info update thing (dunno what it called)

sitesupport's picture

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ok first question: what do you call it when the google n alexa, and people like them update their info. (like pr, traffic, prety much what you get on smartpagerank.com)?

second question: when they update it?

timjpriebe's picture

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Normally you just call that updating. As far as I know, anyway. Or were you thinking of the term "crawl"?

It's hard to tell sometimes when those things get updated. I know Google's constant crawling the web and updating its archives. If you sign up for Google's webmaster tools for your site, I believe it tells you when they last updated.

Not sure on Alexa, though.

Megan's picture

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Yes, Google's Webmaster tools will tell you when your site was last crawled - even down to individual pages. Regarding PageRank - their internal system is upgraded constantly (or very frequently - not sure how that works in there). The toolbar PR that you see is only updated every 3-4 months. There was an update about a month ago.

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