I found this old thread, where pg had blocked most of the Google bots, and it caused Google to think the site was down:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277661
Could be a similar issue? I'll take a look.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277661
Could be a similar issue? I'll take a look.
In which case, he should add: <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> to the html head of every page.
(I have to say, that's a smart way of avoiding any Eternal Septembering, but it'd be a shame. I often use Google to find old HN threads that I vaguely remember from months or years ago.)
Even sites with good search functions are often still way outclassed by google search with "site:..."—and most sites don't have good search functions...