A few online resources have reported today that Amazon is not in Google index. Have a look at the results that top search engine returns once you try to find the largest store on the Internet:

I do not think Google did this on purpose to do harm to one of its online competitors – the problem is likely to be with the system. The reason why the problem is not fixed so far - nobody reported to Google. I am certain they will resolve the issue shortly.

I think that we should look at this problem from the point of view: what impact on business (in this particular case on Amazon’s business) does this sort of problems. Imagine if the problem lasts for a certain period of time.

It is one of the weaknesses of online businesses – I do not talk of Amazon (they are not likely to notice any serious consequences within a short period of time) – I talk about smaller website publishers and designers. Our business depends on Google to a great extent. You are doing fine in Google index – your business thrives. You are nowhere to be found in Google – you are out of business. This is reality that makes many web publishers search alternate ways to survive on the Internet (social bookmarking websites, web 2.0 applications, other search engines (incl. verticals)). But they do not help much as of yet.

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