google down ?

**Whois-Search** · 03-09-2003, 11:43 AM

Google keeps going offline

**stuff** · 03-09-2003, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Whois-Search
Google keeps going offline

Yes for me to, in this moment

**fizz** · 03-09-2003, 11:45 AM

Hmmmm, including the search sites powered by Google

**devolution** · 03-09-2003, 04:26 PM

Isn't Google itself powered by DMOZ listings?

I find that is always very slow.

**Nexus** · 03-09-2003, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by devolution
Isn't Google itself powered by DMOZ listings?

Ouch! I'm sure they'd hate to hear you ask that! Bad PR if a company's sole function and claim to fame, is "powered" by another company.

Google does use DMOZ's listings for its "Directory" search (human-editted directory listing). It cross references it with its own PageRank and indexing system to enhance it further. DMOZ is free. Google's normal search does not use DMOZ's website *at all* (but does link to categories). DMOZ is powered by Netscape/AOL.

The reason why DMOZ is so slow sometimes is that some people spider the website dynamically, redisplaying its content on their own websites ( Click Here ). Google downloads all their data and maintains it separately so their not affected by them. Amazon had this happen to it for a while, but then made the smart move of supplying a more efficient and "smart" API for developers to utilize ( Click Here ).

~ Nexus