brianp - 2:48 am on Aug 30, 2012 (gmt 0)

Noticed a huge spike in Googlebot activity, even higher than early July when the last Panda update came.

Anyone else seeing this? IMHO this is a pretty good early warning signal that a significant update is in the works as every time we've seen this spike it has been followed by a big update.

[i47.tinypic.com ]

In the interest of helping answer questions--

E-Commerce Site
Impacted by first Panda, improved with the past few Panda + Penguins
USA Based