Update Jagger, Google Update Oct 18th, 2005

When can we expect a new PR update?

[jretzer]

Continued from here:
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Anyone have any guesses as to when we can expect a new systemwide PR update?

[theBear]

MHes,

Now go easy on the chap.

[lee_sufc]

I just checked one of my keywords on google.co.uk and a site that is linking to me is displaying my link before my own site - what is going on!?!

My site has just dropped down and down throughout these updates - I hope there are some better changes for me in jagger3!

[g1smd]

Uhhhhh, ding, ding, ding.

I was just reading something elsewhere that was talking about how the age of a link might be a factor in the ranking process. Someone then said that the data storage needed for that would be enormous; just where would they store it all?

Then it hit me... it is in the cache copies of all those junky old supplemental pages from 18 months ago that Google will not throw away... that's where all the old linking data is stored.

[biggles338]

I don't want to report the spam sites because at least I am getting some traffic from them, and it is converting to sales. I have had zero from google for over 2 full days now.

I guess as a project manager I should have had a better risk management plan, and diversified my advertising space and my methods for getting hits. Lesson learned, and I'm doing it now.

[theBear]

g1smd,

Could be, but that is an terrible amount of overhead to carry just for dates.

[MHes]

theBear
I'm sure erny realises that no offence is meant. I just can't get my head around a union of webmasters. It would be like a union of pick pockets!

[joergnw10]

>>It would be like a union of pick pockets<<

Good concept! What about a union of artists against galleries not displaying their work?

[kevinpate]

> union of pick pockets
Some would say that's applicable to all such organizations :)

fwiw: I'm not one of the some, but I've met more than a few of the some over the years

[theBear]

MHes,

Sort of like the thieves guild?

[g1smd]

>> My hope is Google is moving on from ranking sites predominantly based on linking. If that was de-emphasized and other aspects, like the amount of time a visitor actually spends clicking through the site, were given greater weight in the algo, things might improve. <<

How can Google see visitors clicking round your site (they can if adsense is delivered to the page, but there is no other way)?

If they could, then all that the spammers would do would be to let multiple clickbots traverse their sites faking the visitor numbers...