This is pretty interesting. A site I run exposed a "This week in..." archive on the homepage, linking to articles that happened that week in previous years (you can see it at http://play.tm, click "Archive" in the middle half way down the page). A number of spiders then went nuts (including Google's) and indexed the archived articles assuming they were new. Despite the date being shown prominently on the articles confusion and hilarity ensued...
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/12/anatomy_of_a_goof_xbox_360_sal.php J -- Jason Cartwright Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)2070313161 On Jan 7, 2008 2:21 PM, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think someone missed the point here... > > Or am I wrong? > > David > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch] > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:55:54 -0000 > From: NewsOnline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks for your comments. We do not control who decides to email our > pieces. Sometimes when another website mentions them, they are viewed > again. However, we need to rely on the wisdom of our viewers to check > the date stamp. We have over 3 million stories archived and could not > put a "mark" on all of them. > > Regards > BBC News Website > http://news.bbc.co.uk/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 January 2008 11:45 > To: NewsOnline Errors > Subject: Feedback [NewsWatch] > > > From: David Greaves > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Country: UK > > COMMENTS: Your 'most emailed' list has: > Self-cert mortgages could skew market > at number 3. > > It's very misleading to have this 4 year old story linked to on the > front page of the BBC news - especially since the time of year > corresponds. > > Maybe you should consider a background image, like a watermark, that > says 'old news - check the date of this story' for stories over a > certain age (6-months or a year). > > David Greaves, UK > > URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3478635.stm > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
