Picasa Web Google 404 Not Found: Ideas and Inventions

Picasa Web Google 404 Not Found

By: David Rader II on August 07, 2007 @ 5:30 PM

I've written this article to help Google solve what seems to be a problem in picasaweb.google search. Skip to very bottom to read problem, pin-pointed.

After going to Picasaweb.google.com, I wanted to see how the service worked. So I searched using the test keyword "test"

The results came back fine, but then after I searched in the field on the following page:

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The new results didn't come back. I've included the URL's so Google will have a better idea of what I'm talking about. In the past, I've usually just sent long messages explaining every detail to help people out with their website problems, but I feel including images will help me communicate more precisely, for their benifit and everyone who uses their services (because they'll likely be fixed faster).

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Even if for some reason, the results aren't supposd to show when typing there, for instance, if I am supposed to be logged in... Clicking search should direct me to a page that says "You must log in to do that," or something similiar.

Try a search for yourself (after logging in to your Google account):
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?psc=G&filter=1&q=test#0+1

I have signed up for Picasa and uploaded some pictures and tested again, it works.

The pin-pointed problem: When a user is logged into Google, but has not a Picasa Web Albums account started, results display a 404 NOT FOUND.

You now have the information, the power is in your hands!

It almost brings a tear to my eye when I see a 404 Page can not be displayed from a Google link, to a Google site.