No More Supplemental Indexing - Sort Of

Over the holidays I was reading an article from WebProNews on the Supplemental Index. If you are unfamiliar with the term, let me explain.

Back in 2003 Google introduced the Supplemental Index. This was an index (database) where web sites, pages went when not up to standards (less important or less trusted) for Google's main index (database). Now this explanation is a 'brief' to say the least, but you get the idea.

Many business owners were quite upset, and rightfully so, by this because if someone typed in a search term / phrase and your site / pages were in the Supplemental Index your site would not come up IF others did show for the search in the main index. They would only show IF they search did not turn up results in the main index.

It's been reported by Google Search Quality Team that now when someone types in a search term / phrase both the main and supplemental index will be searched. This is indeed good news.

Read more about this here:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/ultimate-fate-of-supplemental-results.html

Happy New Year!

Jan