Could Google be Broken?

September 2, 2004 Comments

Jennifer Laycock

Jennifer Laycock

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Federico bases his theory on the fact that Google has not reported an update to the number of pages listed in their index in nearly a year. Based on his interpretation of Google's white papers, Federico claims that Google's database setup limits it to indexing no more than 4,294,967,296 pages. That number is only about 10 million more than the number of pages Google currently claims to have indexed. Federico's theories follow up on earlier writings and theories proposed by Daniel Brandt.

It's an interesting read, especially if you're a techie. Far fetched? Perhaps. But with the Google IPO having come and gone, Google fanatics need to have something to obsess about, right?

Read the full theory at W3Reports.com: Is Google Broken?

Read Daniel Brandt's articles:
Google is Dying
Is Google Broken?




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Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.