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.

[wifi on the fly]

Is the 216 IP basically www2?

What is the full IP that you guys are checking?

[64.233.161.99...] still looks awesome to me, but things have definately been jumping around in my catagories.

[metrostang]

I'm new here and this is probably old news, but I thought many might not know about it. Have any of you seen the site showing results for the different Google data centers side by side for any search terms?

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[edited by: Marcia at 4:01 am (utc) on Feb. 15, 2004]
[edit reason] No tools, please - per forum Charter. [/edit]

[ImVickieB]

As much as I would like to see the 64.233.161.99 results go live, I am seeing 216.239.37.98 propogating into the normal google SERPs with no variation on reloading.

Are people still seeing 64.233.161.99 in www?

[mmdesign]

64 had best go live, or else, I will have to call all the directories I currently pay to advertise with and tell THEM how much they need to pay ME to link to me.

[yvt360]

The results I am seeing are alternating about every 10-20min between 216 and 64.

[waynet]

I've been seeing the 64.233.161.99 results in www for at least an hour now. It is good for me, I got my keyword back to page 3, it was missing from the serps for many months. Maybe the filter of having too consistant incoming anchor text that was implemented a while back has been lifted?

[flobaby]

Metrostang,
Thanks so much for that link! Now I understand what people are seeing when they say "the results are really favoring anchortext", etc. Good sign that the NEW button shows 64. I'm still hoping that's the winner. I've only been seeing 216 all night, without a break.

Dooomed...

[edited by: flobaby at 4:19 am (utc) on Feb. 15, 2004]

[steveb]

"Maybe the filter of having too consistant incoming anchor text that was implemented a while back has been lifted?"

Or maybe this myth and the other voodoo filter myths never actually existed?

[More Traffic Please]

When looking at 64 and 216, I'm starting to wonder if 64 has PR and or link text figured into it already and 216 results do not. Just a thought based on the searches I've done.

[Marcia]

>>"Maybe the filter of having too consistant incoming anchor text that was implemented a while back has been lifted?"

Don't know if it was voodoo jive or not steveb, but I detrashed one of mine and it came back. Other sites in the cat came back long before but they weren't at the same point percentage wise.

[europeforvisitors]

No begging -- especially when the results are not that different between 64 and 216!...

For my major keywords, keyphrases, and page rankings, the differences between 64, 216, Florida, and Austin appear to be insignicant--and I'm in a competitive and heavily commercialized category. I realize that other site owners are seeing much greater fluctuations, and I can't wondering how much of that is due to optimizing for the fad du jour (which may result in a site's being vulnerable to Google's tweaking of this or that part of the algorithm).

[ImVickieB]

No begging -- especially when the results are not that different between 64 and 216!

Ah but there is a world of difference for product related keyword phrases when on one you are #2 & #5 as compared to #10 & #14

I'll just sit tight and wait 'till everything settles :)

[mmdesign]

I think this update simply reflects the fact that G was having trouble crawling DMOZ and has now sorted that out. This would account for all the "missing index/home pages." Shoot me down!

[customdy]

For our market I am still seeing major difference between 64 and 216. We are back to #2 on 64 but only up to #20 on 216.

Also seeing 216 consistantly on www since early afternoon here. Going to pray that when I wake up tomorrow that 64 will have taken over but not giving it much hope. If 216 is the final SERPs not much of an improvement for us.

[markus007]

216 has now migrated to all the former data centers and has replaced 64 on AOL. Looking bad :(