Peek Into Google Algo Part II – I Was Way Wrong

My first post on the Google cache error was pretty much a quick rundown of what I thought was possible that the error message revealed about the Google algo. Well, after reviewing the error further, I was pretty much completely wrong. It sounded like some pretty good guesses, and I stand by the fact that most of those things probably ARE in the algo somewhere, but my interpretation of the error was dead wrong.

The most glaring error that I overlooked in my excitement, was that it was served up on a cached page, thus was most likely query level server response (thanks to Detlev’s analysis)

Detlev’s explanation of the error is by far the best I’ve seen, and I would guess that he has came closest to correct of what the error actually meant. Another pretty good guestimation of the errors is available from Teh Xiggeh.

Added: Wesley Tanaka has a nice writeup as well.

There have been some other discussions and explanations of the error as well, but since Detlev is probably one of the most proficient SEO’s I’ve ever met. (an OG SEO, that has been watching algorithms since before SEO was called SEO), and the explanation seems simplest and most logical (see Occam’s Razor)

Other discussions on the “google cache error”

• Detlev’s search return
• Teh Xiggeh
• Nice speculation by Jeff Hollowell
• Wesley Tanaka
• Google Blogoscoped
• SEORefugee discussion
• Digg discussion

Please feel free to link drop any other discussions that you’ve seen on the topic.