Big algo changes in progress

UKSBD · #1 31st October 2008, 19:49

From what I am hearing, and seeing on a number of sites, it appears
google is having a big algo change.
Very reminiscent of Florida 2004, for those who remember that.

peterjhale · #2 31st October 2008, 19:50

I have heard rumblings but not seen anything myself so far

UKSBD · #3 31st October 2008, 19:55

From what I can gather so far it appears to be homepages getting hit first.

nass · #4 31st October 2008, 19:57

Any idea what's being hit - what the theme is?

UKSBD · #5 31st October 2008, 20:02

The affiliate guys are saying affiliate sites are getting hit (they always say
that though).
Only pattern I have seen so far is homepages being dropped, sometimes
even being replaced by internal pages.

nass · #6 31st October 2008, 20:05

Yeah that's what they're saying over at seochat, big homepage dropouts is the first stage. Wonder when it'll hit our datacentres.

I, Brian · #7 1st November 2008, 09:02

Whatever happened seems to have rolled back.

nass · #8 1st November 2008, 09:12

Yeah, odd that, I have a site which had lost its homepage in the serps last night and it's right back where it was before. Bizarre - maybe instead of a "Florida update" it was a "Halloween Hiccup"

UKSBD · #9 1st November 2008, 09:48

Going to be an interesting few days.
The odd change like this does us all good though, a reminder not to
keep all our eggs in the same basket.

realmaverick · #10 1st November 2008, 10:23

I don't think there's anything going on right now, that's worth concerning yourself.

There is a bit of a Google dance going on for sure, my pages are up and down like a yo-yo. But it's highly unlikely to be anything major, just a slight shift in most cases.

Dropped homepages and such are likely to be temporary while Google reindexes.