Google Update Bourbon Part 3

[Sweet Cognac]

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[webmasterworld.com...]

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My whole site has a new cache date of May 25th. Maybe once these other sites around me get recached, I won't hold such an honorable top position. But at least Google has found my pages worthy to sit in the Search again.:) It seems strange to look at the stats and see Google in there, after 6 months of just seeing Yahoo and MSN referrals.

My website has plenty of outbound links, but they are on relevant pages. The problem my site has always had, was a lack of "inbound links." I got tired of searching for people to link to me (with all the spammy sites around) and gave up. So my pages have acquired some links naturally I guess(and I'll bet I still don't have more than 30 inbound links for the whole site) Still have a PR4, which I've had since it disappeared in Nov.

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 8:54 pm (utc) on May 27, 2005]

[travelorama]

<quote> Well after midnight last night the uk serps were returning cr@p again.</quote>

Well, not sure about the cr@p thing, but several websites I monitor have once again gone into the sandbox oblivion.

[Sweet Cognac]

I think Google is still using two datacenters. On one set my site is in the second spot, in the other dc my site is being found through a link on a site to my site. The serps look really clean on both sets. No directories or spam, and the other popular websites for that niche, that I have following, have sort of all lined up. These sites deserve to be in the spots they are. I think the second set is more correct for the niche, even though I like being number 2 :) They are more established authoritive sites, and I just have the inside information and personal experience.

2 websites (and their sites are huge, like every city in the US,) I see they have lost rankings.

I said the cache date was the 25th, but it says the 26th now, if it makes a difference. My pages are still resurfacing slowly, and I'm getting pulled up for keywords I didn't even think to optimize for. Like if my keyword is red widgets, then I'm surfacing for Attractive Widgets, Pictures of Widgets, Things to do with widgets, etc.

I see PR is still down, so I did some reading up on TrustRank, which is interesting

In Yahoo and MSN, my site is holding #1 positions for my targeted 3 word phrase, so I must be doing something right.

[Noximus]

PR IS TURNED OFF!
It seems that it is the beginning of PR update...

[TypicalSurfer]

PR IS TURNED OFF!
It seems that it is the beginning of PR update...

Maybe they are just changing the color. I think a baby blue bar would be cool!

[Pico_Train]

They should increase it to a value out of 100.

[Clint]

*PR IS TURNED OFF!
It seems that it is the beginning of PR update... *

No doubt after that "PR update" my company's PR will then become ZERO. As of Friday the 20th, I WAS 1st on the 1st page for hundreds of search phrases. Saturday the 21st, my site was DELTED from their index (along with my business!) and for this past week my PR remained the same. So I'm sure after this BS it will be zero. I no longer show up for even a search for my business name. :(

I too am still #1 @Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, etc., but that's of little help with G's SE market share.

[europeforvisitors]

PR IS TURNED OFF!
It seems that it is the beginning of PR update...

Or it could simply mean that PR display isn't working.

[skunker]

My two sites have come out of the sandbox yesterday and now they are ranking in the top 5 for my main keywords. Interestingly, traffic doesn't seem to be affected much.

Hope that helps with any speculation.

[garyr_h]

I highly doubt that there is going to be another PR Update. They just updated it not too long ago..

Probably just tweeking something

[Dayo_UK]

Wonder if G Engineers are in doing over time this weekend.

Of course - it may be all automated anyway and they are just sitting and relaxing, playing ping pong, patting the dog - or whatever they do at the Plex :).