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Google Update Causes PageRank Mania
Saturday, June 26, 2004
While there is no specific time period between updates, Google
in the past has updated PageRank on average every 3-6 weeks. As
of Tuesday it had been approximately three weeks since the last
update and anxious WebProWorld members had even started a thread
predicting the next update when they began to notice changes.
"I think they're [Google] playing with our minds again,"
said a Best Practices Search Engine Forum moderator.
Shortly before the update, some SEOChat members began to notice
the Google spiders crawling deeper into their sites. Datacenter
fluctuations and "strange results" were also noticed by
at least one member, who reported "three different rankings
on three different tools" as well as old data showing up in
results.
Several of the industry's leading forums are abuzz, discussing
the results of this update. In this WebmasterWorld discussion a
member reported "seeing some sites that were previously blocked
from passing PageRank passing again."
Meanwhile, some members of the Best Practices Search Engine Forum
noticed a dip in the number of reported backlinks, while others
noticed an increase. It almost appears to be "a delayed backlink
visible update without an actual update in the stored data,"
said Matt Peskett, Managing Director, Firetop Limited.
Changes weren't so obvious for some people.
"Not all of the datacenters have fully updated, so many people
aren't seeing the update yet," said a WebProWorld member who
goes by the handle 'jestep.' "It will probably take a few days
to fully update across all of the datacenters."
"It is funny how we now drool waiting for the frequent [Google]
updates," said SEOChat member Alexander Fry.
While you're drooling, you might want to check out the Future PR
Tool. It works by running queries on the Google datacenters and
searches for changes in PageRank. By querying the datacenters during
an update, "you might get a glimpse of any upcoming changes
in your site's PR values" the site claims.
PageRank Mania? Although many people are now reporting higher PageRank,
Dave Hawley of http://www.ozgrid.com warns, "I would not get
too excited. PageRank is only one of many factors..."
Over at Jimworld, a member commented, "There is a connection
between PageRank and search engine results pages but I guess it's
secondary to site content. However, every little bit helps right?"
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