Re: Google Public Service Search

On Wed, October 11, 2006 09:06, Kathleen Phillips Satz wrote:
> This question is for any webmasters using Google's free search facility on
> your site. In recent weeks, the link to log in to one's account has been
> disabled, with a note saying "This service is currently unavailable,
> please try again later." <https://services.google.com/publicservice/login>
>
> It doesn't say that the service is being discontinued, but it's been
> several weeks. The email address given in their FAQ for queries produces
> an auto-reply saying that they can't answer individual questions.
>
> The search facility is working, and continuing to index my site.
>
> Anyone have any insight on this?

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-those-wondering-about-public.html

"We recently learned of a security issue with our Public Service Search
service and disabled login functionality temporarily to protect our Public
Service Search users while we were working to fix the problem. ..."

  This entry on the Google Webmaster Central blog was posted nearly a
month ago, on September 15, and so far there have been no updates to
this issue on that blog.

Aron Roberts
Information Systems and Technology

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Received on Wed Oct 11 09:29:45 2006