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    Study shows Google favored over other search engines by webmasters
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    The researchers didn’t know what they would find when they set BotSeer on the loose to look at and index the content of the robots.txt files of the Web sites which spanned several market segments including government, newspaper, university and Fortune 1000 companies. "Our intent was exploratory—to see if there was anything interesting" Councill said. Consumers with a soft spot for Google aren’t affected by the bias. Full Article at EurekAlert
    Our intent was exploratory—to see if there was anything interesting
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 24 months ago
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Study shows Google favored over other search engines by webmasters
  1. With the preference, Google can index some information which other search engines can’t
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 24 months ago
  2. Determining Bias to Search Engines from Robots.txt
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 24 months ago
  3. We expected that robots.txt files would treat all search engines equally or maybe disfavor certain obnoxious bots, so we were surprised to discover a strong correlation between the robots favored and the search engines’ market share
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 24 months ago
  4. Robots.txt files are written by Web policy makers and administrators who have to intentionally specify Google as the favored search engine
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 24 months ago

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