I was on a jolly with a few fairly bright but non-technical chaps recently and they were outraged that Google can ban sites, penalise sites and so on. Their view was that Google is now so powerful that they need regulating and should be far more transparent.
I think they have a point. We run sites that are well put together, fast, easy to use, etc, etc but some rank well, some don't. We are 90% certain that one site in particular has some sort of a penalty on it but there's nothing in Google Webmaster Tools, no email and of course, no communcation with Google.
Crawl Score a website/intranet content and structure analysis tool, providing organisations with valuable performance, evaluation and compliance reports. .
Entirely web based, Crawl Score examines website in the same way a regular internet search engine would, reporting to the website owner/manager on issues found in relation to the user experience, ease of navigation and achievement of compliance. This detailed examination and analysis is known in the industry as a 'crawl'.
The Google Mini is a very powerful and scalable search appliance that is suitable for both intranet and public site deployments.
It's a very flexible and reliable appliance that allows multiple interfaces, searching over file systems and websites.
Working with public sector project management consultants Infocycle, we have implemented the Google Mini for the UK Highways Agency with much success.