(Note: Unexpectedly, this months-long problem has just got solved, shortly after the bloggers started complaining publicly about it. – d.)
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Web guy Micah Sparacio permits me to publicize this problem at the Post-Darwinist, so I thought I would mention it here too, for the benefit of our blog readers and commenters:
On approximately the 19th of September, the blog operated by Bill Dembski and friends Uncommon Descent
was delisted from the Google search index.
No reason has ever been given for why the site was delisted, despite requests for reinclusion.
This blog has tens of thousands of legitimate links, especially from trusted institutions of higher education.
This blog had been around for well over a year.
This blog has a Google PageRank of 6/10 (meaning it is considered quite important, even by Google)
The blog is run by a nationally recognized scholar and author [Dembski]
Well, over to you, Google monster. I’ve heard that the problem might have been caused by some idle fellow who swatches copy from Uncommon Descent, so that he and his friends can fool around with it. But if that kind of thing has tied up Google, then Google has some glitches to fix.
Meanwhile, I will try to link to Uncommon Descent as much as possible from the Post-Darwinist.