Once again, there may have been yet another Google search ranking algorithm update this past weekend. This is unconfirmed still but it seems like a very big update based on the tracking tools and some of the comments I saw from the community.
The update, like I hinted to in my Friday video, started Friday morning, September 24th and really heated up through the day and into Saturday September 25th. It seemed to have cooled down a lot of Sunday, September 26th.
SEO Community Chatter
One complaint about this update in the Google Webmaster Help thread said “My website, which has long had poor rankings at around 18-20, is now dropping like a stone. I looked a few minutes ago and it was position 46 (I’m searching from the UK). Everyone else will probably see it even lower I’d imagine.” That is one big drop!
Here are some chatter at WebmasterWorld:
So there are a number of people who noticed very big traffic drops in the past few days.
Tracking Tools
Most of the tracking tools that track how volatile the Google search results are, spiked in a very very big way on the 24th and 25th of September. Here are screenshots of these tools.
So as you can see, these tools were pretty hot over Friday and Saturday. Google did not confirm anything but it seems something big did happen. Did you notice anything?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
