Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
I see a massive change at the following url: [216.239.39.104<...]Sorry, but all I see is the usual shuffling from one month to the next. My site is staying pretty much stable with a few "ups" here and one or two "downs" there. No major changes at all for the keywords I monitor.
I wonder if those seeing "massive changes" have any commonality? How many are affiliate sites? Are there any strictly informational sites feeling this pinch? Travel?
Is there a common thread? Seems odd that only some people are seeing "massive" changes while others are not.
What is this? This is the first time anything crazy has happened with this site and it's been online and growing for over a year!
The sector I'm seeing massive changes in is not travel, but competitive (20m results and well SEO'd). A lot of people buying their inbound anchors on this one. They are still doing OK (no manuals that I can spot).
Top 5 still authoritative and rightly there. All the rest - huge shake-up (especially on 2+3 keyword searches). Nothing to complain about - it looks OK, the searcher will get what they want - sure, a bit of spam in the top 20, but you expect that. Nothing excessive.
Most interesting thing is the returned results have halved in number.
We haven't moved. We're an authority and completely white hat. A couple of cloakers have made it through to top 20.
TJ