On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:01:18 GMT, "WhoTurnedOffTheLights"
<Lights@light0987654321.com> wrote:

>(in mid panic), I'm seeing a huge amount of screw-i-ness going on with
>Google's results,
>in as far as the subjects of my site(s) are concerned over the past day.
>
>ANYONE ELSE see the same?
>Could it be that there's a major update coming along?

Yes, we've been seeing some very odd behaviour too. Not across the
board but on some sites we've seen results for their main search terms
varying from page 1 to page 3 all in the same day. One site showed a
13th place one day and then approx 260 the next. Sure makes reporting
difficult!

Other sites that were making steady progress have suddenly reversed
and we're seeing some sites appearing at the top of those rankings
that either have no reason to be there or are heavily spammy. Even our
clients are telling us they think Google is loopy. Yet other searches
are perfectly stable.

Hope it stabilises soon


Bill Marshall
Spiderwriting Web Design
www.spiderwriting.co.uk

Bill, you don't notice anything strange at the same time with MSN?

I've found that my rankings there have improved hugely in comparison to
where they were before this LOOP-I-Ness with Google began.

Regardless, I agree, 'hope this stabilises soon.



"Bill Marshall" <bill@spiderwriting.co.uk> wrote in message
news:tim6419hpjg51mpsjcaj8no6kpi5au8unm@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:01:18 GMT, "WhoTurnedOffTheLights"
> <Lights@light0987654321.com> wrote:
>
>>(in mid panic), I'm seeing a huge amount of screw-i-ness going on with
>>Google's results,
>>in as far as the subjects of my site(s) are concerned over the past day.
>>
>>ANYONE ELSE see the same?
>>Could it be that there's a major update coming along?
>
> Yes, we've been seeing some very odd behaviour too. Not across the
> board but on some sites we've seen results for their main search terms
> varying from page 1 to page 3 all in the same day. One site showed a
> 13th place one day and then approx 260 the next. Sure makes reporting
> difficult!
>
> Other sites that were making steady progress have suddenly reversed
> and we're seeing some sites appearing at the top of those rankings
> that either have no reason to be there or are heavily spammy. Even our
> clients are telling us they think Google is loopy. Yet other searches
> are perfectly stable.
>
> Hope it stabilises soon
>
>
> Bill Marshall
> Spiderwriting Web Design
> www.spiderwriting.co.uk

Here's the relevant posting I finally saw crop up at WebmasterWorld:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/28722.htm

finally I see that others are witnessing the same sort of strangeness.