Comments on: More info on the Caffeine Update http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/ neat fun stuff Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anthony Flores http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-477629 Anthony Flores Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:22:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-477629 Funny but the main differences I've seen with Caffeine have been to my own sites. The sites I've been optimizing for have actually seen an increase & sticking of rankings, but the ones I own for myself have actually dropped or disappeared from the rankings. I don't know how much is attributed to Google Caffeine, but I'm sure it's also due to some lack of housekeeping. Kinda like the plumbers home having leaky faucets : ) Funny but the main differences I’ve seen with Caffeine have been to my own sites. The sites I’ve been optimizing for have actually seen an increase & sticking of rankings, but the ones I own for myself have actually dropped or disappeared from the rankings.

I don’t know how much is attributed to Google Caffeine, but I’m sure it’s also due to some lack of housekeeping. Kinda like the plumbers home having leaky faucets : )

]]> By: DoubleYawn http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-475865 DoubleYawn Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:34:46 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-475865 What happened to Caffeine? Last we heard was "after the holidays". We're, uh, well past that now. What happened to Caffeine?

Last we heard was “after the holidays”. We’re, uh, well past that now.

]]> By: Cody Snider http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-474500 Cody Snider Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:53:34 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-474500 Quick freebie for fellow SEOs: Just posted a Python snippet to ease the tracking woes in this bold, new personalized search world. I'd post it here, but Python, in all its glory, is whitespace sensitive and may not paste so well here. Instead, follow through to this location: http://blog.activewebsite.com/2010/02/19/overcoming-personalized-search-rank-tracking/ Quick freebie for fellow SEOs: Just posted a Python snippet to ease the tracking woes in this bold, new personalized search world. I’d post it here, but Python, in all its glory, is whitespace sensitive and may not paste so well here. Instead, follow through to this location: http://blog.activewebsite.com/2010/02/19/overcoming-personalized-search-rank-tracking/

]]> By: Louis http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-465470 Louis Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:17 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-465470 Hello Matt, All of the talk about the Caffeine update has died down yet we have not seen any major changes at this point. Please provide us with the status of the Caffeine update. Hello Matt,

All of the talk about the Caffeine update has died down yet we have not seen any major changes at this point. Please provide us with the status of the Caffeine update.

]]> By: Dedo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-463605 Dedo Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:58:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-463605 I'm confused with the whole caffeine update... did it start already? If so, is it done or still running? I’m confused with the whole caffeine update… did it start already? If so, is it done or still running?

]]> By: Colin Hall http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-461817 Colin Hall Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:44 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-461817 I think that Google is heading in the right direction with their focus on personal experience. I have looked at the same sites in the listing for many years and where I don't doubt that they deserve their positions, I do occassionally find gems that have been overlooked and I like being able to give them priority in my searches. Maybe a "Shake it up" function would be nice ... put in a keyword and spin the wheel ;-) Oh yeah, I think Google has won the Bing wars ;-) I think that Google is heading in the right direction with their focus on personal experience. I have looked at the same sites in the listing for many years and where I don’t doubt that they deserve their positions, I do occassionally find gems that have been overlooked and I like being able to give them priority in my searches.

Maybe a “Shake it up” function would be nice … put in a keyword and spin the wheel ;-)

Oh yeah, I think Google has won the Bing wars ;-)

]]> By: Paul Dumas http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-459204 Paul Dumas Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-459204 Caffeine looks to threaten to ability of small businesses to make an impact in local searches. I hope not, but with the emphasis on personalized search trends it will be a situation where the rich get richer and the new guy cannot find a way in. Caffeine looks to threaten to ability of small businesses to make an impact in local searches. I hope not, but with the emphasis on personalized search trends it will be a situation where the rich get richer and the new guy cannot find a way in.

]]> By: Clark Smith http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-458339 Clark Smith Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-458339 This is my first time visiting your blog. I appreciate you sharing the latest Google updates. I know that this blog was posted in August. The Caffeine preview is no longer available. I was wondering if Caffeine has already slowing been updating in Google Databases. I like what I see so far. Thanks! This is my first time visiting your blog. I appreciate you sharing the latest Google updates. I know that this blog was posted in August. The Caffeine preview is no longer available. I was wondering if Caffeine has already slowing been updating in Google Databases. I like what I see so far. Thanks!

]]> By: Darren Moore http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-456989 Darren Moore Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:20:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-456989 One thing that I think would be nice to see one day, would be a search engine that would be able to rank websites by the how long the company has been in business, rank by business leaders for the local area or even perhaps based off the design and layout – or maybe even based off a user review rating system for local businesses. What annoys me the most after you do a search you get these Mickey Mouse companies with horrible websites showing up on the first page! Then you have to wade through the trash to find what you are looking for and most people do go past the first page, they will go back and refine their search. First impressions mean EVERYTHING on the web to me. It’s like reviewing resumes when you are looking to hire someone. If their resume is not well put together then it goes into my deleted box just as quick as it came into my inbox. On the flip side of it, is that a small percentage of them would be probably be excellent employees, however because they didn’t take the time to put together a nicely formatted resume I will never know. This example translates over to the web, I am sure some of the companies are excellent but because they didn’t take pride in developing a decent looking website then they are losing business. Competition in the SEO world is certainly the culprit cause of this of all this and I certainly love competition but If I open a horrible looking website I close out just as fast as I came in. So it would sure nice if Google could weed them out better. On another note - where can we find the test site for testing caffeine searches? The link above is no longer active. Thank You One thing that I think would be nice to see one day, would be a search engine that would be able to rank websites by the how long the company has been in business, rank by business leaders for the local area or even perhaps based off the design and layout – or maybe even based off a user review rating system for local businesses.

What annoys me the most after you do a search you get these Mickey Mouse companies with horrible websites showing up on the first page! Then you have to wade through the trash to find what you are looking for and most people do go past the first page, they will go back and refine their search. First impressions mean EVERYTHING on the web to me. It’s like reviewing resumes when you are looking to hire someone. If their resume is not well put together then it goes into my deleted box just as quick as it came into my inbox. On the flip side of it, is that a small percentage of them would be probably be excellent employees, however because they didn’t take the time to put together a nicely formatted resume I will never know. This example translates over to the web, I am sure some of the companies are excellent but because they didn’t take pride in developing a decent looking website then they are losing business. Competition in the SEO world is certainly the culprit cause of this of all this and I certainly love competition but If I open a horrible looking website I close out just as fast as I came in. So it would sure nice if Google could weed them out better.

On another note – where can we find the test site for testing caffeine searches? The link above is no longer active.

Thank You

]]> By: Efffetti http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/#comment-456555 Efffetti Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2896#comment-456555 Hi Matt any insider on when Caffeine will be live...? or it is already? Thanks F Hi Matt
any insider on when Caffeine will be live…? or it is already?
Thanks
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