Possible Google Update: Friday 25-10-13

Algoroo has measured a significant ranking flux on Friday after a relatively stable fortnight indicating at a possible algorithmic tweak at Google.

2.33 roos

The SERP turbulence level this Friday was at a whopping 2.33 roos making it the 8th most volatile day in 2013:

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Are we looking at a new layer in the search quality algorithm or a tweak to an existing one? We’ll know more if Google decides to share the details with us.

One observation we’ve made so far is related to how Google indexes pages. We monitor a number of search queries on a regular basis and have recently started noticing presence of Google+ URL types that would normally be excluded.

Here are some examples:

Example 1: https://plus.google.com/app/basic/s/%23PageRank/related?cbp=r52e57em2lul&sview=28&sro=%23Blogging&sri=0&spath=/app/basic/s/%2523Blogging/related&sparm=cbp%3D1j3v8pnwbhxes%26sview%3D28%26sro%3D%2523Bloggers,%2523BloggingTips%26sri%3D0%26spath%3D/app/basic/s/%252523Goodreads/related%26sparm%3Dcbp%253Dzzlex01arf7s%2526sview%253D28%2526sro%253D%252523Books,%252523BookReview%2526sri%253D0%2526spath%253D/app/basic/s/%25252523BookReview/related%2526sparm%253Dcbp%25253D93vs4jdpli7u%252526sview%25253D28%252526sri%25253D0%252526spath%25253D/app/basic/s/%2525252523Review/related%252526sparm%25253Dcbp%2525253Dvawdk5wtxa9k%25252526sview%2525253D28%25252526sro%2525253D%2525252523Samsung,%2525252523Apple%25252526sri%2525253D0%25252526spath%2525253D/app/basic/s/%252525252523Apple/related%25252526sparm%2525253Dcbp%252525253D17y6m56vixlno%2525252526sview%252525253D28%2525252526sro%252525253D%252525252523iPhone%2525252526sri%252525253D0
Example 2: https://m.google.com/app/basic/s/%23Hummingbird/related?cbp=gd93qymdimly&partnerid=operamini1104&sview=27&sri=0&spath=/app/basic/114596371341522095848/posts&sparm=cbp%3D7rwn3e0846o%26partnerid%3Doperamini1104%26sview%3D27%26stct%3DCAIQofm3nKLMtwIgUCgB%26spath%3D/app/basic/stream%26sparm%3Dcbp%253Defxh38gngmwd%2526partnerid%253Doperamini1104%2526sview%253D27
Example 3: https://plus.google.com/app/basic/s/%23Volatility/related?cbp=edwkuvbm5v66&sview=27&sro=%23Market&sri=0&spath=/app/basic/109032546067571485833/posts&sparm=cbp%3Dvjqr8jp0qygv%26sview%3D28%26spath%3D/app/basic/s/%252523Typhoon/related%26sparm%3Dcbp%253D2hkn2pis58nx%2526sview%253D27%2526sri%253D0%2526spath%253D/app/basic/102272628951179356571/posts%2526sparm%253Dcbp%25253D14iyp2unwpxse%252526sview%25253D27%252526spath%25253D/app/basic/stream/z124tn4i1o33slpyi04cep3hvxaqi1rppbo

The above just seem like “search result” type pages which they normally avoid indexing or at least lower it on the priority list.

Have you been affected? Let us know in the comments or on Google+

 

Dan Petrovic, the managing director of DEJAN, is Australia’s best-known name in the field of search engine optimisation. Dan is a web author, innovator and a highly regarded search industry event speaker.
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-3211

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3 thoughts on “Possible Google Update: Friday 25-10-13”

  1. Jose says:

    Yes, this is some new update. My blog (on blogspot) recovered from google penalty after almost 3 months. My site been penalized probably for keyword stuffing.

  2. igl00 says:

    hard to say yet, lets wait for confirmation

  3. Miki Vicioso says:

    I would say so! lets see if we can get some stable ranking after this.