Google Admits “Bad Data Push” Error

June 27th, 2006

Google has publically admitted that a change in datacenter infrustracture has caused serious problems for the search engine, and its search results.

The comments were made by Google employee, Adam Lasnik, on the technology forum Threadwatch, in which he admitted that Google had a “bad data push” error.

They were made in response to revelations that a brand new website had tricked its way into having 5 billion pages indexed by Google.

The comments by Adam Lasnik are the clearest admission so far that Google is and has been having major problems, since overhauling the infrastructure of it’s datacenter network in April.

There has been repeated speculation of technical problems, after a huge section of the web appeared to disappear from Google, along with major internet sites such as the Wikipedia, Digg, and Comparative Religion.com.

Previous comments attributed by Eric Schmidt and Larry Page had suggested there was a problem with the amount of storage space on their server.

However, one of Google’s chief engineers and Public Relations spokesmen, Matt Cutts, had denied there was a problem with information storage - but did admit that Google’s storing of information on websites had been prioritised.

The admission that there is a known technical problem with Google’s search results can only be a comfort to webmasters and website owners who so far have had little information to work on.

The fact that Google publically acknowledges the issue shows that Google are at least aware of the problem and are likely to be addressing it.

However, traditionally it can take weeks, even months, for Google to settle down in the face of previous technical difficulties.

In the meantime, should anyone find their own website similarly affected with disappearing from Google without reason, the recommendation can only be to sit tight, change nothing, and hope that Google can fix the problem sooner rather than later.