Modifications to the google.public.support.general FAQ
9 Jan 2009 * Updated/improved questions "I have found a newsgroup
that isn't archived by Google Groups ...", "I have a
question that doesn't relate to this newsgroup ...",
"I'm quite sure by site is banned ...", "We have a new
version of our website ...", "Does Google index
dynamic pages?", "How can I stop Googlebot from
crawling my web site altogether?", "What is the
PageRank?", "How can I see the PageRank number for a
web page?", "How can I make my site rank higher in
search results?", "Are there any webmaster tools or
services?", "How do I get my site listed in Google
Directory?", "I have installed Google Toolbar. Where
is it?", "After I have logged in to Gmail, why doesn't
Gmail work?", "How can I add feeds to Google?", "Does
Google offer a webhosting service?", "How can I find
people ..." and "Are there any other informative web
pages about Google?".
8 Jan 2009 * Updated/improved questions "How many web servers does
Google have?", "How many search queries do people make
with Google?", "How can I change my name that appears
every time I want to post or reply with Google
Groups?", "My messages have disappeared. Where are
they?", "How can I check the threads on what I post?",
"What is DejaNews?" and "Is Google Groups a message
board?".
6 Jan 2009 * Updated/improved questions "What operators can I use
in the search query?", "How can I exclude adult sites
from the search?", "Where can I find commands for the
Calculator?", "What is Cached page?" and "What is
Local Search?".
* Changed question "What is Supplemental Result?" to
"What was Supplemental Result?".
4 Jan 2009 * Updated/improved questions "How can I save preferences
for Google?", "How can I make Google my home page?"
and "What is the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button?".
* Changed question "How can I search from pages that
have been changed in 3, 6 or 12 months?" to "How can I
search from pages that have been changed in 24 hours,
week, month or year?".
3 Jan 2009 * Updated/improved questions "How do I clear information
about my previous searches?", "My computer began to
behave strangely. Why?", and "Do Google employees post
to this newsgroup?".
8 Sep 2008 * Updated the FAQ list.
13 Aug 2008 * Moved FAQ from Google Page Creator
(http://gpsgfaq.googlepages.com/) to Google Sites
(http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/), because
Google announced Google Page Creator will be shut
down in 2008.
12 Mar 2008 * Added the mention to the beginning of the FAQ that the
old google.public.support.general newsgroup has been
replaced by other official Google forums.
7 Jan 2008 * Updated some of the links and sentences.
30 Aug 2007 * Shortened question "Are there other official Google
discussion groups and/or mailing lists?" to "Are there
other official and unofficial Google forums?".
* Moved the list of Google forums to its own page.
* Updated the FAQ list and added a link to page on how
to contact Google.
25 Aug 2007 * Added question "What is
google.public.support.general?".
* Improved question "How can I read
google.public.support.general with a newsreader?".
18 Mar 2007 * Updated links or removed outdated links in questions
"How can I read google.public.support.general with a
newsreader?", "I have found a newsgroup that isn't
archived by Google Groups. How can I ask it to be
added to Google Groups?", "How can I insert the Google
Search to my web page?", and "How can I make a good
newsgroup post?".
* Updated question "Are there any other FAQs about
Google?" (Replaced "Google Personalized Homepage FAQ",
"Google Personalized Search FAQ", and "Google
Personalized Web Search FAQ" with "Personalizing
Google FAQ (Help)". Updated "Google Sitemaps FAQ
(Help)" and "Google Toolbar FAQ (Help)". Removed
"Picasa Web Albums FAQ". Added "Google Navigator
(China) FAQ".).
* Added "Google News Help" group to question "Are there
other official Google discussion groups and/or mailing
lists?".
* Added "Google Webmaster Tools" to question "Are there
any webmaster tools or services?".
* Improved question "How many newsgroups are there?" by
removing "/" from the end of URL
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active because it
didn't work otherwise.
* Improved question "How can I contact Google?" by
giving longer instructions.
12 Mar 2007 * Improved question "How can I change the language
Google uses on its web pages?".
* Updated question "How can I save preferences for
Google?" and moved the language codes list to its own
page with additional information.
9 Mar 2007 * Updated FAQ list and forum list.
5 Mar 2007 * Improved question "How can I allow cookies for
Google?" and added question "How can I delete cookies
for Google?".
* Added YouTube FAQ to the FAQ list.
18 Feb 2007 * Updated question "Why does it take so long for my post
to show up in Google Groups?".
15 Feb 2007 * Updated information on how to submit a re-inclusion
request to Google if a web site gets banned by Google
Web Search.
25 Jan 2007 * Updated information about Google Groups, because
Google Groups version 2 (GG2) was replaced by Google
Groups 3 (GG3).
6 Jan 2007 * Updated FAQ list and forum list.
* Removed mention about Google Answers in question "I
have a question that doesn't relate to this newsgroup,
where can I ask it?", because Google Answers is no
longer accepting new questions.
16 Nov 2006 * Updated links and information on some questions.
* Changed question "How do I respond to a post over a
month old?" to "How do I respond to a post over 60
days old?".
9 Nov 2006 * Updated browser information: added information for
newer browsers (Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla
Firefox 2.x) and removed information for older
browsers (Mozilla Firebird (replaced by Mozilla
Firefox), Mozilla Firefox 0.x, and Opera 7).
12 Oct 2006 * Added a list of some of the unofficial Google FAQs.
11 Oct 2006 * Added term GG3 to Glossary.
* Updated forum list and FAQ list.
15 Aug 2006 * Added the "Google Webmaster Help" group to the forum
list.
29 Jul 2006 * Updated question "How can I clear the search history
in Google Toolbar?" for Google Toolbar 4.
28 Jul 2006 * Added Google AJAX Search API FAQ and forum.
* Added question "How can I help my web site rank higher
on a national Google search for a certain country?".
26 Jul 2006 * Added questions "Does Google index dynamic pages?",
and "Does Google crawl JavaScript?".
20 Jul 2006 * Updated links, FAQ list and forum list.
6 Jun 2006 * Added question "How can I change the language Google
uses on its web pages?".
* Improved question "How do I stop being redirected from
www.google.com to other Google pages?".
* Updated the FAQ list and the forum list.
29 Apr 2006 * Improved question "How do I clear information about my
previous searches?".
* Updated links to Google's information for webmasters
pages.
* Updated the FAQ list and the forum list for Google
SketchUp.
19 Apr 2006 * Added question "How do I clear information about my
previous searches?", which links to three related
questions.
18 Apr 2006 * Added question "How do I clear the history information
of previously visited web pages?".
13 Apr 2006 * Updated official Google discussion groups list.
9 Apr 2006 * Replaced question "What are the IP addresses of search
engine spiders (including Googlebots)?" with question
"How do I recognize visits from search engine spiders
(including Googlebots) in my log file?".
* Updated question "What are the Google data centers?".
18 Mar 2006 * Improved question "How do I stop being redirected from
www.google.com to other Google pages?".
14 Mar 2006 * Updated FAQ list in question "Are there any other FAQs
about Google?".
* Improved question "How can I change my email address
in Google Groups?".
27 Feb 2006 * Moved FAQ from Yahoo! GeoCities
(http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsupgenfaq/) to
Google Page Creator (http://gpsgfaq.googlepages.com/),
because Google Page Creator was launched in 2006.
26 Feb 2006 * Added question "Does Google offer a webhosting
service?".
24 Feb 2006 * Replaced question "Somehow a private document has been
made public through Google. How can it be removed from
Google search results?" with question "How can I
remove a page or a site from Google search results?".
* Replaced question "Why Googlebot is downloading the
same file over and over again?" with questions "How
can I stop Googlebot from downloading the same file
over and over again?", "How can I stop Googlebot from
downloading too fast?", and "How can I stop Googlebot
from crawling my web site altogether?".
* Added question "What is a robots meta tag?".
23 Feb 2006 * Updated links, FAQ list and forum list.
1 Jan 2006 * Updated questions "Are there other official Google
discussion groups and/or mailing lists?", and "Are
there any other FAQs about Google?".
23 Dec 2005 * Added question "How can I add feeds to Google?".
19 Dec 2005 * Added questions "How can I automatically quote
messages in Google Groups?", and "What quoting styles
and techniques can I use?".
24 Nov 2005 * Added questions "Are there any webmaster tools or
services?", and "Are there any SEO tools?".
16 Nov 2005 * Added Google Base FAQ to question "Are there any other
FAQs about Google?".
14 Nov 2005 * Updated questions "Are there other official Google
discussion groups and/or mailing lists?", "Where can I
see the dates of the previous Google updates?", "I
have installed Google Toolbar. Where is it?", "How can
I contact Google?", "Are there any other FAQs about
Google?", and "Are there any other informative web
pages about Google?".
26 Oct 2005 * Removed links to web pages that need to be signed in
before you can see the content of the pages.
* Modified question "Where can I see the dates of the
previous Google updates?", because the page where the
FAQ linked to didn't show Google Update history
without signin in anymore.
* Added two links to question "How can I make my site
rank higher in search results?".
11 Oct 2005 * Updated Introduction, and questions "I'm quite sure
by site is banned. How can I get it back to Google
search results?", and "Are there any other FAQs about
Google?".
17 Sep 2005 * Improved question "How do I stop my previous searches
from appearing ..." for Netscape 8.
14 Sep 2005 * Added "Google Talk FAQ".
* Updated questions "My computer began to behave
strangely. Why?", and "Are there other official Google
discussion groups and/or mailing lists?".
* Reorganized FAQ list in question "Are there any other
FAQs about Google?".
12 Aug 2005 * Clarified question "How do I search for special
characters ...".
10 Aug 2005 * Added questions "My web site has never been indexed by
Google. Why?", and "Why do I need incoming links
pointing to my web site?".
9 Aug 2005 * Added question "Can search engine spiders access my
web site?".
* Updated questions "I can't find anymore any web pages
of my site. Is it banned?", and "How search engine
spiders see my web pages?".
31 Jul 2005 * Added questions "How do I avoid my site getting banned
by Google?", and "Why isn't my web site on the first
page of search results (my web site is indexed by
Google)?".
* Updated question "How can I make my site rank higher
in search results?".
29 Jul 2005 * Changed question "Is there a list of original Google
Groups (GG1) sites?" to "Are there any original Google
Groups (GG1) sites left?".
* Removed question "Why can't I reply to articles with
Google Groups anymore?", because there are no more GG1
sites.
* Updated questions "How do I determine if my web pages
are in the Google index?", "I can't find anymore any
web pages of my site. Is it banned?", "I'm quite sure
by site is banned. How can I get it back to Google
search results?", and "How search engine spiders see
my web pages?".
26 Jul 2005 * Updated questions "Is there a list of original Google
Groups (GG1) sites?", and "My computer began to behave
strangely. Why?".
9 Jul 2005 * Improved questions "How do I stop my previous searches
from appearing ...", and "My computer began to behave
strangely. Why?".
* Added question "How can I adjust the settings of my
web browser to make browsing the web pages safer?".
8 Jul 2005 * Updated questions "How can I see the PageRank number
for a website?", "I have installed Google Toolbar.
Where is it?", and "Can Google Toolbar be used in
other browsers than Internet Explorer?" for Mozilla
Firefox.
26 Jun 2005 * Added term "Google sandbox effect".
25 Jun 2005 * Added question "I have installed Google Toolbar. Where
is it?".
* Improved question "After I have logged in Gmail, why
doesn't Gmail work?".
22 Jun 2005 * Updated question "How do I stop my previous searches
from appearing when I type in a new search term?".
20 Jun 2005 * Updated questions "My computer began to behave
strangely. Why?", and "Are there other official
Google discussion groups and/or mailing lists?".
17 Jun 2005 * Updated question "What operators can I use in the
search query?".
16 Jun 2005 * Improved and moved question "Why can't I access Google
or some other search engines?".
13 Jun 2005 * Added "Google Personalized Homepage FAQ".
* Added "Google Sitemaps FAQ".
* Added "Google Video Upload Program FAQ".
* Added "Google News: Customized News FAQ".
12 Jun 2005 * Updated questions "How do I stop my previous searches
from appearing when I type in a new search term?",
"How can I allow cookies for Google?", "After I have
logged in Gmail, why doesn't Gmail work?", "How can I
reload a web page?", "How can I empty the browser's
cache?", and "How can I allow JavaScript for Gmail?"
for browsers Opera 8, Opera 7 and Netscape 8.
10 Jun 2005 * Added question "Is there a list of original Google
Groups (GG1) sites?".
* Brought back question "Why can't I reply to articles
with Google Groups anymore?" with updated information.
14 May 2005 * Updated question "How search engine spiders see my web
pages?".
* Added "Google Web Accelerator FAQ".
* Added "Google - My Search History FAQ".
* Added "Google Ride Finder FAQ".
17 Mar 2005 * Added questions "Can I make a proximity search with
Google?", and "Can I use wildcard symbols in
searches?".
14 Mar 2005 * Removed question "Why can't I reply to articles with
Google Groups anymore?", because you can again reply
to messages with the Original Google Groups (GG1).
* Added "Google Video Search FAQ".
* Added "Google Maps FAQ".
22 Jan 2005 * Added questions "Why can't I reply to articles with
Google Groups anymore?", and "Are there other
official Google discussion groups and/or mailing
lists?".
* Improved question "My computer began to behave
strangely ...".
* Added "Google Mini FAQ".
* Added "Google Accounts FAQ".
* Added terms "Atom", "DejaNews", "GG1", and "GG2" to
Glossary, and updated the term "GG".
21 Jan 2005 * Clarified questions "How can I change my name ...",
and "How can I check the threads ..." by adding the
word "Beta" after the name "Google Groups".
3 Jan 2005 * Added question "Where can I report problems with
Google Groups Beta?".
14 Dec 2004 * Improved questions "How do I stop my previous searches
from appearing ...", "How can I change my name that
appears ...", and "How can I change my email address
in Google Groups?".
10 Dec 2004 * Added "Google Suggest FAQ".
8 Dec 2004 * Updated questions "How can I change my name ...", "My
messages have disappeared ...", "How can I check the
threads ...", "How can I read
google.public.support.general ...", "How do I respond
to a post ...", "How can I include international
characters ...", "Is Google Groups a message board?",
"Why does it take so long for my post ..." and "How
can I find this FAQ?" because of new version of
Google Groups.
* Added questions "How can I change my email address in
Google Groups?", and "Are Google discussion groups
same as Usenet newsgroups?".
* Added http://www.google.com/googlegroups/about.html
to the Introduction section.
7 Dec 2004 * Added "Google Desktop Search FAQ".
* Added "Google Scholar FAQ".
* Added "Google Print FAQ".
* Updated program list and links in question "My
computer began to behave strangely ...".
14 Oct 2004 * Added "Google SMS FAQ".
* Removed "Search by Location FAQ", because "Search by
Location" graduated from Google Labs to "Google
Local".
10 Sep 2004 * Improved question "How can I make my site rank higher
in search results?" by adding tips.
* Moved links "Recent Changes", "Mentions", and "News
Quotes About Google" after "Disclaimer" text.
6 Sep 2004 * Improved question "After I have logged in Gmail, why
doesn't Gmail work?".
5 Sep 2004 * Added question "How can I allow JavaScript for
Gmail?".
* Improved question "After I have logged in Gmail, why
doesn't Gmail work?".
3 Sep 2004 * Added new section "6. Gmail", and renumbered sections
"7. Miscellaneous Topics", and "8. Glossary".
* Added questions "After I have logged in Gmail, why
doesn't Gmail work?", "How can I reload a web page?",
and "How can I empty the browser's cache?".
* Added version numbers for browsers (for example
Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla 1.x, Mozilla Firebird
0.x, and Mozilla Firefox 0.x).
* Changed Tomi Häsä's address to tomi.hasa@gmail.com.
24 Aug 2004 * Added question "How can I allow cookies for Google?",
and added links to that question from other questions.
* Added "Gmail Notifier FAQ".
23 Aug 2004 * Added http://www.prsearch.net/.
30 Jul 2004 * Updated and added links in questions "My computer
began to behave strangely ...", "What is the
PageRank?", and "Are there any other informative web
pages about Google?".
20 Jul 2004 * Changed Craig's address to cbpayne@gmail.com.
* Added links to glossary for numbers and letters.
20 May 2004 * Added "File Types FAQ".
13 May 2004 * Added "Groups 2 FAQ".
24 Apr 2004 * Added glossary term "download".
* Rephrased question "How can I see the PageRank ...".
* Minor improvements to questions "What operators can I
use ...", and "Are there any other informative ...",
and glossary terms "FAQ", and "PFI", "submission", and
"title element".
* Corrections to glossary terms "keyword density", and
"SEO".
14 Apr 2004 * Added URL to question "Is there a way to see the
search results numbered ...".
* Minor improvements to glossary terms "cross-post", and
"post".
9 Apr 2004 * Minor improvements to questions "How do I make each
search result open ...", "My messages have disappeared
...", and "I don't want to receive spam ...".
8 Apr 2004 * Minor improvements to questions "What is the "I'm
Feeling Lucky" ...", "My new site appeared ...",
and "Somehow a private document ...".
7 Apr 2004 * Added .. search operator.
3 Apr 2004 * Added "Gmail FAQ".
31 Mar 2004 * Added "Personalized Web Search FAQ".
31 Mar 2004 * Added "Google Web Alerts FAQ".
12 Feb 2004 * First web version of the FAQ.
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