Google has done a bit of a “Google Dance” in the last 48 hours. A few of my websites which have been basically greatly reduced in traffic made a rip-snorting comeback. I’ve also noticed a few strange errors in Google Webmaster Tools that haven’t been there before. I’ve been expecting a relatively “big” update from Google for the last few weeks.
Google doesn’t “dance” in the way it did a few years ago, but there are periods of seismic shifting that happen every now and again. This seems to be one of those times. I suspect that Google is using more and more data from their personalization arsenal to help rank sites. I can’t prove it, but it would explain some of the types of changes I’m seeing.
It seems I’m in sync with Google these days, at least for the moment. I’ve been emphasizing content production all else for quite some time, and it seems to be paying off. Google is a fast system these days. It’s not uncommon for me to have traffic at my blogs within 5 seconds of publishing! That’s the type of response time I love.
I’m pretty sure we’ll be seeing a PR update soon, as well. It seems a spike in traffic tends to precede a PR update, so we’ll see if that theory holds true.
All in all, this latest Google update seems like it’s been kind to me. How about you?
Frankly, I’d say Google is doing a nice job these days. They seem to have placed a great emphasis on fresh content, and that’s useful for most surfers, IMHO. Comprehensiveness and freshness are the main reason Google always seems to retain their crown as Search King.
That explains it!
Just got my PR 4 restored, and had a 25% increase in traffic, as well as moved up in the Alexa ranking.
I’m getting better and more vaired search quieries coming in these days, instead of always to the same old articles…
That last dance is showing an interesting shift in the Google algorithm. Since then, I’ve seen many websites that used to be dominant moving down to the 3rd and 4th page. I’ve also noticed that one of my older websites went up for a competitive keyword after adding an outbound link to its main page. Is Google now rewarding good and relevant linkage? That alone would be enough to shuffle things up and harm websites using no-follow tags on everything.
I’ve gone from a solid page 2 position 2 in Google all the wat to page seven in the last two weeks. I’ve recently added a blog to my site and have been adding good relevant articles and press releases and the syndicating. I don’t understand what happened in my case. I guess I’ll keep posting to my blog on a regular basis and hope my rankings improve.