There were some signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down on October 6th, spiked a bit more on October 7th and is fizzling out today, October 8th. The tools are not as insane as with this past weekends update but there is more chatter this time around.
This is not confirmed, so it is hard to say what this update was about or if it was just specific niches or something else. But not only did the tools spike, not only did I see chatter in the SEO communities, people reached out to me directly to see if there was an update as well. The chatter seemed to have died down today but it is still early.
SEO Chatter
Let’s start with the SEO chatter from the forums, I’ll leave out the tweets and emails I received. I’ll just quote from WebmasterWorld starting around October 6th:
Tracking Tools
The tracking tools are mostly all showing a shift in the Google search results, not as high as this past weekend, and honestly not even that significantly high. Some, like RankRanger seem pretty calm – but let me share the charts with you so you can see yourself.
So if you saw any ranking fluctuations over October 6th through 8th – you are not alone.
Want to bet if we will see ranking fluctuations this weekend?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
