Unusual variation between -sj and -fi link ranking

same number of links - but positions are different

[Chris_D]

Hi,

If you try link:http://www.somereallybigwebsite.com - on a number of really big websites with hundreds of thousands of links, on www-sj and then on www-fi :

1. I'm getting the same quantity of links - but

2. I'm getting the links ranked in a different order.

So I suspect that the same data is now:

1. being treated to a different ranking algorithm in each of these two datacentres; or
2. page ranks are being/have been updated in one datacentre.

Which sort of supports the 'rolling update and baking" theory [webmasterworld.com...]

BTW -sj is IP 216.239.47.166 (same as www2 and www3) where as -fi is IP 216.239.49.41 ie different

Any one else seeing this? Any other ideas?

Chris_D

[HitProf]

Chris,

I just checked the first couple hundred backlinks for www.google.com and they are the same for -sj and -fi.

Ditto for a few smaller sites.

[gpmgroup]

www-sj is still a much smaller dataset than www-fi :-)

[AthlonInside]

It has been that way since the update. My site is lost for certain keywords in FI but rank well in SJ. Although quite disspointed but sicnce GG keep on mentioning about SJ will be propagated to other datacenters and www2,www3 is actually redirecting SJ index. So I have keep FI out of my mind entirely.

[g1smd]

>> It has been that way since the update. <<

Has there actually been an update (to www that is)?

I know that Google are testing stuff on various datacentres, but has there actually been a proper update yet this month? If there was then I missed that fact in the 3 000 posts about the testing, spread across 8 threads.

Posted: 2003-05-11 20:06 UTC