Interesting thing happened today. A few sites that were not ranking in G suddenly started ranking well. These sites had links before into them but have absolutely not one now. Other sites that we have linked to even heavier than before still nowhere to be seen. This confirms to me ever more strongly the existence of "minus points" for the worng kind of link (same IP address, anchor text matching title etc etc).
It is only a tiny trend at the moment but there is also a general feeling here that sites are moving up the rankings slowly but surely. Anyone else seeing this happening?