One website that I like to read is Groklaw. It is a website that discusses the law and information technology. It gained its’ fame through covering the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit. Today, I read an article on Groklaw called Google Taking Blog Comments Searching Real-Time? by Bill Binko. In it he describes some changes in how Google seems to be indexing the web and the amazing speed at which they are doing it. He gives several examples in the article. Below, are a few that I tried for phrases from recent posts on The Lower Barn.

“unusual icicle formation” – The only result is for The Lower Barn.

“a good land flowing with milk” – The Lower Barn shows up as number eight on the search (On 1/22/08 at 2:50 PM CST, when I executed the search.).

“correct temperature for the milk” – The Lower Barn shows up as number three on the search (On 1/22/08 at 2:52 PM CST, when I executed the search.).

What does this mean? For one thing, content gets indexed fast, even for websites with little traffic. As the article points out, Google may be looking more at current content than established content. Even the “little guy” can now show up on searches if the content is good and current.