Google Datacenters Watch: 2006-01-30

Observations, Analysis and Remarks

[johnwards]

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This is just odd.

The 64.* DC's return about 300 pages from my site.

The 216.* DC's return about 46,000 pages from my site.

And the 66.* return 69,000 pages from my site.

Currently I have about 65,000 pages.

If I go to google.co.uk I get 46,000 pages. If I go to google.com from my US based server I get the same 46,000 results.

It is all very odd and confusing.

[edited by: tedster at 9:56 pm (utc) on Jan. 30, 2006]

[reseller]

Please welcome Update BigDaddy

Hi Folks

Some of us have expected an update around 2nd Feb 2006. What you are looking at today is the update underway in the shape of BigDaddy migrating to the rest of DCs.

For the first time in Google's history, we have had the privilege to watch step-by-step Google engineers working on an update. Fantastic!

And Matt has actually been posting weather reports about the progress of Update BigDaddy!

And now you know why I'm a Matt fanboy. Inigo is smart...very smart :-)

[followgreg]

I don't see as much DC's with BD for some reason but for sure there are at least 2 sets of SERP's at least.

One with homepages fixed and reapearing and the other with old hijacked/bugged results.

Ok now I want a PR update, let's keep it fun afterall :)

I think that the PR toolbar is being flaky for the past 6 months.

Do you guys think that GG will add the BL and PR update to the current infrastructure change?

[optimist]

I'm seeing tons of subdomain spam. One instance where several pages (five or six) all have the same domain listed with different sub domains.

--Dooooh!

Priority is moving to larger sites with multiple city pages and multiple city subdomains.

Seems G believes that sites that list companies are more important than the companies themselves on general terms.

The big question remains as to why all of the sudden there are 35 million results when a few weeks ago there were only 10 million.

Did G accidentally misplace 25 million pages?
:)

[BillyS]

Is anyone else seeing an update throughout all centers? For some reason, I'm starting to move up in SERPs (BigDaddy and Non-BigDaddy).

With my test phrase, I've been ranking around 120, but I just checked (based on seeing an increase in traffic from Google) and I'm sitting at number 25. It's the start of the weekend, perhaps an up**** is starting.

Anyone else seeing big movement?

[Monkscuba]

Huge movement. HUGE. Has this just happened?
Man this is great.
Since the last update we have struggled to get any kind of ranking for many kw's. Suddenly they are back. I mean for example, a search for one of our destinations, we used to rank about No4, then it disappeared. 3 months with no rank at all, noe today back at No.4.

I do like this update!

[frakilk]

Seeing some promising movements myself. It would seem that something is stiring. Please please let this be an algo update, it is so badly needed from my side.

(fingers crossed)

[arbitrary]

I am seeing higher page counts when doing site: but when I have a closer look at individual pages, many pages are not cached on the bid daddy datacenters. Anyone else seeing this?

[McMohan]

Yes, there is some big reshuffle going on, as though some filter being removed. Not restricted to BD. Fun begins on weekends :-)

Reseller, get here soon after you finish your Cappuccino.

[followgreg]

...it always happens during the week end, let the show begin :)

[Pico_Train]

I'm not seeing much change, post some DC numbers please, I always forget them and I don't really like McDar. Great way for google what webmasters are monitoring as keywords.

Thanks!