Comment on You don’t need a password. Posterous fail. parentComments−snewe16yGoogle's crawler (especially the blog and news ones) requires a three digit or larger number in the url. That is why you should keep a year/date in a url.Update: Not sure why I got downvoted, but here is the reference from Google News:http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#...−codeflo16yDon't downvote snewe, he/she is correct: http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=...I can't figure out why though. It sounds like an incredibly stupid rule.−Psyonic16yWhy do they want this?−[deleted]16y[deleted]−codeflo16yI guess nobody believed you, because it sounds so ridiculous. Do you have an idea why Google imposes that rule?−puredemo16yI'm not sure it's true. Do a quick search on Google news and click some links -- there are plenty of results that don't have numbers in the url.−thechangelog16yFrom http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=...this rule is waived with News sitemaps.
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Google's crawler (especially the blog and news ones) requires a three digit or larger number in the url. That is why you should keep a year/date in a url.
Update: Not sure why I got downvoted, but here is the reference from Google News:
http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#...
Don't downvote snewe, he/she is correct: http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=...
I can't figure out why though. It sounds like an incredibly stupid rule.
Why do they want this?
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I guess nobody believed you, because it sounds so ridiculous. Do you have an idea why Google imposes that rule?
I'm not sure it's true. Do a quick search on Google news and click some links -- there are plenty of results that don't have numbers in the url.
From http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=...
this rule is waived with News sitemaps.