I think google has a new Algo

[leswoody]

I have noticed (including myslef ), Websites are flying up and down the Serps.
For me it started about July 20th, two sites lost ranking for every keyword, then two weeks later came back with worse ranking.

These are not a penalty, when you have a penalty goolge will inform you via webmaster tools. Matt cutts has confirmed this. Also it's nothing to do with the Google dance, the google dance lasts no more than 10 days.

anyone else having this problem.

[Gareth_Boyd]

Google wouldn't introduce it so quickly if they were to bring a new Algo in. Think about it.

[TheVccMatey]

Definitely some major changes are taking place especially in terms of PR.
I've done a post about it on my blog -
http://www.ebenji.com/pr-algorithm-changed/

A lot of members assure us that this spike is temporary. Hopefully they're right

[leswoody]

I hope so, it's very frustrating, one week i'm ranking 5th page 1, the next i'm page 15.

[vietnamimpressive]

i have similar problem so donot know what is going on with G. have to do alot on content and link building then wait............

[DomainMagia]

Google did about 450 algo changes in 2007. It means 1-2 changes per week. Do we have a reason to believe that there will be less changes this year? Google does not publish or promote all smaller adjustments.

[dethfire]

Originally Posted by DomainMagia

Google did about 450 algo changes in 2007. It means 1-2 changes per week. Do we have a reason to believe that there will be less changes this year? Google does not publish or promote all smaller adjustments.

1-2 a week does to equate to 450 (52 weeks in a year)

[DomainMagia]

Originally Posted by dethfire

1-2 a week does to equate to 450 (52 weeks in a year)

Right, sorry about that

[billybw]

A major algo change would cause big ranking changes for millions of sites. That hasn't happened.

[teenmoney]

Yeah i was a PR2 site. I added a ton more backlinks from higher ranked sites PR 4+ and my page rank is now 0 and my SERPs are down a bit.

[NetworkPlaces]

I have a number of high traffic keywords that are bobbing up and down on page 1 of google. It's always been the case and always will be me thinks.. I really think Google has caught onto wordpress and directory links and the more traditional HTML site links are much more "weighty" these days..

[slaydragon]

yes.. i am losing my ranking too

Must be a small change - or changes - somewhere. Dont think there is any major change, otherwise it would have got much more attention.

[prodigenius]

Maybe they're using Cuil's algorithms hahahaha

Yes, Agreed with him.

My 3 sites lost all traffic but my other 2 sites are still running successful. No SERPs Change & No Traffic change for that 2 sites...

Originally Posted by billybw

A major algo change would cause big ranking changes for millions of sites. That hasn't happened.

[lightlysalted]

it just goes to show that the SEO experts are not so expert after all, it's much better to read up on the latest SEO opinions and try it yourself, that way when rankings start dropping like they are you don't feel quite so bad that you've spent hudreds on a so called expert. besides it's much more fun doing it yourself

[C a s p e r]

Well I know its getting frustrating as I had been stable at #29 for over a month then jumped to #4 for almost 2 days now I am #118 and I havent done any changes or added new links so I am confused as to what I am to do to counter this adverse affect in google

[Xphic]

I was at #50 for my keyword for one month

Now I am #5 or #6(switches) since August 10th.

[svetlana007]

I really think Google has caught onto wordpress and directory links and the more traditional HTML site links are much more "weighty" these days..

You mean G is not giving value to links coming from wordpress sites and directories?

[Rexibit]

Another point on this is that the main thing that would hurt your rankings would be the quality of the links to your site. If you have good content, quality inbound links, then you should be fine with your authority. I suggest you look at your site in comparison to your competitors and see what they have that you don't.