Update Allegra - Google Update 2-2-2005

[illusionist]

My site which came back on december 26 update, seems to have disappeared again on this data center [216.239.53.99...] . Its notwhere to be found even in allinanchor, allintitle etc? I see majot change on that data center, is this a new update?

[stargeek]

itloc i agree, its hard and its nerve wracking.
Plus SEO's need to stick together, and not let the anti-seo tactics divide us, the only divide and conquer.

[a1call]

hope this update will not stick - it would be a joke. my site has been wiped out from the index.

Hi,

I think there was a time when google would revert to an old update, but haven't seen them back up recently. With all the apparent complaints I wonder if they are able to anymore. They will eventually fix glitches if any but it might not be before the next update. It must be difficult to focus on your work in a company where all the employees became millionaires on the day of IPO (;
But seriously, be fair they have revolutionized the world and done a lot of good.

[wruppert]

So far I like this update. The results in the areas I look at are much cleaner. My position is more or less the same, but some very deserving sites have moved up and some rotten sites have been zapped.

[george123]

"216.239.53.99" that was the one that start the update and spread to the other DC's within a few hours,why not do the same today?

[stargeek]

the other dc's are not a rollback, there are new results on them.

[macker123]

Something is definatly wonky with this update. Before this update I was doing decent, when it happened my traffic tripled(probably to where it should be compared to other engines) and then this morning I am GONE. Totally gone for every single one of my 500+ keywords. I have got maybe 10 visitors instead of thousands.

I do however appear in every other datacenter under good rankings, except the official one that I see when an average user searches.

Hopefully this will be fixed.

[longcall911]

"Hopefully this will be fixed."

I'm not sure it's broke.....

I've done about 15 searches today on topics I'm not involved in, and have found less spam, more relevant results than I have since G was new and the 'hot' SE.

SERPs do look a lot more like MSN, but to me that's a good thing. I've noticed that I can now search for a related phrase, and G is smart enough to show results for the primary phrase.

Very interesting.... for those who lost position, hang tough. What we all know is that things change quickly.

[Liane]

My best advice is to stop watching the data centers! Have a drink, go to bed, write some new content, take the day off ... but stop watching the data centers!

The update isn't over. Its like being really hungry, smelling the food cooking and wanting to eat it while its still raw!

The taste is disgusting and very unsatisfying. I know its hard ... but just wait!

We'll know what has happened when the dust settles. In the meantime, you are just driving yourselves crazy!

[bts111]

I suggest you build more sites instead of watching the dc's.

None of us have any control at the moment.

[dickbaker]

Here's my hope, based on the Florida (was that it?) update in 2003.

A site I had worked on extensively completely disappeared in May of 2003. I did some minor adjustments, but nothing radical.

When the site came back, it came back with a vengeance, and was in the top five results for every keyword I wanted, and it's still in those top spots today.

Maybe, just maybe, the sites with real content and white hat SEO are going to spring to the top as they did for me almost two years ago.

Or maybe I'm going to win the lottery and buy my own island.