> -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Tony Smith > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:39 AM > > I remember ages ago there was talk that a lot of the web > would never get indexed, being subscriber-only info, like > IEEE, scientific journals, etc. The proposed solution was > if you wanted your site indexed, you gave Google a > subscription, and the deal was it didn't cache the pages. The last time this issue came up here I wanted to mention something I remember reading about it from quite a while back. However I couldn't locate what I had read about Google and standards bodies so, I didn't mention it. I think it was from around 2001 and in one of the trade rags, EET I think. Any way, what I remember reading was that Google was trying to get standards bodies to allow them to index there documents for search results while protecting the standards bodies income source. While I can't find the old article It seems to match up with the information at Google Scholar. Google Scholar and Google books take the attitude that it is better to let you know that the information is out there even if you can't access the complete information for free. Personally it doesn't bother me to see a standards body restricted access document listed first in the results. If I really need to see the information I'll head to a library or have my employer buy it. Paul > Doesn't the google News work like that? > > It's probably something simple like the site sees you > aren't logged in or don't have a cookie set (as would > happen with a spider), and displays a preview of the PDF. > It's that preview that shows up in the search. I know sites > were switching content for the spider, but that can get you > banned. > > I know it won't happen, but has anyone asked the IEEE > webmaster - > ? I > presume these's a member or two here. $10 says money > doesn't change hands. > > > Tony -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist