Another "May Update"?

Google switching back to old database again?

[bluemi]

For some of "my" keywords this morning I'm getting results that are similar to what we had in May: URL's that are dead since many months are showing up again, and low quality sites appear high in SERP's. Is Google playing with an old database again?
Overall I have to say that since May I'm more and more using Altavista for my own searches, and in most cases I'm getting more relevant results there than on Google. I know, we had this discussion going on for a long time, but unfortunately it's a fact: the quality of Google has dropped considerably, and sooner or later users will notice this.

[Jakpot]

I see something similiar. Are the Googlers just having a ball playing mind games? Nothing is consistent these days.

[Seattle_SEM]

It sure looks like it to me, too. Lots of pages rolled back to some earlier state.

[TinkyWinky]

A bit bizarre - yes reverting but I also get some new sites thrown in. An attempt at an update?

[johnnydequino]

Yes - google has reverted to SERPs from a week ago I think, not as far back as May.

Maybe something is going on tonight - google just had a big write up in usatoday so they might want to look good.

jd

[bluemi]

Hopefully we're getting something like an update soon that will fix these problems. One of the URL's reappearing again now is dead since about 9 months, and I have reported it 3 times as dead link. Keeps coming back though... But I also see what TinkyWinky says: new sites thrown in as well. Weird, but I guess that's rather the norm now than the exception.

[Tropical Island]

In checking our main search terms that usually move around a bit when changes are being made they are totally static for the top 15 terms.

They have been like this since the last shuffle more than a week ago. We were expecting some movement Sunday night however nothing we can see on wwww, www2 or www3.

[LateNight]

I had a pile of freshly cached pages disappear over the weekend and were replaced with the cached versions from a few weeks ago - the index page stayed fresh and has been reidexed everyday except yesterday. Something is haywire or else brewing.

[twebdonny]

>>>>Something is haywire or else brewing.<<<<<<

and it couldn't come soon enough, I hear the tribal leaders
calling for the dance of old.....

[Jakpot]

I had a pile of freshly cached pages disappear over the weekend and were replaced with the cached versions from a few weeks ago

Same thing happened to me. What's up?

[kamikaze Optimizer]

ah, I tend to think that this is new stuff moving in.

Sorry, ;)

[CCowboy]

Seeing some older results, but lots of new pages on some data centers too!

[coolasafanman]

isn't this just the rolling update they talked about? things shift a bit here and there on an almost daily basis. i have no complaints outside of a few spam sites that don't belong in there.