12-17-2008, 09:55 PM
Yea, I've wondered the same thing and even created a "webmaster account" on Google so I could view the info on the site. Apparently, it works very slowly at grabbing a couple pages at a time so it doesn't burden the server. I'm guessing that it will then index the information which then has to spread out in the Google database. This site has only been up three days, so we'll probably need to wait a couple more for results to start displaying. 
For those that don't know, Google has this thing called BigTable which they use to store everything. It's a highly distributed database on a highly distributed filesystem. Basically, they have tons and tons of cheap servers with disk and everything is replicated numerous times throughout parts of the world. So if one server breaks, they can replace it and copies of the info will get recreated in other places. Hard for me to describe, but incredible nonetheless.
So, I'm just going to go with a little patience for awhile.
For those that don't know, Google has this thing called BigTable which they use to store everything. It's a highly distributed database on a highly distributed filesystem. Basically, they have tons and tons of cheap servers with disk and everything is replicated numerous times throughout parts of the world. So if one server breaks, they can replace it and copies of the info will get recreated in other places. Hard for me to describe, but incredible nonetheless.
So, I'm just going to go with a little patience for awhile.