The problem: the Googlebot, though a frequent visitor to my site, still trails behind this site’s daily updates.

The symptoms: users who come from Google may find the search terms Google said were on this page have been swept off to the archives.

The prescription: a nifty little bit of code now intercepts search queries from Google and more than 200 other search engines, directing those surfers to the final resting place of the query.

For a demo, go to Google and search for "dick defragging" (note quotes.) Ignore the first listing — that’s the permanent page — and click the second. Note what happens. Cool, huh? (OK. Cool [if you’re a total nerd], huh?)

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