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Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Utah SEO — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:39:18 -0000

I didn't even know about that command prior to this. thanks!

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Utah SEO — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:39:18 -0000

I didn't even know about that command prior to this. thanks!

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

AndyBeard — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:34:31 -0000

Have a good one David, one of these days I will get to your neck of the woods for Hogmanay.

Subscribe to comments was switched off whilst my internet access was extremely limited. I will switch it back on again soon.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

AndyBeard — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:34:31 -0000

Have a good one David, one of these days I will get to your neck of the woods for Hogmanay.

Subscribe to comments was switched off whilst my internet access was extremely limited. I will switch it back on again soon.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

David Airey — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:24:10 -0000

Hi Andy,

Just a quick note to wish you all the very best for xmas and new year. I hope you have a great one.

Ps. Did you ditch the 'subscribe to comments' plugin?

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

David Airey — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:24:10 -0000

Hi Andy,

Just a quick note to wish you all the very best for xmas and new year. I hope you have a great one.

Ps. Did you ditch the 'subscribe to comments' plugin?

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

best affiliate programs — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:34:36 -0000

My traffic hasn't really changed, but I did noticed that some older forum and blog posts seem to be showing up better. Not sure if its a coincidence or not.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

best affiliate programs — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:34:36 -0000

My traffic hasn't really changed, but I did noticed that some older forum and blog posts seem to be showing up better. Not sure if its a coincidence or not.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

m07 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:48:29 -0000

it's shoking to have dropped so much when your blog is this good.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

m07 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:48:29 -0000

it's shoking to have dropped so much when your blog is this good.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Lakshmi Mareddy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:37:25 -0000

It's funny the way Big G work. A couple of days ago they launch, without much public acclaim, the changes to the Webmaster Tools section so that you can see things like duplicate meta tags but, within 48 hours, they remove a far more visible method of seeing how your site ranks within their index.

I really can't see that the internal forces at G are talking to each other because they seem to give with one hand and take away with the other.

Anytime such a thing happens, we are looking at the system in two ways..

One: The organization is growing so fast that the departments are not talking to each other. [This is when the Quality dept. has a field day, talking ISO and the like.]And on an aside, you know you have arrived.. :)

Second: Follow the paper trail. Why have they removed something most junta have been addicted to, for free? Yes, money may be involved in the near future. More a case of want to know where you stand? Then you better pay for it.

Makes a lot of business sense doesn't it? And we all know G does business in the low cost, high volume market.. ! [Explain Adsense to me..]

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Lakshmi Mareddy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:37:25 -0000

It's funny the way Big G work. A couple of days ago they launch, without much public acclaim, the changes to the Webmaster Tools section so that you can see things like duplicate meta tags but, within 48 hours, they remove a far more visible method of seeing how your site ranks within their index.

I really can't see that the internal forces at G are talking to each other because they seem to give with one hand and take away with the other.

Anytime such a thing happens, we are looking at the system in two ways..

Makes a lot of business sense doesn't it? And we all know G does business in the low cost, high volume market.. ! [Explain Adsense to me..]

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

AndyBeard — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:14:52 -0000

I was quite shocked to see a drop in my /* from 1400+ to 644 results, and for the effect on Michael and Aaron.

Even SEOmoz was a significant drop.

Maybe they will have something fixed before they are scheduled to break something again.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

AndyBeard — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:14:52 -0000

I was quite shocked to see a drop in my /* from 1400+ to 644 results, and for the effect on Michael and Aaron.

Even SEOmoz was a significant drop.

Maybe they will have something fixed before they are scheduled to break something again.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Sebastian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:42:04 -0000

I guess that's not completely rolled out. A few days ago Matt said that one data center pulls results form the secondary index for 100% of the search queries. Remember how long it took to distribute BigDaddy. I'll check that again in February or so. ;)

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Sebastian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:42:04 -0000

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Mike - Twenty Steps — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:54:17 -0000

As I said in my post (thanks for the link, by the way), I don't think the supplementals have gone anywhere. All they've done is repackaged the previously unpopular mechanism for publicly displaying them. The idea behind it, in my opinion, is to stop SEOs whining about the number of pages they've got stuck in the SI by not just removing the old SI tag but to publicly declaim the index.

The fact remains that the internal G quality scoring metric will still be in place. That won't have gone anywhere in a hurry despite the public "we'll index anything, us" statement.

It's funny the way Big G work. A couple of days ago they launch, without much public acclaim, the changes to the Webmaster Tools section so that you can see things like duplicate meta tags but, within 48 hours, they remove a far more visible method of seeing how your site ranks within their index.

I really can't see that the internal forces at G are talking to each other because they seem to give with one hand and take away with the other.

Re: Google Broke My Christmas * (Supplemental Result Query Changes)

Mike - Twenty Steps — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:54:17 -0000

The fact remains that the internal G quality scoring metric will still be in place. That won't have gone anywhere in a hurry despite the public "we'll index anything, us" statement.

I really can't see that the internal forces at G are talking to each other because they seem to give with one hand and take away with the other.