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Google Datacenters Watch: 2006-01-30

Observations, Analysis and Remarks

         

johnwards

3:55 pm on Jan 30, 2006 (gmt 0)

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< continued from [webmasterworld.com...] >

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]

otech

5:05 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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It is true that Matt has mentioned only 3 datacenters have BD, but there are many other DC's showing the same results on the sf giants search and differ from the other set which which for my site also display differently.

ie:
64.233.179.99
64.233.179.104
64.233.185.99
64.233.185.104
64.233.187.99
64.233.187.104
64.233.171.99
64.233.171.104
64.233.171.105
64.233.171.147

all show the same results (around 40%-50% of the DC's I just quickley tested) - which are the same as the BD DC's mentioned by Matt.

And, I found several DC's to be offline at the moment also.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck.. you know what i mean : call it a duck (scary, i think i remember that quote from judge judy!)

Pico_Train

5:35 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Ah ha! Now I see some changes. Vewy Intewesting...I'm gonna get that wabbit! And finally!

Keep 'em coming Matt, I like where this is going.

2by4

5:56 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Otech, you got those right, reseller too is right I think on this one. I have another test phrase that shows bc easily, all I did was locate it in the bd serps, then I just cut and paste in the dc ips otech just listed, the theorized ones, and sure enough, hit enter, and it didn't move in the serps. Replace ips with google.com and it vanished.

Of course, and needless to say: we all have our google cookies blocked, right? Too many google update thread people don't do that and keep seeing their cusomized, personalized results and then say no update is happening. Sigh... seo 101, block google cookies. I see this happen all the time here. If blocking a specific site's cookies is not easy, try firefox.

Now if google could just decide whether that site is #19 or #22 for that result... it's been bouncing back and forth during the whole big daddy test period.

Also keep in mind the DC facts, they can direct some traffic to the bd infrastructure in a dc, then direct it to the non bd stuff, so the same ip can show then not show bd results.

sjgreatdeals

6:25 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I am still seeing huge swings using site: command on the test datacenters. I sure hope this doesn continue and starts to settle down, seeing page fluxuations on 10,000 or more more up and down day today for sites.

BillyS

7:56 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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>>Please welcome Update BigDaddy... What you are looking at today is the update underway in the shape of BigDaddy migrating to the rest of DCs.

So on what basis was that statement reseller made in message 173?

>>And I thought that you are still watching your grass grow :-)

I am ;)

>>Q: Is there an easy way to test if a datacenter is running Bigdaddy?
A: There’s not a definitive way outside of Google. But the [sf giants] example that I mentioned in my pre-Bigdaddy 302 post remains a pretty good test. If the query [sf giants] returns giants.mlb.com, the odds are pretty good that you’re hitting Bigdaddy.

Quack - It might not be a duck...

It's nice that some folks will come to your defense, but my message to others is just to be aware and try to separate fact (it wasn't spreading on February 3rd) from fiction.

A blessed day to you too Reseller.

jd01

9:06 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Just wanted to say thanks to all of you regulars (Reseller, BillyS, 2by4 DayoUK) who are watching and sharing, so those of us who do not have time can have an idea of where things are...

I can usually skim through your posts and know what to look for. Thanks All.

Justin

CainIV

9:53 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Matt claims that BD is only on three DCs. I tend to believe him.

From what I see the resultset and serps modeling BD are on way more than simply 3 DC's, and do appear to be spreading.

A check through your logs may show increased Google traffic IF your site was incorrectly filtered on Sept 22 or earlier. I am definitely seeing a change in referrals directly from searches done through improved rankings at the BD modeled DC's. Without a doubt.

It also seems to me to be more of a return to pre Jagger semantics / relations.

Any thoughts?

Eazygoin

10:05 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Logic does imply that if Big Daddy will spread on one DC every 10 days, and will be finished by mid March[ie: across all DC's by then], we have six weeks to go, or 42 days.

The sums say 3 BD DC's already active + 42/10 = 4.2 which is a total of 7.2 DC's by mid March. So, on that basis, it has to be DC clusters every 10 days, OR more than one DC every 10 days, OR groups of DC's every 10 days.....otherwise it would take years for every DC to change over, at one every 10 days.

Now theres something to attack from all sides....lol!

nicidivine

10:15 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I'm still only seeing nothing more than a return to september 22 rseults.

I am monitoring 30 sites. Some are up. Some are down. Its jsut depends on whether they were above or below rankings a week ago, of their sep22 results.

Can all those hypothesing(inlcuding reseller) please check 5 or so sites they were managing at the end of september, and see whether rankings now more or less are the same now, as then?

This does not seem to be an update, it seems to be a rollback

reseller

10:17 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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BillyS

>>So on what basis was that statement reseller made in message 173? <<

Its all there on that same message, previous messages and the messages thereafter.

And hereby I rest my case ;-)

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