TheMadScientist - 9:05 pm on Apr 6, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hmmmm...

Been doing this for a while myself too, and didn't have an issue with Big Daddy at all, and really like what's happening with Caffeine, so my guess is we use a different methodology. I've actually been really happy with the Big Daddy and Caffeine changes and haven't 'chased' either one, because traffic and rankings on the sites I'm concerned with continue to grow through each.

I actually really like the changes and don't plan on singing any blues any time soon, but I build sites and SEO them a bit differently than most, so I don't (haven't, knock on wood) ever had to 'chase the algo' I just do what I do and let them do what they do and we seem to get along very well, irrespective of the amount of data collection I do...

I guess most people only dream about being able to build a site and 'leave it alone' for about 3 years, except to update the data feeding it once a year and just watch the traffic grow... I think I'll go with TheNuttyProffesor if I change my user name again, because you've got to be crazy to even think something like that is possible right? I mean you have to have huge amounts of data and constantly 'chase the algo' to be any good at optimizing a site right? There's really no such thing as 'set it and forget it' is there?

Seriously, bwnwbn, I'm sure what you do works for you, but I use a totally different approach than most people, and know others who have done the same thing, so as impossible as it may seem, you do not have to have a huge amount of data and constantly chase the algo to make a site rank... I'm not saying I don't have data, and I also have access to huge amounts of it here too if I feel the need to reference it and adjust things a bit once in a while.