Google Changes that impact Webmasters and SEO
5 Nov
Here are some of the points from the WebmasterWorld thread:
- Significant ranking changes
- Google’s holiday shopping algorithm
- Ranking changes from day to day
Tedster mentioned the “holiday shopping” algorithm, implying Google knows people are now in buy mode for the holiday season and maybe Google’s algorithm is a bit more product/shopping sensitive these days?
Anyway, here is a break down of the topics we covered in the past month.
Google Algo/Ranking Related:
- Google Update or Bug: More Complaints Over Google’s Search Results
- Google Ranking Update or May Day Impacting More Sites?
- Google PageRank Updating This Morning? October 2010
- Google Fixes Blogspot Indexing Issue: New Content Being Indexed
- More Google May Day Theories, Five Months Later
- Google: Different Algorithms Can Apply To Different Sites At Different Times
Google User Interface Related:
- Google Pleases Local Optimizers & Upsets AdWords Optimizers With Place Search
- Google Showing Related Brands, Stores & Types In Results
- Google’s Realtime Counter & Shared By In Web Search Results
- Google Magnifying Glass Page Previews, A Real Google Test
Google Webmaster Tools Related:
- Google Improves Parameter Handling For Faceted Navigation Control
- Google Adds Rich Snippets Support For E-Commerce Sites
- Google Webmaster Tools Says “You Have More Sites” To Add
- Google Updates Link Reports Before Bing
- Google Webmaster Tools Adds Change Percentages To Query Report
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
