Tigrou - 7:40 pm on Jun 6, 2006 (gmt 0)

Komodo_Tale, that's a really good summary. One to be noted.

I agree with you that the May 1st will likely roll out again. They almost always put out a new algo, test it, retreat, tweak, test on some DCs, then roll out weeks later. Not saying it will happen this time, but it's a pattern.

And neutrally, the results look better although there are definitely variants (as SteveB noted). The 200 factors makes sense. Sites that seems less obviously SEO'd are ranking higher (or so I see), which might mean those mean those extra factors are better at mimicing "better sites" rathern than "better SEO'd sites". In other words a better algo, although there will always be crappy/spam sites slipping through filter.

Also see more smaller themed sites, rather than pages from massive sites. Maybe the various factors associated with large sites are diluted in the new 200 factors?