Update Brandy Part 2

[GoogleGuy]

Continued from: [webmasterworld.com...]

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steveb, I believe the 64.x.x.x data center has the change, but I'm not positive. We use different terminology inside Google. :)

Powdork, I'm not sure if you'd call it an update exactly (different algorithms play more of a role than different data). But I'm guessing the change will probably roll out over the course of the weekend.

[nuevojefe]

And it's even better when 1 sites subdomains fill whole pages of results!

What seems to be the heaviest areas of penalization so far?

[cbpayne]

Wow... Pretty dismal for me. The sites that stole number one from me for my key phrases are all redirects to porn, yay! exactly what my visitors wanted.

Send a report to GG as per request earlier in the thread - this is the kind of feedback I thing they need.

[kanetrain]

In my industry things look good. My site seems to have taken a hit on several terms, but I must admit, that the results ARE relevant. The larger sites with good content are well represented and spam seems to be pretty much non-existant.
In my small sphere, it looks really quite good.

[webjefe]

For one of my key phrases, I've dropped from #1 to #2. The site that took my place deserves to be there. It IS more relevant than my page. So I guess I should say, "Good job Google".

[irishaff]

I have to say im happy with what I see. I have not fully understood all that has happened.

I do know that I rank better for terms that are relevant but that I have not heavily optimised for and that I am lower for terms that I have heavily optimised for. I have a few throw away domains that I have not done much with which are now my star performers...

The nice thing about this is I feel that I can now focus on content as opposed to rubbish to get people to the pages I really want them to see...

Well done google!

[DenRomano]

Yes this has bought me back to where I was a few months ago.

Thanks GG

[rfgdxm1]

>For one of my key phrases, I've dropped from #1 to #2. The site that took my place deserves to be there. It IS more relevant than my page. So I guess I should say, "Good job Google".

I'm still #3 and #4 for my most important SERP, behind 2 pages on a site that is arguably as relevant as mine, if not more so. No whining here.

[steveb]

It seems to me keywords next to each other in page title matters more now. I dropped four spots for word1 word2 when my page title is word1 otherword word2, while the sites that rose above me have word1 word2 in the title next to each other. Same scenario where I have word2 word1, lost a bit of ground to word1 word2 titled sites. Seems like a good thing, like word1 word2 is valued, but not massively over word2 word1.

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Unlike Austin, the links are not as up to date. Look about two weeks old... which is in line with what Google Guy said about this not being an update like old dances as much as a shift, a data shift.

[edited by: steveb at 11:33 pm (utc) on Feb. 13, 2004]

[DigiSEO]

I know not everybody can be pleased at once, but these new results look good. I can actually find stuff again! It is also nice to do a search and not find Amazon.com taking up half the Serps! :-)

[digitsix]

My rankings are not pre-florida, they are BETTER! Thanks!

I also have a question for anyone who has a valid answer. I would like to start following the datacenter serps on a regular basis, does anyone have a full list of all of the IP address of the datacenters and if possible a blurb about each ie, what its used for or what region its for?

[cbpayne]

Funny how G has suddenly gone from broke to never better!

GG and a few posters here (?SteveB) all said it was "work in progress" a long time ago.

[Kennyh]

And there will be more bumps and complaints along the way. These SERPs are much better but not perfect. You can bet your last #1 ranking that it won't be that long before there's another change that has people complaining...Maybe those who were declaring that Google was finished and are now sitting back grinning at 64.233.161.xx should remember today next time they're tempted to scream about a loss of ranking...:-)

[wellzy]

It appears to me that these results have very little to do with the Austin update. They look like the Austin update should have. Makes me wonder if the Austin update was a mistake and not 'progress'. Either way the new results are excellent. Nice to find what I'm looking for. Great job GG!

[nuevojefe]

It seems to me that a lot of weight is being placed on outbounds with key phrases.

I am noticing many sites that are doing well PR wise, are doing better than my site that they link to using those key phrases.

Example: Site about bears linking to my new site about frogs using "Froggy web site" but has no on page optimization for "froggy" but does have optimization for "web site" is killing my site for "froggy web site"

[More Traffic Please]

Ironically the big losers in this update are the people that were still doing well in the SERP's after Florida and Austin. I would rather be #8 surrounded by irrelevant c**p results than #1 surrounded by viable competitors. This update is going to cost me.

BTW GG, the results are far superior than those seen since November 16.