google backlinks messed up ?

Bill · 2005-05-29, 08:56 PM

I'm not talking about that, Linkster, of course I know about the big change in backlinks, the so-called "random backlinks" display, that started last year.

What I think the original poster sadman is talking about is a specific, very recent strangeness in the backlinks that started just this friday.

He's not the only one who has mentioned it, I've seen it mentioned on other seo + adult boards. Started a few hours before the bar went gray.

Bill · 2005-05-29, 09:58 PM

Oh, and the google cache server went down at the same time... for me it was sometime late friday night/sat morning.

And, I'm sure many of you guys have seen this, but it's interesting anyway...

The new ad for the new google toolbar has a graphic that doesn't include the PR meter on the bar.

http://toolbar.google.com/

This has caused a lot of speculation, too.

Linkster · 2005-05-29, 11:09 PM

Unfortunately they still show it in their features for the new bar
http://www.google.com/support/toolba...=features.html

The cache servers problem has been an off and on problem over the last week - my own opinion is they are testing a way to show an image of the pages indexed without caching - to help avoid 2257 and the new DMCA (coming soon) issues that the present system has

Linkster · 2005-05-30, 08:38 PM

Bill - the only difference I can see on the backlinks is that they have done a backlinks update to the "displayed" backlinks in the last few days - most of my sites show an increase although not anywhere near the real count

Bill · 2005-05-30, 10:18 PM

I gather Googleguy has said that this wasn't trustrank, just some infrastructure change. (whatever that means...)

His exact words:
"no trustrank, just back to the normal display.
I talked to a few people and there was some new infrastructure that was swapping in. They expect normal toolbar pagerank display to resume in a few hours--no need for concern."

That's too bad, I was kind of looking forward to a big change like trustrank.

Linkster, I didn't actually see the backlinks changes for myself, I don't pay that much attention to backlinks, since they buggered it with "random display" last year. But, I noticed the memorial day weekend graybar thing happening, and starting reading around for possible explanations, and noted that people were talking about backlinks suddenly showing much lower numbers than usual for a few hours just before the bar went gray. (and also talking about the cache server being down)

So, when sadman mentioned seeing backlinks and pr changes, I tied them together, and suggested first a server problem, then google engineers at work.

But I was much more interested in the graybar than the backlinks. Google gutted backlinks, as far as I'm concerned.

When did this backlinks increase you mention happen? Just now, this weekend, or during the last recent update?

Linkster · 2005-05-30, 10:27 PM

Bill - I noticed the change today - although it could just be a difference due to what datacenters Im hitting - since the changes where they rotate the datacenters a few months ago I really havent spent a lot of time looking at them but it was an increase of about 10% over what I saw two days ago. Again it could very well be just a difference in the datacenters as I know they definitely keep totally different databases flowing on them

2005-05-29, 11:09 PM	#3
Linkster NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sex Delta Posts: 5,084	Unfortunately they still show it in their features for the new bar http://www.google.com/support/toolba...=features.html The cache servers problem has been an off and on problem over the last week - my own opinion is they are testing a way to show an image of the pages indexed without caching - to help avoid 2257 and the new DMCA (coming soon) issues that the present system has __________________ Pussy Chompers Porn Links NSCash

2005-05-30, 08:38 PM	#4
Linkster NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sex Delta Posts: 5,084	Bill - the only difference I can see on the backlinks is that they have done a backlinks update to the "displayed" backlinks in the last few days - most of my sites show an increase although not anywhere near the real count __________________ Pussy Chompers Porn Links NSCash

2005-05-30, 10:27 PM	#6
Linkster NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sex Delta Posts: 5,084	Bill - I noticed the change today - although it could just be a difference due to what datacenters Im hitting - since the changes where they rotate the datacenters a few months ago I really havent spent a lot of time looking at them but it was an increase of about 10% over what I saw two days ago. Again it could very well be just a difference in the datacenters as I know they definitely keep totally different databases flowing on them __________________ Pussy Chompers Porn Links NSCash

2005-05-29, 08:56 PM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	I'm not talking about that, Linkster, of course I know about the big change in backlinks, the so-called "random backlinks" display, that started last year. What I think the original poster sadman is talking about is a specific, very recent strangeness in the backlinks that started just this friday. He's not the only one who has mentioned it, I've seen it mentioned on other seo + adult boards. Started a few hours before the bar went gray.

2005-05-29, 09:58 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Oh, and the google cache server went down at the same time... for me it was sometime late friday night/sat morning. And, I'm sure many of you guys have seen this, but it's interesting anyway... The new ad for the new google toolbar has a graphic that doesn't include the PR meter on the bar. http://toolbar.google.com/ This has caused a lot of speculation, too.

2005-05-30, 10:18 PM	#5
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	I gather Googleguy has said that this wasn't trustrank, just some infrastructure change. (whatever that means...) His exact words: "no trustrank, just back to the normal display. I talked to a few people and there was some new infrastructure that was swapping in. They expect normal toolbar pagerank display to resume in a few hours--no need for concern." That's too bad, I was kind of looking forward to a big change like trustrank. Linkster, I didn't actually see the backlinks changes for myself, I don't pay that much attention to backlinks, since they buggered it with "random display" last year. But, I noticed the memorial day weekend graybar thing happening, and starting reading around for possible explanations, and noted that people were talking about backlinks suddenly showing much lower numbers than usual for a few hours just before the bar went gray. (and also talking about the cache server being down) So, when sadman mentioned seeing backlinks and pr changes, I tied them together, and suggested first a server problem, then google engineers at work. But I was much more interested in the graybar than the backlinks. Google gutted backlinks, as far as I'm concerned. When did this backlinks increase you mention happen? Just now, this weekend, or during the last recent update?