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It's the algo change, or maybe server unstability. The change of SERPs is confirm on www-ex datacenter. Check it out.
The only thing that make me happy is my competitor which is very pround of his traffic from google is now drop to page 2. LOL.
:)
I've always wondered.
Craig
sticky me for it.
And most important it depends on the data center which return your SERPs. The datacenter that I confirm has changes is www-ex.google.com
I have just notice the site that gets to page 1 (in a competitive area) is a guestbook spammer.
My traffic is based on over 10,000 keyphrases and my best keyphrase is only good for 0.3% of the search traffic. After major hits from freshbot I generally see a 5% jump.
I have seen a mid-update jump like this once before and after going over the SERPs, I came to the conclusion that they had tweaked the *search* algo while leaving the index the same.
With so many keyphrases, I don't bother to really keep track anymore. So I can't really say how much my positions have changed, or who moved up or down. The few that I follow are actually showing me lower than I was last week :( but I'm not complaining since I have the increase in traffic, which is what counts.
surely this isn't an 'is this the update thread' already? ;)
My conclusion: no big changes at Google. Maybe they just kicked out some big spammers on your SERPs or something.
The ones who have seen it have agreed it was quite a major shift .. comparing www. to www-ex.
No fresh dates for a long time and the update was well over a week ago.
I usually see fresh dates every two days and I have many new pages plus my main index page has changed.
It would be nice if Google has an update every week instead of a month. When I mean an update I mean allowing all websites have a visit from the fresh bot and not just a selection, then a main update once a month.
I am now having more and more time sensitive pages that offer special deals for easter etc. content that is made a few days before and needs to be shown to the world by next week. It does seem unfair that some web sites have freshbot and others don't.
I know because 70% of my sites have fresh bot while the other 30% has nothing even with the same pr rating and as many pages in their database.
Could it not be that after an update Google runs through the new database using some sort of results filter to try and delete some of the spam and then re-updates the whole database.
Just a thought!
That is strange
:-)
my site has vanished completely from google serps
it was ranking in the top ten for the site keywords, and had a pile of pages listed...now there are none, not one...i can't even find my site with the site name! (my one method for checking that i was still there)
Something has happened...(no updates to the site, nothing changed)
The drop happend the day after Google last updated...
What gives?
Different Algo + Same Index = Different SERPs
Web sites should be evaluated/rated on their own merit not
some Sorority like bs like PR. Although it is only one of
X rating factors much to much is made of "my PR"
My 2c worth
PR and backlinks is the backbone of Google. They are not BS, if yes, why so many internet users use them? why yahoo, aol, earthlink has to be powered by google.
And why you are reading and posting in the forum? :)
Lasko,
> It would be nice if Google has an update every week instead of a month
I will be the first who will die of heart attack! Now google update once a month, at least if I know I am safe, I don't need to worry until next month. If Google updates every week, then I'll have to worry all the time, worry of ranking drop, worry of new competitors, worry of my $$$. :)
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Look at my post (first on the page), and GoogleGuy's response further down.
-Pete
"automatic hidden-text detection algorithms soon"... says GG. No problem with that - providing it works correctly.
I'm still smarting from some new domain names I bought, only to discover down stream (recently) that they had penalties carried from a previous life. That's shaken my confidence in Google a bit.
I'm seeing the exact same SERPs on all datacenters through the first 100 positions. I can't imagine this could happen with a different algo. There would be at least *some* movement somewhere.
These better PR sites are often as spammy as the old excite spam pages, and just about as useful.
I am starting to think we are making sites only to please googlebot, and not to be surfer friendly anymore.
Alex
I will be the first who will die of heart attack! Now google update once a month, at least if I know I am safe, I don't need to worry until next month. If Google updates every week, then I'll have to worry all the time, worry of ranking drop, worry of new competitors, worry of my $$$. :)
Its best to look into the way Google thinks, they want a good quality search engine providing quality relative web sites, The key to success is to respect Google and if they update more often and your web site stays with in their guide lines then none of us should have anything to worry about.
One lesson I have learn't is to spend more time on my web site improving the structure and the content for a successful return then just being dependent on Google. What if Google suddenly changed the way they operate and we all have to change the way we work.
Google is a quality marketing scource but the key to success is your own service. The right product or service at the right price.
