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Has Google frozen?!?

by Martin N Smith
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Hi all,

Has anyone noticed a recent 'stabilisation' in the Google SERPS?

I'm sad to say that I'm one of those people that checks his main KWs twice daily, and sometimes more often.

Needless to say i'm pretty aware how the SERPS jump about after each batch of High PR monthly backlinks which both myself and some of my biggest competitors in the SERPS are doing.

However, over the last ten days to two weeks, the Google SERPS haven't changed a bit. And talking about looking at this stuff over a 12 month period. Consistently, since I started closely watching the SERPS for certain keywords, they HAVE changed on almost a day by day basis but now (for some reason which I hope some of you can enlighten me), they've stopped!!!

Does anyone else think the guys at Google have all gone on holiday for two weeks and decided to freeze the SERPS?

I'd love to hear your views.

Cheers,
Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Usual, at least over here.

    For some major keywords no changes for more than months. Disappointing to say the least...
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeb
    I believe your site has found it's place in the serps. New sites will bounce up and down the serps but once it establishes itself, you will experience what you are experiencing now. Which is sorta like a serp cemented in position (changes will still occur but not as often).
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    • Profile picture of the author susinggih
      Originally Posted by Zeb View Post

      I believe your site has found it's place in the serps. New sites will bounce up and down the serps but once it establishes itself, you will experience what you are experiencing now. Which is sorta like a serp cemented in position (changes will still occur but not as often).
      Yup, I tend to agree with this one. It's sometimes called google dance. Some even make this as a sign that their site will be having a big jump on SERP. Because most of their sites rank higher after dropping down than before.
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        • Profile picture of the author Martin N Smith
          Hi guys,

          This is nothing to do with the Google dance. I'm talking about ALL websites in a particular niche (not just mine) stabilising in Google.

          When I say stabilising, I mean that NONE of them have made ANY SERPS movement for a about 2 weeks now.

          And before you talk about new websites, most of these sites, including mine, have been live for several years.

          Thanks
          Martin
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          • Profile picture of the author Hardi Wijaya
            Originally Posted by Martin N Smith View Post

            Hi guys,

            This is nothing to do with the Google dance. I'm talking about ALL websites in a particular niche (not just mine) stabilising in Google.

            When I say stabilising, I mean that NONE of them have made ANY SERPS movement for a about 2 weeks now.

            And before you talk about new websites, most of these sites, including mine, have been live for several years.

            Thanks
            Martin
            Yep, it is happening. Especially when the ranking is near first page


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          • Profile picture of the author FrankBowman
            Originally Posted by Martin N Smith View Post

            Hi guys,

            This is nothing to do with the Google dance. I'm talking about ALL websites in a particular niche (not just mine) stabilising in Google.

            When I say stabilising, I mean that NONE of them have made ANY SERPS movement for a about 2 weeks now.

            And before you talk about new websites, most of these sites, including mine, have been live for several years.

            Thanks
            Martin
            Yes, I also have been noticing a cementing of positions over the last 2-3 weeks. I think it may have to do with Caffiene being rolled out by google, a while ago. Its long term effects must now be showing themselves.

            Not much you can do but build more links on relevant sites, preferably in post (in text) links rather than profiles or blog commenting..........it ain't getting easier, thats for sure
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            • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
              Also, I think Google is about to be relying much more on LSI instead of mass amounts of keyword anchor text.

              I would immediately start alternating your anchor text with semantically related keywords.
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              • Profile picture of the author Martin N Smith
                thanks guys. It's very interesting to hear that some of you have also experienced the stabilisation in Google.

                Has anyone else got any more suggestions? Other than build more quality high PR links of course

                Thanks
                Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author ninal
    I actually experienced the same thing Martin.
    My sites were not moving at all and never budged for a couple of days.

    But when I checked a couple of hours ago, most of them actually started gaining some rankings. It's weird because almost all of them moved (most to higher positions). Maybe you should check again now.
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    not for me man

    i have seen a lot of movement in serps (not just my site) over the last week in one of my niches that i have been aggressively trying to rank.

    however this only accounts for my datacenter and specific niche so of course i cannot account for all of google
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  • Profile picture of the author Lett
    Good to see that i am not the only one, yes, my and my opponent rankings have been frozen lately too.
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    • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
      Originally Posted by Lett View Post

      Good to see that i am not the only one, yes, my and my opponent rankings have been frozen lately too.
      Build more links.
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    It is not unusual for a website to "bounce around" once it earns its stripes (according to Google) it usually settles into a consistent spot for ranking.
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin N Smith
      Originally Posted by HorseStall View Post

      It is not unusual for a website to "bounce around" once it earns its stripes (according to Google) it usually settles into a consistent spot for ranking.

      I'm pretty sure this is something to do with the upgrade to Google Caffeine - sites (including mine) just ain't budging like they used to
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  • Profile picture of the author jrod11
    I think this has a lot to do with the effects of the last major google caffeine update wearing off.
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  • Profile picture of the author jrod11
    How often do you update or change your content?
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin N Smith
      Originally Posted by jrod11 View Post

      How often do you update or change your content?
      daily...(including Saturday and Sundays). It's a wordpress blog and has been well optimised (on site) for search traffic.
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