Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google update'

As we all know, Google Caffeine is launching on a single data center until after the holidays so that online retailers don't get a nasty present from Google. As I promised then, I would let you know what data center...

Posted on November 16, 2009 8:28 AM

Google has actually released a major Google index update before the holiday season. Yes, this is the Google Caffeine index, which has been in a Sandbox (testing environment) since August, is now being rolled out. If you visit the Caffeine...

Posted on November 10, 2009 8:36 AM

Over the past day or so, I have been seeing and watching a small increase in the number of threads discussing either global changes to the Google index or people complaining (at a higher rate) that their site is no...

Posted on October 21, 2009 8:41 AM

A continuously updated WebmasterWorld thread has discussion about penalties, new sitelinks and more. WebmasterWorld administrator, Tedster, summed up what he is seeing in this thread and others. There are two main things going on: (1) Sites that have been ranking...

Posted on August 28, 2009 8:48 AM

There is an excellent guest article at Search Engine Land named The Curious Case Of Google's Bizarre UK Search Results. In this write up, Bas van den Beld explains some of the recent history with what is going on in...

Posted on August 27, 2009 8:26 AM

There are some early reports of a possible Google web search update currently under way. We have threads on this topic at DigitalPoint Forums and an updated thread at WebmasterWorld. In the WebmasterWorld thread, in post number 3977195, senior member,...

Posted on August 24, 2009 7:33 AM

Shortly after Google announced the Caffeine preview update The Register published an article named Google File System II. The two are actually mostly unrelated, in that the caffeine update runs off the second Google File System, like Microsoft Word runs...

Posted on August 19, 2009 9:26 AM

Google Tutor listed five tools that help you compare the Google Caffeine index to the current Google index. I figured I would list six here: facesaerch.com/caffeine/Google Caffeine BookmarkletPlug Caffeine into FireFox Search BarCaffeine Ranking Checkercartercole.com/googlevsgoogle.htmlcomparecaffeine.com/ Forum discussion at Sphinn....

Posted on August 18, 2009 8:11 AM

As many of you know, Google is giving us a preview of their major indexing and infrastructure update. They named this update, the Caffeine Update. Yesterday I spotted a thread at Google Web Search Help forums, with one SEO asking...

Posted on August 12, 2009 8:14 AM

Normally, when we discuss Google updates, they are done without confirmation from Google. The search results on Google.com shift around, webmasters take notice and the update is named. Sometimes, Google confirms the major update and sometimes not. But never do...

Posted on August 11, 2009 9:02 AM

It is that time of the month again and we have your Google webmaster update, brought to you by a WebmasterWorld thread. The July '09 report complaints and issues linger on. Including those issues found in the small Google July...

Posted on August 4, 2009 8:39 AM

There is some discussion in the forums about a potential Google update underway. Keep in mind, the Google results are always in a state of fluctuation, so updates have to be more about how many people are noticing a major...

Posted on July 27, 2009 8:12 AM

Less than a week ago, we polled our readers asking should search updates be named? Well, we have over a hundred responses now, so I thought I share them with you. Overall, 82% said we should name all or some...

Posted on July 21, 2009 9:13 AM

It seems like there are several threads around the SEO forum space that have discussion on a recent PageRank update. Yes, even more recent then the June PageRank update. There is a WebmasterWorld thread, a few DigitalPoint Forum threads and...

Posted on July 3, 2009 8:31 AM

There are hundreds of reports across the web about a Google PageRank update. Most of you know, I am not a fan of the PageRank score displayed in the Google Toolbar, but I report it anyway, because I report what...

Posted on June 24, 2009 8:20 AM

A couple weeks ago, the news that Google treated the distribution of PageRank for pages with nofollow links differently then they would other pages. As explained then: If you have $10 in authority to spend on those ten links, and...

Posted on June 17, 2009 7:23 AM

Over the past week or so, I have been hearing chatter about a Google UK search shuffle of some kind. I did not see any forum threads in the discussion forums I track, until Gabs posted one in Search Engine...

Posted on June 9, 2009 8:28 AM

It is that time of the month again and we got your Google Webmaster report based on a new WebmasterWorld thread. The main thing I see repeated throughout the thread is that Google seems to be bouncing some results around...

Posted on June 3, 2009 8:31 AM

Starting yesterday afternoon, people began noticing the little green pixels in the Google Toolbar began updating. Yes, there was a Google Toolbar PageRank update last night and many of the forums are buzzing about it. Yes, a Toolbar PageRank update...

Posted on May 28, 2009 7:34 AM

We rarely cover Google updates these days, since it appears Google is in a constant flux. But I have noticed a dozen or so threads at DigitalPoint Forums and an updated WebmasterWorld, plus a few threads at Google Webmasters Help...

Posted on May 12, 2009 8:27 AM

About a week and a half ago, there was the start of discussion around Google's brand push in the algorithm. Some people started noticing that for some queries (mostly generic queries), more "big brands" were showing up in the search...

Posted on March 5, 2009 8:13 AM

In our monthly tradition, we are reporting on the March 2009 Google Search changes as seen via the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread. You can see the February report that we posted last month to catch up. This month, one member feels...

Posted on March 4, 2009 8:03 AM

Here is the February 2009 webmaster report on Google's search result changes based on the WebmasterWorld thread. I will summarize what people are noticing in the Google search results, as per the thread. Google accidently labeled the internet as malwareSome...

Posted on February 4, 2009 8:16 AM

Over the weekend, I noticed many reports from a wide array of search forums, where webmasters are noticing their PageRank scores drop in the Google Toolbar. We have threads from WebmasterWorld, two from DigitalPoint Forums, and a Google Webmaster Help...

Posted on January 19, 2009 8:10 AM

An updated WebmasterWorld thread has new reports of changes at Google.co.uk and Google.com.au. Senior member internetheaven, who keeps an eye on the Google UK results said: Google.co.uk is all over the place. The results for one of the more competitive...

Posted on December 29, 2008 7:48 AM

It has been a while since I posted a link update post, based on Google updating their webmaster tools report. One of the reasons for this is because there has been a two to three month bug, where Google has...

Posted on December 18, 2008 7:56 AM

I have seen two smallish thread, relative to a normal Google update thread, that discusses changes in the Google search results. A WebmasterWorld thread and DigitalPoint Forums thread has discussion around some changes being noticed in Google. Now, typically these...

Posted on November 25, 2008 8:18 AM

We have already written our Google November report but when I see a spike in conversation about Google Search changes, I try to keep you informed, even if it is not a new month. So as you know, we covered...

Posted on November 20, 2008 8:55 AM

Over the weekend, Webmasters started to notice major changes with the Google search results. Most of those changes are documented in an incredibly long but only three-day long thread at WebmasterWorld. I decided to wait on reporting on this thread...

Posted on November 3, 2008 7:14 AM

Let me take you back a few steps before getting into this update. On June 30th, Yahoo announced an update that did not update any of the search results around that date. Several days later, around July 7th, webmasters began...

Posted on July 17, 2008 8:27 AM

A weekend WebmasterWorld thread is reporting dozens and dozens of webmasters noticing a major traffic drop due to Google. Some of these webmasters reported traffic declines in the 90% range. Many of the issues seem to be that Google has...

Posted on June 11, 2008 8:18 AM

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...

Posted on May 21, 2008 8:28 AM

Google updates their search algorithms and indexes fairly often. Results change all the time. The goal for Google is to make this transparent for searchers by providing relevant results. But when a change happens, typically the webmaster will notice and...

Posted on May 16, 2008 8:24 AM

It looks like Google Sitelinks have had a update, and now mine look a lot better than they were previously. Here are my new sitelinks: Whereas before during the March update that added sitelinks to my domain just didn't look...

Posted on April 16, 2008 11:22 AM

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,...

Posted on April 16, 2008 7:44 AM

On the last day of March, I reported on a major Google search index update which seemed to have impacted tons and tons of SEOs, as opposed to just a ton of SEOs (if you know what I mean). Yes,...

Posted on April 2, 2008 7:36 AM

The huge WebmasterWorld thread devoted to tracking Google changes over the course of March 2008 has sprung some late March legs. Reseller, well known at WebmasterWorld for tracking the slightest changes at Google, posted two data centers that are very...

Posted on March 31, 2008 7:03 AM

Over the weekend, in a WebmasterWorld thread that is tracking the Google February 2008 SERP changes, the recent discussion is around a new Google update. This Google update is reportedly impacting the search results in the position two, three, four...

Posted on February 18, 2008 7:01 AM

Friday we reported that Google to Begin Treating Subdomains as Folders: Max 2 Results Per Search based on a post from Tedster at WebmasterWorld. Soon after, Matt Cutts of Google commented saying: This isn't a correct characterization of what Google...

Posted on December 10, 2007 7:01 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has dozens of reports from SEOs and Webmasters that Google has dropped the number of pages they indexed of their sites. Here is one such report: On all the searchees I look at a regular basis I...

Posted on December 3, 2007 7:36 AM

I just reported about a Google Image update but it seems with that update, Google has removed a very important feature. Typically, if you click on an image in Google images, it will open that image in a framed window....

Posted on December 3, 2007 7:24 AM

Both DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld are reporting Google has updated the Google Image Search index and algorithm over the weekend. Many people are noticing new images being found in the image search engine. Also some are noticing that Google is...

Posted on December 3, 2007 7:16 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update again this month. Google has been updating their linkage data in Webmaster Tools more frequently, but it appears it has often been happening the first or second week of the...

Posted on November 20, 2007 7:40 AM

Google is constantly updating the search results pages. But there seems to be a lot of discussion about an update made to the Google search results yesterday. A DigitalPoint Forums thread and more conversation at a WebmasterWorld thread report such...

Posted on November 5, 2007 7:50 AM

There appears to be more reports of issues with Google's Webmaster Tools. The issues are not exactly the same as we reported earlier, but the issue appears to impact the same tool, the Link Reporting tool at Google Webmaster Tools....

Posted on October 31, 2007 7:05 AM

The largest topic by far this week in the forums is the PageRank update that hit sites that are selling links. There are literally dozens upon dozens of threads at many of the webmaster forums on the topic. We covered...

Posted on October 30, 2007 7:37 AM

Reports from WebmasterWorld are suggesting that there was a recent Google Images index update. WebmasterWorld senior member, zeus, said: I noticed some of my sites have got more images indexed on google image also a little change in rankings, but...

Posted on October 29, 2007 7:30 AM

Seems like Google rolled out some new green pixy dust to their Google Toolbar PageRank bar. There are threads at both DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld discussing the PageRank update. Here is my disclaimer on PageRank, before people start jumping on...

Posted on October 8, 2007 8:22 AM

There are several reports across multiple forums about a large update at Google. It appears people are noticing large search results shifts at Google Web Search. Some are obviously happy with the changes, such as one user at Search Engine...

Posted on September 19, 2007 6:58 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread was broken out by WebmasterWorld administrator, Tedster, where he summarizes one isolated change he may have noticed from the latest Google update. The change, he said, has to do with Google grouping more of the same category...

Posted on September 10, 2007 8:25 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update yesterday. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld. Here is a...

Posted on September 5, 2007 7:43 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update over the weekend. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of PageRank updates and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and...

Posted on August 8, 2007 7:26 AM

This may be considered a continuation of the June 2007 Google Update but it has now been given a name. The Buffy update, as it is now called out of respect for Vanessa Fox leaving Google, is currently underway. Yes,...

Posted on June 18, 2007 6:54 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update and I suppose other data updates as well. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and two threads at WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

Posted on June 15, 2007 7:33 AM

WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums both are discussing a recent change in Google to the search results. WebmasterWorld senior member, steveb, said: And now it has all completely changed to a result set similar to what wwas around a week ago.....

Posted on June 1, 2007 7:37 AM

Reports began trickling in from DigitalPoint Forums and via WebmasterWorld on April 10th, of recent changes to the Google index. Let me pull out quotes from both threads: Today my site is back at its previous position (2nd) Well I...

Posted on April 12, 2007 8:02 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread has a lot of recent discussion on a Google backlink update occurring at certain datacenters. But should we be watching these changes anymore? We now have the Google Webmaster Central Link Tool that gives us all...

Posted on March 21, 2007 7:54 AM

Yesterday I reported a Google Link Update Within Webmaster Central's Link Tool but I did not dig deeper. Vanessa Fox of Google Webmaster Central left a comment explaining that this is just an update in the number of links reported....

Posted on March 8, 2007 7:03 AM

Google gave us a new link tool about a month ago. Now people are noticing a massive update in the number of links reported in that tool. Two very new threads, one at DigitalPoint Forums and the other at WebmasterWorld...

Posted on March 7, 2007 7:51 AM

I was chatting with a few folks who are convinced of a major Google update. David Ogletree was the first I know to spot this. So I revisited a WebmasterWorld and sure enough, since the 18th of this month, four...

Posted on February 21, 2007 1:25 PM

An early WebmasterWorld thread is reporting very early signs of changes taking place at the various Google data centers. Often, these types of threads tend to spot a Google update that is about to take place. But it would be...

Posted on February 14, 2007 10:34 AM

Matt Cutts and team wrote at the Google Blog that they have minimized "the impact of many Googlebombs" by "improving our [Google's] analysis of the link structure of the web." They then go into the history of the Googlebomb and...

Posted on January 26, 2007 7:05 AM

Several threads from the various forums are reporting changes in the Google search results and a back link update. A Search Engine Roundtable and DigitalPoint Forums thread all reports changes to their back links in Google. I honestly did not...

Posted on January 5, 2007 7:13 AM

On December 21st, Ben reported a Google Data Refresh - Rankings Fluctuations Before Christmas via a WebmasterWorld thread. Now, I have been tracking that original thread, along with two additional WebmasterWorld threads named part 2 and Is there any point...

Posted on December 27, 2006 7:32 AM

I wrote last Friday about a Possible Google Update Before Holiday Season? Matt Cutts commented here saying; I posted on WMW. I'm not aware of anything big that went out yesterday, so I'm assuming that this is normal ranking changes...

Posted on December 11, 2006 8:53 AM

WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums are both reporting significant changes in rankings at Google starting last night. Typically, Google, since December 2003 (aka the Florida update), Google does not want to shake up the search results (did not mention search ads...

Posted on December 8, 2006 7:44 AM

There are reports from WebmasterWorld that a new Google data refresh is taking place now. People are noticing both large and small shuffling of the positioning of pages for select search queries. I do not believe this is a huge...

Posted on November 29, 2006 7:22 AM

A limited number of people are noticing significant changes in their rankings and traffic from Google.com at WebmasterWorld forums. Some have seen a 80% drop in traffic from Google and some have seen a 350% increase in traffic from Google....

Posted on November 20, 2006 8:08 AM

Yes, an other Google PageRank update is underway. For example DigitalPoint.com has some data centers reporting a PageRank of 8, when it is currently at a PageRank on 7. Check the DigitalPoint's pagerank at this tool. The data centers with...

Posted on September 29, 2006 6:58 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread is discussing a PC Advisor article named Google plans upgrade for search engine. Google plans to extend the product search capabilities on its main Google.com search engine in the fourth quarter, in time for the holiday shopping...

Posted on September 26, 2006 7:36 AM

It appears that over the weekend a search update that affected the search results began taking place. A WebmasterWorld has a thread where folks are discussing the changes. Senior Member steveb said yesterday; Still at least two main indexes... the...

Posted on September 18, 2006 7:28 AM

Reports via WebmasterWorld that backlinks have been updated over night at Google. What does this mean? I suspect not much, just like it meant very little for the August 25th Back Link update. That update was coined "Pluto" but was...

Posted on September 14, 2006 7:55 AM

Part of the recent Google Update that was really not a full update, by any standards, was that the Google Related command has been updated. Back in mid-July we reported that Related Search Command Changes at Google.com and it looks...

Posted on August 29, 2006 8:11 AM

Friday we reported on a Back Link Update, and as suspected, it was not a major change that affected search results. Since then, WebmasterWorld has named the update, Pluto (kinda cute, don't you think?). Which reminds me, doesn't Ask.com have...

Posted on August 28, 2006 7:38 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that back links are being updates at some of Google's data centers. The data centers documented with the updated back links are at 64.233.187.104 and 64.233.187.99. What does this mean for SEOs and your rankings? Um,...

Posted on August 25, 2006 9:42 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread discusses, what they suggest to be, issues unique to UK based sites, within the UK only Google search results. One such example; A site:domainname search lists the pages in the site ok when performed in the default...

Posted on August 23, 2006 7:17 AM

There are two threads at WebmasterWorld forums talking about a Google shift. The first is named 17 Aug - restored pre-27 June positions and the second is named 17 Aug - Supplemental again. It appears that everyone agrees that the...

Posted on August 18, 2006 7:24 AM