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I found this in one of my logs just now.. seems strange if an update is around the corner...
"Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)"
64.68.82.7 - - [31/Dec/2002:11:18:26 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/links/rate.cgi?ID=198 HTTP/1.0" 200 2312 "-" "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)"
64.68.82.69 - - [31/Dec/2002:11:21:28 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/links/rate.cgi?ID=157 HTTP/1.0" 200 2302 "-" "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)"
64.68.82.38 - - [31/Dec/2002:11:28:04 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/links/rate.cgi?ID=182 HTTP/1.0" 200 2316 "-" "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)"
64.68.82.57 - - [31/Dec/2002:11:29:41 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/links/rate.cgi?ID=229 HTTP/1.0" 200 2327 "-" "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)"
206.52.251.207 - - [31/Dec/2002:11:31:09 -0500] "GET /links.css
I wonder what this is all about?
off to the party..
Ron
Something does indeed appear to be happening, look at the Google News top page. The fresh tags were back for just a few minutes, with fresh results from Dec. 30.
Kind of like the opposite of waiting to bomb the arabs,
Spoken like a non-Californian.
Six more hours of 2002 in Los Altos Hills and Mountain View and Palo Alto and the City of Googleplex.
California is like a bowl of granola. What isn't fruits and nuts is flakes. ;) My guess is there isn't going to be a December update this year, even if measured by CA time.
I think if they don't update, we should have some kind of webmaster Bastille day and storm the Googleplex. Any takers? ;)
Storming the plex sounds good, lemme know when so I can book a flight :-)
I have moved up three places for a keyphrase. Still on page 8 though so all my optimisation was worth toffee. I am really getting tired of making changes month after month and getting nowhere.
I think this is due to the fact that G seems to have included fresh results crawled on Dec. 30, not because of the update, so the change you see is just part of the "everflux". SERPS did indeed change tonight for the first time in a few days, but there is no update yet.
My site is back with fresh tags and all the title changes I made since the last update. It's a very obscure site so I've managed to get #1 on virtually every KW combo I can think of.
Do you think maybe they'll never index again, just freshbot and touch up the PR once a month? Permanent everflux perhaps.
My nails are down to the quick...I am beginning to feel so deprived!
I was hoping that when I came home tonight, the dance would be well on it's way.
Disappointed.
I am more concerned about what this might mean with regards to possible major changes. As I recall, last time there was a long delay, the update came with a major shift in the algo.
Of course, maybe someone threw a party hat over the "big red button", and now everybody is too drunk to find it! ;)
It's after midnight at the Googleplex, there is no December update, so everybody goes home and goes to bed. Once there is silence, GG says...
"OK, guys, _now_ push the button!" ;)
Seriously, I think the strongest point made here is that they're probably tweaking the algo, that's why it's taking so long. Look for some big changes, coming soon to a Google near you.
Maybe..?
Zapatista
Another theory why it's taking longer than normal: They have a goal of how many pages they want to claim they have indexed so they can have the bragging rights of most pages indexed.
But the amount of pages crawled was determined back in the beginning of the month.
The update went through for me. I'm finally in!
Or am I dreaming?
Javascripter
