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		<title>is google really that slow at identifying and indexing backlinks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst on my weekly search engine optimisation (SEO) tasks, I am really getting the feeling that the Google bot is way behind the other search engines bot for identifying and indexing back-links.
I use WebSEO as my SEO tool, and this tool reports on the following back-link data:

Altavista: 546 links to my blog
Google: 5 links
HotBot: was [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "is google really that slow at identifying and indexing backlinks?", url: "http://www.dicontas.co.uk/blog/other/google-yahoo-msn-bots-performance-questionable/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whilst on my weekly search engine optimisation (SEO) tasks, I am really getting the feeling that the Google bot is way behind the other search engines bot for identifying and indexing back-links.</p>
<p>I use WebSEO as my SEO tool, and this tool reports on the following back-link data:</p>
<ul>
<li>Altavista: 546 links to my blog</li>
<li><strong>Google: 5 links</strong></li>
<li>HotBot: was 4349 links but sadly dropped to 28 links (scratching my head on this one&#8230;)</li>
<li>Yahoo: 1005 links</li>
<li>Windows Live (MSN): 4324 links</li>
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<p>This blog has been operational since August 2006 so Google has had plenty of time to catch up.  Maybe the latest news about all the Google data-centers being full to capacity may have some bearings?</p>
<p>I use Technorati to publish my blog feeds and it today records: <span class="links" /></p>
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<li><span class="links">Blog Rank: 104,717 (56 links from 33 blogs)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dicontas.co.uk%2Fblog" class="liexternaltech">Technorati&#8217;s Recent Posts from Email Monitoring + Email Filtering Blog</a></li>
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<p>These 56 links can be seen at <a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/www.dicontas.co.uk%2Fblog" title="Email monitoring and email filtering blog links" class="liexternaltech">Dicontas Blog Links from Technorati</a>.</p>
<p>The msnbot does a really quick job at keeping up with all my blog changes, so why not google?</p>
<p>Is the size of Google&#8217;s bot too big to fit into its current pair of jeans?&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Email Security and Productivity Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great list of 99 tips that help to make up the best in email practices has been produced.  This list can be viewed at Email Security &#038; Productivity Tips. It discusses many areas from how to ethically use the ‘BCC:&#8217;, to what attachments will make your mobile emailing compatible with everyone else&#8217;s.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A great list of 99 tips that help to make up the best in email practices has been produced.  This list can be viewed at <a href="http://www.itsecurity.com/features/99-email-security-tips-112006/" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Email Security &#038; Productivity Tips</a>. It discusses many areas from how to ethically use the ‘BCC:&#8217;, to what attachments will make your mobile emailing compatible with everyone else&#8217;s.</p>
<p>This covers Etiquette; Communicating &#038; Effectiveness; Mobile Email; Productivity, Folders, and Filtering; Email Attachments; Tricks, Hacks, Backup; System-Specific Mail; and Privacy and Security.</p>
<p>Additional References referenced by the Author are:</p>
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<li><a href="http://webfoot.com/advice/email.biblio.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >A beginner&#8217;s guide to effective email: bibliography</a>. This one is packed full of not tips but links, some of which may appear below as well. Here is the link to the main page: <a href="http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >A beginner&#8217;s guide to effective email</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://computing.wayne.edu/email/emailtips.php" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Wayne State University email tips</a>. Short, clear and to the point.</li>
<li>About.com&#8217;s <a href="http://sbinformation.about.com/od/ecommerce/a/emailtips.htm" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >6 simple savvy small business email tips</a>. Tips 2 and 4 are arguable. A contact form is better for first contact from someone else to your company, especially if you don&#8217;t know them. And checking email only once a day is just not effective. Three times a day is probably much better. Once a day means that you may find critical email-triggered tasks take much longer to complete.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p47.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Introduction to email</a>. This is the intro page to chapter 4 of the <a href="http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >online edition</a> of the book <em>Netiquette</em> by Virginia Shea. Chapter 10 has <a href="http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p91.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >tips for using email at work</a>, and Chapter 15, <a href="http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >email privacy - a grand illusion</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/e-text/e-mail.htm" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Email: Ten tips for writing it effectively</a> has some good tips for effective communication.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.britell.com/use/use19.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Avoiding the dark side of email</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cs.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/etiquette.html" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Electronic mail etiquette</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm" target="_blank" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" > Email etiquette</a>.</li>
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<p>This <a href="http://www.itsecurity.com/features/99-email-security-tips-112006/" class="liexternal" rel="nofollow" >Email Security &#038; Productivity Tips</a> and additional references lists were produced by IT Security.</p>
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		<title>Welcome to the Dicontas Blog Site!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a business-focused blog area specialising in email monitoring, email filtering,  content filtering, email administration, services, issues and related news.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a business-focused blog area specialising in email monitoring, email filtering,  content filtering, email administration, services, issues and related news.</p>
<p>It is primarily aimed at IT and HR business professionals within organisations that monitor its business email communications for email compliance -  and to ensure that company security and policy standards are being adhered to.</p>
<p>Also discussed is general advice for other blog administrators. e.g. the use of WordPress as a blogging tool, WordPress plugins to make the blog feature rich, and other topics on search engine optimisation (SEO).</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy this site and that it is informative for your needs.</p>
<p>This blog is managed by <a href="http://www.dicontas.co.uk/" class="liinternal">Dicontas - providers of outsourced email filtering administration, email monitoring administration and centralised email content assessment services</a>.</p>
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