mace who runs the Calendarswamp blog. Should be an interesting day!

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  • John

    Here’s a question I’d like answered (via C9):

    Posted by LaBomba // Wed, Aug 30, 2006 10:54 PM

    Search about Windows Live Spaces on google, you’ll find blogs external to Microsoft talking about Live Spaces, but you won’t find actual created Live Spaces in the results…

  • John

    Here’s a question I’d like answered (via C9):

    Posted by LaBomba // Wed, Aug 30, 2006 10:54 PM

    Search about Windows Live Spaces on google, you’ll find blogs external to Microsoft talking about Live Spaces, but you won’t find actual created Live Spaces in the results…

  • http://randymorin.wordpress.com/ randymorin

    Matt will be the one wearing the “I’m not Google Guy” t-shirt ;-)

  • http://randymorin.wordpress.com/ randymorin

    Matt will be the one wearing the “I’m not Google Guy” t-shirt ;-)

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  • http://mike.spaces.live.com/ Mike Torres

    The HTML generated by Spaces is likely not the reason. I could give you a hundred queries where Spaces show up at or near the top (like Maryam Scoble).

    Plus, I doubt the fact that Yahoo and MSN/Windows Live return the Writer blog in the #1 spot mean they have better HTML parsers than Google.

  • http://mike.spaces.live.com Mike Torres

    The HTML generated by Spaces is likely not the reason. I could give you a hundred queries where Spaces show up at or near the top (like Maryam Scoble).

    Plus, I doubt the fact that Yahoo and MSN/Windows Live return the Writer blog in the #1 spot mean they have better HTML parsers than Google.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Yeah, you’re probably right. I’ve seen HTML troubles in the past get Webmasters in trouble, though.

    I’ll find out the deal and get back to you.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Yeah, you’re probably right. I’ve seen HTML troubles in the past get Webmasters in trouble, though.

    I’ll find out the deal and get back to you.

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  • http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

    Hey, I did a quick look and posted here:
    http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scoble-visiting-the-plex/

    Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

  • http://kunal.kundaje.net/ Kunal Kundaje

    Are you also planning to stop by the Mozilla lunch event tomorrow? It’s right here by the Googleplex.
    http://www.lunch20.com/2006/08/22/lunchzilla-20/

  • http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

    Hey, I did a quick look and posted here:
    http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scoble-visiting-the-plex/

    Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

  • http://kunal.kundaje.net Kunal Kundaje

    Are you also planning to stop by the Mozilla lunch event tomorrow? It’s right here by the Googleplex.
    http://www.lunch20.com/2006/08/22/lunchzilla-20/

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Kunal: I didn’t even know about that. Damn, there are so many things going on here. I have to check Upcoming.org just to find out!

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Kunal: I didn’t even know about that. Damn, there are so many things going on here. I have to check Upcoming.org just to find out!

  • Anonymous

    Google goes through phases of accurately returning windows live spaces in their results. Up until shortly after the release of live spaces the results were as they are today (e.g. can’t find sh*t), but then the problem got fixed and once again results were the same as live or yahoo searches.

    Now it seems they’re broken again.

  • http://wideawakewesley.spaces.live.com wideawakewesley

    Google goes through phases of accurately returning windows live spaces in their results. Up until shortly after the release of live spaces the results were as they are today (e.g. can’t find sh*t), but then the problem got fixed and once again results were the same as live or yahoo searches.

    Now it seems they’re broken again.

  • JasonK

    At least fix your site before you complain about it. Geesh!

  • JasonK

    At least fix your site before you complain about it. Geesh!

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  • Ross

    Did you ever find the answer as to why it wasn’t listed?

  • Ross

    Did you ever find the answer as to why it wasn’t listed?

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    Good point. definitely agreeed with it.

  • http://wwww.eq2goldmarket.com EQ2 Gold

    Good point. definitely agreeed with it.

  • http://GOOGLE.COM/ LANE

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  • http://GOOGLE.COM/ LANE

    WHAT I DONT GET IT SO CAN YOU HELP ME TOMORROW PLEASE