Google search?

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

The reason I am not getting excited yet is because Yahoo and all these other search engines say the same old crap.Why is it they say different stuff?

[youngerformofaxl]

If all the search engines said the same thing, then it would get boring.

[killingvector]

damn, we are truly a cursed spieces. How many false alarms can a gnr fan endure? Why is every spec of hope immediately quashed.

[Mysteron]

Because the official site doesn't have it's own description, it is defaulting to the description in the Google directory  

Although the information may turn out to be correct, no official date has yet been set (as you have probably guessed).... so please regard this information with your usual caution

Please note that this situation is being dealt with so please do not go bothering management or Google about this

And most importantly, be excellent to each other  

Maybe november is a target, but nobody set the day yet.
BTW, you speak like Axl "be nice to each other"..  

Some friends and I watched all the Bill and Ted movies again on Saturday and had a few beers. Since then I keep on quoting the movies   Childish really  

[ppbebe]

Absolutely bogus, were they?

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Must be official.. I mean nobody from google would pick up on the rumour from BTM and put it in to attract attention or anything.. what do they care?

yeah.  All of Google's search engine is automated anyway. Just like their Google News, and the Google Mail - there is no human intervention.   But I'm confused about how it came from the page's metatags and the results shown for other search engines.  

Its exciting anyway! Things are looking good!

It's definitely intriguing, but a little too early to say if it's good.  

EDIT:  So I refreshed the page, and read Mysteron's comment.  nevermind then.

[0001001]

The description does not necessarily come from the meta tags. When you add a site to google, the ask you to enter a short description, which will later appear below your website.
http://www.google.com/addurl.html

But I haven't found a link yet to change that description

[blues_rock_axeman]

Some friends and I watched all the Bill and Ted movies again on Saturday and had a few beers.

This confirms it!: MYSTERON IS AXL!  

[FlashFlood]

dogpile and webcrawler carry the same information, for what it's worth.

[sic.]

Because the official site doesn't have it's own description, it is defaulting to the description in the Google directory  

Exactly, and Google, the mostly automatic sonuvabitch it is, derives this information from the Dmoz directory. So basically, it's the Dmoz listing of GNR Online. I think Yahoo uses the Dmoz listings as well (or did use in the past), can't say why they show a different text. Maybe it'll show up once they update their categories

[AxlFink]

I havent been on this forum that long so Im noit sure but


is mysteron Axl?  Seriously?  Someone on here must be Axl.  He seems to be the obvious choice.

and if CD doesnt come out in Nov.  I'm going to be really depressed.  

[Saul]

No , Mysteron is not axl. He is a very normal person who has a family member in the music buisness. He has some contact info with mangement and thats how he gets his answers. To be honest , any one of you guys could get the same answers mysteron gets just as easily.

[jarmo]

is mysteron Axl?

 

The Magic 8 Ball say "no".

Seriously?

 

Yes, seriously.

Someone on here must be Axl.

I've banned people who thought they were Axl. Does that count?



/jarmo

[ppbebe]

Someone on here must be Axl.

I've banned people who thought they were Axl.


/jarmo

I don?t blame Jarmo, there are too many Axls on GNR boards. Starting with AxlFink,  Axl 23..

[Mysteron]

Because the official site doesn't have it's own description, it is defaulting to the description in the Google directory  

Exactly, and Google, the mostly automatic sonuvabitch it is, derives this information from the Dmoz directory. So basically, it's the Dmoz listing of GNR Online. I think Yahoo uses the Dmoz listings as well (or did use in the past), can't say why they show a different text. Maybe it'll show up once they update their categories

That's right  

[Mysteron]

No , Mysteron is not axl. He is a very normal person who has a family member in the music buisness. He has some contact info with mangement and thats how he gets his answers. To be honest , any one of you guys could get the same answers mysteron gets just as easily.

That's right too

It's the people I know who pull the strings for me

[jbreezy]

I'm positive Axl's been here, but I doubt he comes back often, frankly it wouldn't be very healthy for him since there's so much negativity.  But, to be fair we all have a right to be pissed, some just excercise more patience than others.
I put no faith in the Google thing, but I still hold out hope that I'll see CD in the fairly near future.
Keep the faith, my GNR brethren, we have to be the most devoted fans ever.

[C0ma]

Because the official site doesn't have it's own description, it is defaulting to the description in the Google directory  

Exactly, and Google, the mostly automatic sonuvabitch it is, derives this information from the Dmoz directory. So basically, it's the Dmoz listing of GNR Online. I think Yahoo uses the Dmoz listings as well (or did use in the past), can't say why they show a different text. Maybe it'll show up once they update their categories

This is right off of dmoz.org:

The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
The web continues to grow at staggering rates. Automated search engines are increasingly unable to turn up useful results to search queries. The small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory sites can't keep up with submissions, and the quality and comprehensiveness of their directories has suffered. Link rot is setting in and they can't keep pace with the growth of the Internet.  
Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Open Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself. As the Internet grows, so do the number of net-citizens. These citizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content.
The Open Directory is the most widely distributed data base of Web content classified by humans.  Its editorial standards body of net-citizens provide the collective brain behind resource discovery on the Web.  The Open Directory powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most popular search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, Lycos, HotBot, DirectHit, and hundreds of others.

[pilferk]

is mysteron Axl?

 

The Magic 8 Ball say "no".

Seriously?

 

Yes, seriously.

Someone on here must be Axl.

I've banned people who thought they were Axl. Does that count?



/jarmo

Now wait a sec! That Magic 8 Ball bit is MINE! I want credit when its used by other posters!
 

[killingvector]

so it's dmoz problem. From where is their directory information gathered? other websites if the content of the website is empty ?