# \*.rubyforge.org sites disappearing from google? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203 "2007-07-24T05:28:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/1 "2007-07-24T05:28:04Z")
Has anyone noticed that projects with homepages hosted on rubyforge have disappeared from the google index? When trying to google rspec, mongrel, mocha, fastercsv, their respective \*.rubyforge.org pages fail to appear in the search results. This may be just a temporary hiccup, however… ---
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/2 "2007-07-24T09:23:00Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alex Y. wrote: > Leonard C. wrote: > > > Has anyone noticed that projects with homepages hosted on rubyforge > > have disappeared from the google index? When trying to google rspec, > > mongrel, mocha, fastercsv, their respective \*.rubyforge.org pages fail > > to appear in the search results. > > > > This may be just a temporary hiccup, however… > > I noticed it for mongrel, certainly, but that was only yesterday. I checked with Google’s site status tool – They are being indexed. [https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus) however, they must be getting buried for some reason. * * * Travis W. “Programming in Java is like dealing with your mom – it’s kind, forgiving, and gently chastising. Programming in C++ is like dealing with a disgruntled girlfriend – it’s cold, unforgiving, and doesn’t tell you what you’ve done wrong.” -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) iD8DBQFGpaidWvapaOIz2YYRAgydAJ4j0CGDXa+EPLNysxMxEcbEsxj6oQCffR+Q 3XENBk8KsmnFpW17x5TEqZw= =OzNK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/3 "2007-07-24T10:38:29Z")
Leonard C. wrote: > Has anyone noticed that projects with homepages hosted on rubyforge > have disappeared from the google index? When trying to google rspec, > mongrel, mocha, fastercsv, their respective \*.rubyforge.org pages fail > to appear in the search results. > > This may be just a temporary hiccup, however… Probably a cause of this: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group\_id=5](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group_id=5) ---
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/4 "2007-07-24T15:21:50Z")
On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 17:37 +0900, Andreas L. wrote: > [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group\_id=5](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group_id=5) > Yup, let’s give it a day or two and see if Google picks them up again > now that I’ve removed that block. If not, I’ll contact them… Yours, Tom ---
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/5 "2007-07-25T02:39:54Z")
On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 09:20 -0400, Tom C. wrote: > > Probably a cause of this: > > [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group\_id=5](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102&aid=12074&group_id=5) > > Yup, let’s give it a day or two and see if Google picks them up again > now that I’ve removed that block. If not, I’ll contact them… FYI, this appears to be cleared up now: [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://www.google.com/search?q=site:mongrel.rubyforge.org/) Note to self, don’t block Googlebots with iptables! Yours, Tom ---
**Author:** ![Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Leonard\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Leonard_C)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-org-sites-disappearing-from-google/110203/6 "2007-07-24T09:02:39Z")
Leonard C. wrote: > Has anyone noticed that projects with homepages hosted on rubyforge > have disappeared from the google index? When trying to google rspec, > mongrel, mocha, fastercsv, their respective \*.rubyforge.org pages fail > to appear in the search results. > > This may be just a temporary hiccup, however… I noticed it for mongrel, certainly, but that was only yesterday.