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  Webmasters Report July 2008 Google.co.uk SERP Changes

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 4:22pm CEST by Tamar Weinberg

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  Last month, we started reporting on Google.co.uk as perceived by webmasters. We may make this a regular column depending on how different Google.co.uk seems to be from Google.com over time.

  WebmasterWorld members are reporting extreme "yoyoing" and fluctuations of some rankings on old domains.

  Another observation is that the geolocation seems to be shifting -- again. .co.uk pages are showing up on page one, whereas .com pages are showing up on page 2. In other words, improvements are being noted.

  Some feel that Google in the UK is penalizing harsher than in the US.

  And finally, Google is still not sure about the locations of some posts. A webmaster reports:

  Meanwhile G has moved a load of my .coms hosted on a US server back into the Google.co.za results...argh...what are they doing?

  Forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld.

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  Webmasters Report July 2008 Google SERP Changes

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 4:51pm CEST by Tamar Weinberg

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  WebmasterWorld members are already beginning to notice some issues with the Google SERPs this month, though it has only just begun.

  In one instance, a very highly targeted one-page website which used to perform well for short and long tail terms lost all traffic in the short and long tail. This month, the webmaster reports that short tail searches are starting to creep back up but long tail results are nowhere to be found.

  Many people keep alluding to a June 4th disaster with the -950 penalty. They're also losing substantial traffic (see this thread). This month, only few admit that they've recovered.

  Another forum member admits that he has been seeing a jump in rankings -- from page 1 to page 6. He's worried that his hard work has gone to waste.

  Forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld.
  

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  Google Search Index Update: May '08 Update

  Posted: May 21st, 2008, 3:28pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  It looks that Google might be conducting some sort of major update. Yes, I know - Google is constantly updating, constantly adding content and "improving" the algorithm. But some changes make a bigger impression in the forums then others.

  I have noticed recent discussion at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums with people either complaining or praising a major shift in their rankings over the past 24 hours.

  First post came in via WebmasterWorld at around 4:30am (EST), saying "There seems to be a roll back now... seeing the same old results for a few highly competitive 2 word keywords." Several members support his findings, even senior member, nuevojefe, added:

  Very interesting changes I'm seeing. Major swings in a high traffic niche, but not much different in other niches I watch.

  Seems new sites of a certain criteria are being allowed to jet up more though. Surprised to see new sites able to be propped up by network linking.

  The DigitalPoint Forums thread has members who are commenting about a loss in traffic. Some members have posted charts showing a major drop in traffic, possibly due to a Google update.

  So I think we have sort of major Google update going on.

  Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums.

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  Webmasters Report May 2008 Google SERP Updates

  Posted: May 5th, 2008, 4:46pm CEST by Tamar Weinberg

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  This month, WebmasterWorld members have observed the same old shuffle in rankings that plagued webmasters in our April 2008 Google SERP Update post.

  A lot of rankings are dropping, and one webmaster even reports that he's hit a new traffic low in 2008.

  One member likens these drops to the fact that Google might want to emphasize their paid listings.

  Looks to me that at this stage of the game where Google completely dominates the market it would be beneficial for them to have "inconsistent"/"moving" results in the natural search so people would click on the ads as those are consistent. When searchers will get the idea that they will not get the same (even though still relevant) result every time they search, they will most certainly pay more attention to the ads. Google getting richer?

  That's definitely an interesting statement.

  Other observations include blogs being ranked higher, link exchange websites taking a hit in the rankings, issues with relevant rankings (specifically, more relevant internal pages are now being replaced by the less-relevant home pages for search phrases), and a lot of dropped rankings.

  Forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld.

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  Google Updates Toolbar PageRank: April 2008

  Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:54pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  I am seeing reports from across the SEO forums that Google has updated or begun the update of the PageRank score found within the Google Toolbar.

  We have threads at DigitalPoint Forums, Search Engine Roundtable Forums, WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch Forums - all discussing the recent PageRank update that began yesterday some time.

  The last time Google updated toolbar PageRank was in late February. Google did recently update the Directory PageRank scores earlier this month. You can see some history on these recent PageRank updates over here.

  What this all means for your Google rankings? Not much. Typically, a Google Toolbar PageRank update will have zero direct impact on one's ranking in Google. As Google has said, time and time again, the toolbar PageRank scores are older exports and do not resemble the PageRank score Google uses internally, at the time of ranking your pages in Google.

  Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums, Search Engine Roundtable Forums, WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch Forums.

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  Major Google UK Search Changes? 'Dewey' Crosses The Pond

  Posted: April 16th, 2008, 2:44pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  I'll be honest, I keep watching the WebmasterWorld thread discussing the April 2008 Google update, code named Update Dewey.

  The latest thing that I noticed were recent reports from very senior members saying that Google is shuffling around the results, in a major way, at Google UK. Here are two posts I isolated from the past 24 hours specific to Google UK and this update:

  Oooo! (too effeminate?) Big changes on Google.co.uk ... big, awful changes ... if you've got a bunch of paid links looks like their about to pay off. Top spots in lots of industries have been overtaken by paid link buyers, and not subtle paid link buying either! 2,000 backlinks from just 2 sites with a paid sponsored links section in the bottom right for example.

  There's a significant change in the UK algo today. For our top target term the site that recently bought it's way to the top and was rewarded with a site link listing because it has links out to sites that pay it affiliate fees has dropped to #2 and of course lost it's site links. The new #1 has dropped in from nowhere but probably should really be at #1 if it had someone doing at least basic SEO.

  In fact, there is a stand alone thread named No.3 in every Google tld except our own - .co.uk at WebmasterWorld, that digs into one issue. The senior WebmasterWorld member says that his UK based site ranks number three in all Google sites except for Google UK, where it ranks 256. Weird, don't you think?

  Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

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  Google Directory PageRank Update: Directory PageRank Now Matches Toolbar PageRank

  Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:02pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  Google has updated the PageRank bars within the Google Directory recently. The new update now matches the PageRank values of the Google Toolbar. For example, the Computers > Internet > Web Design and Development > Promotion > Weblogs category now shows my revised, penalized Toolbar PageRank score of a 4 and not a 7.

  New Directory PageRank Score:
  

  Old Directory PageRank Score:
  

  The last time Google did a PageRank Directory update was in January and at that time, the PageRank score in the directory did not match the toolbar update from November or so. For history on that, start here and go back.

  A WebmasterWorld thread notes that Google has also changes the scale of the Directory PageRank bars from a 0-7 to 0-10, this way it matches the Toolbar scale. Interesting, indeed.

  Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

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  Webmasters Report April 2008 Google SERP Updates

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 4:52pm CEST by Tamar Weinberg

  Tags:  Google PageRankSERP Updates  

  Following March's update, WebmasterWorld members talk about the newest updates to the Google algorithm, including the previously discussed Dewey update.

  Some observations include front page rankings that appear to be delisted (or "dumped way back," as one person puts it). He notes that one of his websites that has been up for over a decade is now totally gone with the exception of 2 pages that were updated in 2001.

  News results also seem strange. A 2003 CNN story is occupying the #10 position in search, observes another member. Old documents are making their way to the forefront, whereas new documents are hidden.

  Many people are noting multiple subdomains occupying more than one spot in the top 10.

  The shuffle is definitely a big concern -- some results from the top spots are being relocated. Someone calls this "crazy swings." Sounds about right.

  Matt Cutts is still looking for feedback about these changes, and he has been checking out the forum thread.

  Forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld.

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