New Google Alg. Theory

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Well, I've been reading a lot about it, and I have seen the effects myself. Good sites going down, bad sites going up, nothing seems STABLE. I've seen my site ranked high, low, and in between. In fact, it seems to change daily. The theory I can only come up with is perhaps Google is pretty much giving everyone a chance to prove themselves, and then measuring the bounce rate. The bounce rate seems to be the topic of discussion, and Google is paying more attention to it than ever. It makes sense. There are some GOOD quality sites/articles that get buried by another site of less quality but has +2,000 backlinks. In their eyes, the better site will be the site that measures the best bounce rate.

This obviously effects all of us, and businesses alike. But in the long run, it will make google "that much better than any other search engine" with this aggressive tactic to weed out all the spam. I'm not saying I agree with it, but from a professional stand point, it makes sense.

Regardless, we all know bounce rate is important. Right now we should be focused on enticing our readers and making them STAY on our site. This is what Google is looking for.

I don't think it's going to be this chaotic much longer, it's simply a trial period for gathering data. I would imagine things will start flat-lining soon and we'll be able to see where we truly stand in the eyes of Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author moSEO
    Nothing has changed, I rank pages today, the same way I ranked pages a year ago.
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    • Profile picture of the author asiancasanova
      Originally Posted by moSEO View Post

      Nothing has changed, I rank pages today, the same way I ranked pages a year ago.
      Please don't post things like this. We obviously know that the Penguin and Panda updates have changed the way people rank up their sites.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by asiancasanova View Post

        Please don't post things like this. We obviously know that the Penguin and Panda updates have changed the way spammers rank up their sites.
        Fixed it for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author jovykhan
      Originally Posted by moSEO View Post

      Nothing has changed, I rank pages today, the same way I ranked pages a year ago.
      Somehow I with you on this. My keywords still rank for only doing social bookmarking, directory submission, all nofollow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucid
    Originally Posted by jeffreydale View Post

    The theory I can only come up with is perhaps Google is pretty much giving everyone a chance to prove themselves
    Yes, but not to measure bounce rate. Google doesn't care about bounce rate. They don't even know your bounce rate unless you have Analytics.
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  • Profile picture of the author bragi
    Google cares about how long people stay on your site, and they analyze this on all sites even if you don't use Google analytics.
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  • Profile picture of the author prismkuet
    This is looking from a new view point though in some points I am not agree with you. Most of the case, I found that pages with good contents are coming in the first pages of Google. It is true that, many cases the positions are dancing for many sites, but how do you defend when good sites are coming in the first page?
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