Update Brandy Part 2

[GoogleGuy]

Continued from: [webmasterworld.com...]

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steveb, I believe the 64.x.x.x data center has the change, but I'm not positive. We use different terminology inside Google. :)

Powdork, I'm not sure if you'd call it an update exactly (different algorithms play more of a role than different data). But I'm guessing the change will probably roll out over the course of the weekend.

[newwebster]

We are getting close to full propagation. I am seeing fresh tags for the 12th and 13th.

[Hissingsid]

We are getting close to full propagation. I am seeing fresh tags for the 12th and 13th.

Sorry to be a pedant but where are you seeing these?

I'm seeing them on the 64 range and on 216.* but not on www www2 www3 or any of the European .de .fr .ie .es etc DCs.

Best wishes

Sid

[Hissingsid]

All my pages are still in Google with no titles or cache and Googlebot has stopped visiting. Will I be back when Brandy is complete? If not is there anything I can do to get back, given that I have scanned my site and can find no reason for any penalty.

There was a long thread on this last month. I seem to remember it had something to do with a domain resolving for two URLs. Like www.domain.com and domain.com. This looks like you have two duplicate sites to Google because one redirects to the other. I've seen lots of these redirecting URLs in the index lately with no cache or description. Perhaps your DNS administrator has changed how the two forms resolve and this has caused the problem.

Can't see why the problem you describe would have anything to do with this update "Brandy". I'd go and read back and do some investigating.

Best wishes

Sid

[jocelynd]

CuriousMusing : The visible PR update happend Mon-Tue...

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Thanks for the input Sid but I was not blaming my plight on Brandy. I was actually hoping that there would be something in the Brandy update that would fix my problem?

[Ledfish]

I like this results, from my location, I'm seeing the new results on www and with fresh tags.

I feel like its a whole new day again!

[jady]

Still no Real Estate websites... Also note directories are dominating different industries/search phrases.

I think directories are anoying and useless - they make a user search Google, then have to plow through a directory to find what they are looking for!

Google - why give directories the top rankings for Real Estate searches as well as many other industries?

[millie]

I'm seeing 216. on aol.com and aol.co.uk - I like it.
I like 64. too, though it's not as good for me as 216. would be. Better for the user though.

Am starting to see movement on www inc freshies for 12th and 13th, but nothing like the promised 64. so I certainly hope there are more changes to come. If things settle now I've had it.

[wine_guru]

Hi - Can I check that it is 64.233.161.99 that is the latest update? If so I'll be a happy bunny after dropping way down the list since the November updates. It'll mean we're back where I hoped to be for our main keywords, which will be nice :)

[jocelynd]

It looks like they did fix the sub-domains and sub-dir issues.
Some SERPS were dominated by some of these URL spammy sites.
On one, I was bumped to page 7-8 because 40 out of the 50 1st results were owned by one of these sites...
From the 6th page, we had half of the pages for other sites...
Much better!

[jocelynd]

wine_guru : Here (Canada), the new results are on google.com already. About 30 Min ago.

[Jakpot]

All my pages are still in Google with no titles or cache and Googlebot has stopped visiting. Will I be back when Brandy is complete? If not is there anything I can do to get back, given that I have scanned my site and can find no reason for any penalty.

I have exactly the same problem in 64.233.161.99 with 75% of my pages
showing a url only - no title or cache. These are Lycos (Tripod) web pages.

[wine_guru]

Thanks Jocelynd..

Google.co.uk seems to still be showing the old results, but on 64.233.161.99 we're where we were in November (or better!) position wise.

Be nice to be back as I couldn't work out why we'd suddenly been shunted way down the list (from being between #1 and #5 to being #900+) - it didn't seem fair to say the least!

Anyway, if the end result looks like what's showing on 64.233.161.99 I'll be opening something good from the warehouse tonight to celebrate.

Would anyone mind taking a look at a page I've just been playing with and give me their opinion if I've over egged the omelette KW wise? I'm a bit of a novice at this :)

[ntrance]

I havent seen any changes in PR for any sites -although I have seen changes to our total backlinks for a number of sites a couple of days ago.

[Essex_boy]

Im not back yet either.

Oh yeah and leave Vanillia coke alone I love it.

I wonder how long this is going to take?