In the UK last night for about three or four hours when most of you were probally our trick or treating there seemed to be a major algo change for a few hours. Some old names disappeared and some new ones entered. A lot of them my sites. There is nothing unusual about single sites moving but it is quite rare for entire serps to alter and so many new sites to enter. It has gone back to "normal" Did anyone else notice it last night?
I suspect that the algo is being updated to look more at link profile. In other words a site is better if has a balanced link profile, one way, recips, outbound to relevant etc. Oppose to the many sites that have just one way links. A big one is coming! Seek shelter. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
we were discussing this last night here http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1089145 its not just the UK, we have sites hosted in the UK US, Germany Spain & NL and it was across the board. a lot have now settled, but nearly all seem to have lost on some keywords and gained on others.
Yes This is true , i've noticed this changes on google.com.sa last night . But today the old results came back
Major updates always seem to happen just before Xmas on G. Is it like a sort of Google joke? You can't plan around them, all you can do is pick up the pieces afterwards. For me the old results are there for the moment. A lot of competitor sites just disappeared last night