Google's Secret Lab

Voelspriet writes "The mystery behind eval.google.com should be solved soon. It's a secret lab of Google. Real people, from all over the world, are paid to finetune the index of Google, reveals Searchbistro, a new weblog of the Dutch reporter Henk van Ess. A Flash-movie shows some screens of Google's 'Rater Hub', Full details about Eval.Google will be published later this week.

Comments

A few years old

[m00nun1t]

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/11972.htm discusses people getting referrals from eval.google.com back in 2003, so it seems this has been around for a while.

Re:Unfortunately...

[Morgahastu]

Eval.google.com isn't down, it just doens't respond to you unless you're a known ip.

Re:Don't you love it

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.google.com/jobs/eng/test.html#qr

Way to toot your own horn.

[Anonymous Coward]

Voelspriet -> henk@vaness.nl

Henk van Ess

Domain Name: SEARCHBISTRO.COM
Registrant:
voelspriet.nl
regenboog 36
amersfoort 3824ED
Netherlands

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: SEARCHBISTRO.COM
Created on: 22-May-05
Expires on: 22-May-07
Last Updated on: 22-May-05

Administrative Contact:
van ess, henk henk@vaness.nl
voelspriet.nl
regenboog 36
amersfoort 3824ED
Netherlands
(084) 222-8995 Fax -- (084) 222-8995
Technical Contact:
van ess, henk henk@vaness.nl
voelspriet.nl
regenboog 36
amersfoort 3824ED
Netherlands
(084) 222-8995 Fax -- (084) 222-8995

Domain servers in listed order:
WSC1.JOMAX.NET
WSC2.JOMAX.NET

I wonder how many ads are on that page when it's not /.ed

Flash animation on second server

[Voelspriet]

I've put the Flash-animation of eval.google.com on a second server.