Google de-indexing forums?

ZuraX · 03-21-2006, 12:22 PM

Someone posted to usenet that Google maybe removing forums from its index. Anyone seen or heard anything about this?

Link: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.w...a3a5bbb1e8103/

vimkar · 03-21-2006, 02:54 PM

"One suggestion is this is because forums are open to abuse from
compeitors and advertisers. Another is that forums are a place of
debate (argument?) and search engines are viewed as directories of
information, rather than debates."

i disagree..
i often find answers to my questions on forums ... so i think forums provide usefull information ...
to me it makes no sense ...

drifta · 03-21-2006, 04:14 PM

i 110% agree vimkar... forums are great to find info.. always finding what i need by searching google and a forum thread pops up

dan_Vt · 03-23-2006, 12:14 PM

Agreed. I don't think this would be a wise move by Google. Sure, they want to be viewed as a directory of information, but they also cannot ignore their audience and I'm sure they get thousands of searches a day from people looking for forums. To remove them would be like saying "You won't find it on Google" to all these people, and that can't be good for their business.

tm · 03-23-2006, 12:54 PM

They had better not.

sm · 03-23-2006, 02:05 PM

i think it's just a rumour.. some forum sites are amongst the most heavily trafficked sites on the net.. they cant just drop them from the index. That's not possible....

Joe · 03-23-2006, 02:34 PM

this kind of makes sense
if i was google
i'd only index the first page of the forum
or forums (like namepros) who have SEO friendly topic titles
otherwise you get like: index.php?atc=asdfjasfdjaoiusdfhas8df9as8f92u348y9 8dsf
so you dont no what it is when u look on it on google

thats my view atleast
Joe

sm · 03-23-2006, 03:14 PM

aaah that's more like a session id... i think they strip that unless they find a direct link like that while crawling ....

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dan_Vt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Burlington, Vermont Posts: 1,039	Agreed. I don't think this would be a wise move by Google. Sure, they want to be viewed as a directory of information, but they also cannot ignore their audience and I'm sure they get thousands of searches a day from people looking for forums. To remove them would be like saying "You won't find it on Google" to all these people, and that can't be good for their business. __________________ Vermont SEO Tool Band Forum For Sale: Co-Sign.com

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drifta Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,528	i 110% agree vimkar... forums are great to find info.. always finding what i need by searching google and a forum thread pops up

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Joe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kent ~ U.K. Posts: 3,209	this kind of makes sense if i was google i'd only index the first page of the forum or forums (like namepros) who have SEO friendly topic titles otherwise you get like: index.php?atc=asdfjasfdjaoiusdfhas8df9as8f92u348y9 8dsf so you dont no what it is when u look on it on google thats my view atleast Joe __________________ Myself and "JackHeskett" are no longer associated with FusedHosting.net. Please pipe all PMs to admin [at] fusedhosting.net.

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