tedster - 5:56 pm on Aug 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

We know that Google is fighting against one-page subdomain spam, and has been for months. Can anyone see how these data refresh upheavals might be working, at least in part, toward resolving the issue?

How about Matt Cutts recent video comments -- hinting that too much SEO might be the target?

I have looked at several domains that were being tossed around the past four months, and one factor that stood out to me was anchor text -- within the site links, not outbounds or inbound from other domains. Internal anchor text, in these cases at least, was heavily packed with target keywords, to the point of looking a bit odd for the normal (read that as non-SEO) visitor.

In one case I know the person changed it and saw a rebound rather quickly. Anyone else seeing this factor at work?