Google Postpones Blog Search Ranking Update
Two weeks ago, we reported that Google Blog Search To Test New Link Command Features Next Week. Well, it has now been postponed a bit.
An updated Google Groups thread has Googler, Jeremy Hylton saying this has to be pushed off by a couple weeks. He said:
Unfortunately, we ran into some delays with these experiments and had to push back the schedule a couple of weeks.
I know many folks were eager to see the changes this or last week, but it seems like we may have to wait until the end of this month or early April.
In short, the changes were going to impact how Google Blog Search returns matches for blog posts for queries. Google is a bit too inclusive right now on what they return as keyword matches on blog posts. Google Blog Search is working on fine tuning their "blogroll detectors" and other detectors to make the results more relevant.
Forum discussion continued at Google Groups.
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rustybrick in Google Optimization at March 10, 2009 8:53 AM
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The link operator is a waste of time in Blogsearch. They need to fix the crawling and indexing problems first. What are you going to do with link reports from a smaller index?
Posted by Michael Martinez at March 10, 2009 12:35