Cassandra question

[dunnthat]

So with naming the dances now, will they also be given Categories? I mean a dance with MAJOR algo changes will become a category 5 dance?

Then years from now, webmasters will talk about the Category 4 Cassandra or Deidre dance that really shook em to their knees.

Dunnthat

[tedster]

Cassandra is predicted to be a category 2 update on the Tabke scale of algorithm shift.

[rfgdxm1]

ROFL. One problem is that with Google updates changes tend to be more gradual and over time than dramatic. The other problem is that with the hurricane analogy the categories are in terms of "badness". Google updates are a zero sum game with webmasters. For every site that goes up, one goes down. Thus, while I may be pleased if I hit #1 for all targeted search words and phrases, if you fall below page 5 for all of yours you'll see the update as a disaster.

[HitProf]

We could categorize them for the extend of the changes. It's not just PR/backlink changes, also algo tweaks, updated pages that haven't made it through freshbot and penalties/lifted.

[dunnthat]

I understand the up for you means down for me analogy. But, even when Hurricane Andrew obliterated S. Florida, the construction and lumber and bottled water companies all prospered from the disaster.

There must be some way to measure - like % increase of backlinks of yahoo or something

Dunnthat