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What format would the indexes be made available in? Raw lists of URLs and caches of the HTML pages, or pre-built inverted indexes, PageRank data, etc? If it's
by tlrobinson 15y ago
What format would the indexes be made available in? Raw lists of URLs and caches of the HTML pages, or pre-built inverted indexes, PageRank data, etc?
If it's the former all this really does is move the burden from sites to Google, and introduces a single point of failure.
If it's the latter, which seems unlikely, what incentive does Google have to share that data? It's part of their competitive advantage.