OwenMatrix Journal

The continous update theory makes sense. I see the constant flux. I think everyone can see it.

You can sense the frustration in the forums.

Watching these boring Google updates has finally gotten old. I really cannot fathom sitting around watchings tens of Data Centers to see what the GoogleGods do next.

Who gives a damn? The search engine biz needs new blood. The more competitors the merrier.

Very strange how the update doesn’t occur these days quickly. The movements are very strange to watch.

There’s a simple way listed on the Google website in their webmaster F.A.Q. It involves disallowing /? the wildcard ? so that no dynamic pages can be followed.

I implemented this technique on several sites and have seen no effect. This is somewhat to be expected because the FAQ indicates that the wait time can be 6 to 8 weeks. It has been a bit longer than that, so I’ll just be patient.

Google seems to really hang on pages for quite some time. The site: command shows many, many pages which are just not there.

Very strange backling update, but it only shows on a few data centers.

I think it’s unlikely this will stick. I see a few of my sites hammered, and not showing any sign of backlinks. I guess you could assume a penalty, but not realistic in light of the fact they still have plenty of traffic and they have plenty of pages based on the “site command".

We’ll wait this one out before panicking.

There’s been a ton of talk concerning the Google Sandbox. A theory that has been advanced lately is one that says the “age of links” is being checked.

In many ways, this makes a ton of sense and could help the quality of the SERPS. In any event, if there is a huge delay, you just need to develop website in advance of when you need them to rank.

If you want to get anywhere in the search engines these days, you have to link. Linking is at a point that it basically becomes a career of it’s own.

It’s not fun and it’s kind of tedious, but you can’t get far without links. Your “connectedness” has a lot to do with how well regarded your site is on the Internet.

I re-designed the web to be more search engine friendly.

Mostly this required moving everything to a PHP/MySQL database and then cleaning it all up with Mod_Rewrite. So far I’ve been very pleased with the results.

More of the upheaval in backlinks when you check the link: command.

The criteria for displayed links is much different than what we were accustomed too. I think maybe Google is building a whole new link database.

I moved the contents of this site into XHTML and validated the template using DTD Strict. It’s sort of a dorky, fun exercise, and it helps you learn the code.

I went to a custom MVC and am very happy with the results.

Big shuffle from Big G today. I definitely lost ground in the SERPS this time out. Not sure exactly what happened yet. No one is.

You just have to hang in there somethimes. This might be one of those times.

It’s still baffling. The most obvious answer may be that they lowered the threshold of they links they show just to confuse webmasters.

No word from many of the so-called influential writers. We shall see, and as always, time will tell.

I still haven’t figured out why the huge number of links are now showing with the link: command.

It does appear to be some sort of attempt to confuse people. I know it worked for me.

Many, many new backlinks show at multiple datacenters. It’s an interesting update. Some sort of lowering of the threshold of visible backlinks.

All in all this is a very beneficial update for my style of SEO.