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Web Caching: Google vs. The New York Times
An anonymous reader writes "The Google cache is a popular feature among karma fetishists. Many stories with links to the NY Times attract comments pointing to Google's copy of the article. This gives readers access to the content without registering. C|Net reports that Google is in talks with the NY Times to close this backdoor. The article raises some general concerns regarding the caching of webcontent. Shouldn't the NY Times simply tell Google not to cache their site?"
Now we can't karma whore by linking to the google cache?
It's not only spam - they want to be able to build profiles of their users for marketing purposes. They've got my e-mail address. In exchange, their database has got a 98 year old woman who lives in Albania with a PhD, no job and an income of less than a thousand bucks a year. Twice. Once for my work e-mail address. And once for home.
Here's a Google cache of the article: ...
(just kidding)
You know you're a geek if you've ever replied to a tagline.
So do we charge the NYT $1,000 to explain robots.txt or $10,000 because they are so stupid...
- Adam L. Beberg - The Cosm Project - http://www.mithral.com/
Ecspect? Ecspect? ECSPECT? Jesus H mother of god, it's like just when I think slashdot couldn't possibly get any worse... it does.
In case google gets /.ed here is it's google cache
w ww.google.com/webmasters/3.html+%22I+need+my+site+ information+changed.%22&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
http://www.google.at/search?q=cache:qw2H0d95VkEJ:
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Karma 50, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.
(I confess, I usually click on every /.-story link)
This is *Slashdot*. We don't read articles. Please, either read the article or post a comment; you cannot do both.
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
At least this story is from C-Net. If it were from the NYT with a byline by Jayson Blaire (sandwiched between his stories about political upheaval in Grand Fenwick and his new biography of Thomas Crapper), we might have to wonder.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
"I do not support the terrorist regime of USA [troed.se]"
The US is very anti-terrorist. If you don't support it, perhaps you are a terrorist yourself?
Sweden itself has a bad reputation, with Olav Palme supporting genocide in Southeast Asia.
You gave them an actual, working, email address? How ...quaint.
Me, I'm a 66 year old single woman with no income, no education, and lives in a nonexistant Swedish town with a very rude (in Swedish) name. I figured that any site advertiser that want's to target this person must be desperate enough that their ads may actually be amusing.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
No, sorry, I can't agree with that. Well, maybe interesting.
As this website shows,
Google is not affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible for its content.
Actually, free reg requires a valid email id. It thus filters most bogus registrations
I know what you mean. For a while, my 'valid' email ID was 'root@nytimes.com,' but they eventually caught up to me. Now it's 'sales@nytimes.com.' And if you think there is any legitimate information in my registration, then you would be in error.
What those who want activist courts fear is rule by the people.
You say these things as if they are good things. Man, I don't want some newspapaper tracking everything that I read, so that they may serve me custom tailored advertisements! Although, it would be nice if the system actually was intelligent, it would eventually discern that I loath the advertisment philosophy, and stop sending them altogether -- ha.
V
Just check the aforemetioned link, they block the 2004 and 2005 a bit soon, isn't it?
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, please begin your conspiracy theories about those prewritten news articles and so on
Sure, but they have your e-mail address and know that you're a 34 year old woman from Indonesia who makes $75,000-$100,000 a year. Er, uh, wait a minute. Your e-mail address is what? "lkjweq@akl.asb"? Never mind.
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"Open source is good." - Steve Jobs
"Open source is evil." - Microsoft
And if they require a phone number, use 867-5309 # ask for Jenny
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Stop impersonating my grandmother, you insensitive clod!
Oh you don't like it? Ofcourse we won't cache your pages then, we'll even make sure your pages are completely removed from our index. From now on a search on New York Times will give nothing but gay porn. If there's anything else we can do for you don't hesitate to ask. Thank you!
my personal favorite has always been - ucan@suckit.now