> I think they will continue to push it in one way or another > because it is just to important to cancel. > > If users actually use Web Accellerator, Google has an even better > indicator of page quality then the number of links to it: the > number of hits and the time spend on a page. That is criucial > information for a Trustrank. And if they become the domnant > technology for that, they can hide a significant number of hits > for the competition. > > If they can get end users to put pressure on webstes to adhere to > standards better that is also a minor boost for their search > engine business: the better the HTTP implementation of a website, > the easier to spider. > > It may be a very long Beta, even for Google standards, but Google > Web Accelerator is here to stay.
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