Its about that time of the month...hopefully in the next couple days we'll see something. I'm waitng for the first PR update for my new site, and I'm hoping it picks up most of the links I've added this past month.
Googleguy said that we can expect constant updates for know on.(rolling updates) And Google's SERP's will be affected by your new PR before your GG toolbar will display the new one.
Interestingly enough yesterday between noon and 5:00 pm cst I saw huge jumps in the serps for just about every keyword I track. All in the right direction
I have been seeing changes over the last day or two but only for certain KW's. Changes seem to have settled down compared to a few months ago but the "rolling updates" we were told about still seem to happen every 2 weeks like they always used to.
I don't know why anyone is surprised by this. Just look at the McDar experiment. It proves conclusively that updates are happening every day. In fact there is usually little if any SERP changes that correspond to the PR/backlink update.
People have been expecting a BL/PR update and it is way over due. However, it does seem that Google is doing something right now that is drastically effecting the serps for many people. (not a BL/PR Update) Even the "McDar experiment" has seen a sudden large drop in the rankings that corresponds to this. A look at Rank Pulse also indicates that there are some major changes happening right now in the serps. It is anybodys guess what is up. I'm just surprised that someone has not tried to name it yet Caryl [Edited to add] After commenting on "naming it" I had to check over at WMW to see if they had - but not yet! Anybody wanna come up with a "C" name and be the first? -
Collideascope - SERPS are shifting around quickly and visably. Thats my nomination. http://www.jrwrestling.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148
The last 4-5 days my traffic has dropped dramatically, but yesterday it had gone back up somewhat. Wonder if this has to do with what has been discussed in this thread. If only the shift had been in positive direction as opposed to the negative direction.
haha, yep. Plus about 85-95% of the general public can't spell it, so it will definatly be a great one for forum posting lol.
SENewbie- you're seeing small changes in googles algo, I'd assume. Backlinks always help out, so keep those coming in.
if the google serps are now conducting rolling updates, then is the effect of the allinanchor text of inbounds links also updated continuesly? Or are these inbound link texts just updated and effect serp results when the pr/backlinks are? -dan
Go read the McDar thread. Yes everthing is updated as they are crawled and indexed. The only thing that appears to be delayed is the PR/BL Update. It is really less an update and more just a reporting.
It is widely believed that inbound links is calculated and effects the rankings before we ever see the actual pr/backlink updates. The pr/backlink updates are more of an eye-candy thing so that we can visualize what has already taken place.
Aye... thats "Green Eye Candy" .. Nonetheless, PR is still a good measure of how many links are linking to that specific website. I believe that we will see a Google PR/IBL update in about three hours just like the last update. It seems around 4am it always seem to happen; and since almost 40% of the data centers are down, I think tonight is the night. Hexed
Mostly true. I believe this time around we're going to see an algo change. Therefore we should expect major SERP shifts. Hexed
I saw some major movement in my KW's about a week ago, but now they have been holding unusually steady, so who knows! I predict that the update will happen.........NOW. Damn, oh well. It was worth a try.