annej - 5:41 pm on Jun 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

When I check the data centers to follow the one word results that I am watching MOST of them still show the old rankings. Just a few show the new shake up but when I search on Google.com I always get the new shake up. Do these data centers mean less now? I keep hoping it means that the old results will come back.

The new results seem to favor directories, free stuff and wikipedia over deep sites with extensive information on the topic.

I just checked comcast search and the old traditional results are showing there. I hope this is just something Google is just trying out as it seems to me that people who search the one word term want some information on the overall topic. If they wanted free stuff or a directory they could add one of those words to their search.

As far as my own site it really doesn't hurt me much as what I get through one word searches is just a drop in the bucket in terms of how people find my pages. More specific searches bring far, far more people to my sites.