Hi Adam..
Good to see you back :) Ok.. I'll get the ball rolling.
"Proxy Hijacking seems to be a recurrent theme in recent months. The
theory goes that it is quite possible for the original copy of a site
to be surpassed and even excluded from the index by another site
hosting proxied copies of a web page. Given that a) Google seems
pretty effective at detecting duplicate content and b) Google has the
means to authenticate website owners (via webmaster tools and sitemaps
etc) is it possible / would it be beneficial to attempt to overcome
this problem by allowing gbot to visit 'on command' each time a new
page is added (the same way mediapartners bot does)."
> Thought I'd try something new here, and the team's backing me up on it
> (brave souls!)
> Got questions? We've got answers: at least five (5) substantive
> responses to your picks on webmaster'y topics over the next two weeks.
> We invite you to ask questions in this thread that:
> - don't deal with a specific site or sites
> - are likely to be of interest to a great many webmasters around the
> world
> - aren't already covered in one of our recent blog posts or in our
> Help Center
> And in turn we will do one of the following for each response:
> - Start a thread in this group with a detailed answer.
> - Add new Help Center documentation or substantially revise an
> existing doc to cover your question.
> - Do a blog post on the topic.
> Some ground rules:
> - Please don't get into in-depth discussion on each question in this
> thread; instead, kindly start a separate thread (and feel free to
> point there from this thread!)
> - Understand that -- unless we inexplicably get fewer than five
> questions here -- we're not going to be able to answer everything/
> everyone in this thread.
> - Webmaster'y questions or specific suggestions on topics to explore
> are welcomed... but not wish lists, okay? (e.g., "I wish Webmaster
> Tools stats were updated hourly!" and "Can we see more photos of
> Matt's Cats please?" do not count!)
> We'll continue to answer site-specific questions in other threads, but
> we thought it'd be interesting to tackle some broader/more-general
> themes separately. And we'll see how this works out. If it bombs,
> well, we tried. If it rocks, then we'll consider doing it again!
> Have a great week everyone, and we'll look forward to seeing your
> questions here.