August 2003 SE Updates
August 1st, 2003
Search Engine Updates for...
| Overture/Fast | Inktomi | AltaVista | Lycos | ODP | LookSmart | Yahoo | MSN |
In this month's issue...
- Yahoo's buying Overture
- Microsoft partners with WebRelevance
- ODP finalizing upgrades
- Google Ranking Variations Abound
- Google AdSense Released
- Google updates AdWords Interface
Google Update - http://www.google.com
What's new
Google Ranking Variations Abound
Google ranking and PageRank variations continued during July and we're just beginning to notice some emerging trends. The bulk of the variations are due to differences as to which Google datacenter serves up the search results.
Variations in the Google datacenters affect search results greatly, most noticeably on new sites or sites with updated pages. Many people have observed a 3 to 5 day pattern where their sites drop or disappear and then reappear in the listings. Unfortunately, there's no know vaccine to prevent these fluctuations from happening – the only "cure" being that, perhaps over time, the individual listings are likely to stabilize as pages age and become listed in more versions of the Google index.
Google AdSense Released
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