Google Pagerank Update July 26 Minor
by Frank Jovine on 07/26/2010 in Google, SEO
It looks like a few sites and some inner pages had some Pagerank fluctuations, but nothing major so far. In the last couple of days it seems the Googlebots are on steroids. I have noticed many bots on the site just gobbling up content. This could be a precursor of the Google Pagerank major update coming.
If you’re seeing some PR fluctuation that’s not exactly to your liking, don’t worry, it’s more than likely a little Google dance and nothing more.
You may have seen some sites report a Pagerank update today and labeled it as major, but that’s far from the truth.
I do believe that the major PR update will occur during the first week of August, but only Big G knows when, so this is my guess. In the meantime, keep on posting good content and your hard work will eventually pay off!
No need to pull your hair out yet, give Google a little more time.
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When is the next Google Pagerank Update?
Brad
Jul 26th, 2010
It’s probably a update to Googles media engine, and anti-spam system. That can cause a Google dance. I see no changes…so I shall wait
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Frank Jovine
Jul 26th, 2010
Brad,
Google is dancing for sure and we can only sit and wait.
Lyngby
Jul 27th, 2010
No changes yet.. Im really excited too see the changes in pagerank on my different sites.
Frank Jovine
Jul 27th, 2010
No major update yet, stay tuned!
oyunlar
Jul 27th, 2010
Oyunlar
We have to wait…
Keratin Straightening
Jul 27th, 2010
Ya we can’t do any thing else just have to sit and wait for the results. Looks like Google is playing hide and seek…
Frank Jovine
Jul 27th, 2010
Keratin,
It is a waiting game for sure and I estimate that the update will occur first week in August.
tampa dui attorneys
Jul 28th, 2010
Unexpected event comes along our way everyday and we can’t avoid this things. What we need to do is try to understand and go beyond every situation. In that sense, we will going to understand each other. i do believe that google is doing its best to solve all this unexpected event that comes along their way and will serve all the client in the best way that they can’t be.
Joe Clay
Jul 28th, 2010
Be vewwy vewwy quiet….Im patientwy waiting for the pagewank update….
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Frank Jovine
Jul 28th, 2010
Joe,
We all are and I hope and wish the best for everyone!
Steve Marino
Jul 28th, 2010
The Googlebot activity was very strange for me – everyone I spoke to either didn’t notice it or didn’t tell me. At least now I know I’m not going mad!
Frank Jovine
Jul 28th, 2010
Steve,
You are not going mad, but the bot is.
injen air intake
Jul 29th, 2010
lol… You had me in splits with the google dance analogy
biber hapi
Jul 29th, 2010
today is 29 july and I don’t see any changes, yet. I believe pagerank update will be at 31 july midnight
Frank Jovine
Jul 29th, 2010
The update is due and I am guessing it will occur the first week in August.
Bill Cooper
Jul 30th, 2010
What’s this Google dance? Early in the week one of my pages had excellent SERP position and then all of a sudden, boom it went to like 300. No major changes so I assume all is well. I’m still a new site and have a PR0. I hope this doesn’t mean my PR will be horrible… Is this the Google dance?
Frank Jovine
Jul 31st, 2010
Bill,
Google is at a disco for sure. No need to worry.
Andi Faizal
Jul 31st, 2010
My friend tell me that Google will update PR every 3 month (4 times in a year). But don’t know how to determine the first month updated. My website just made on may 2010. But until now no update for Google PR or backlink for my site. I ever read about Google sandbox that probably my site get into it. But I have no idea how to check it for sure.
Frank Jovine
Jul 31st, 2010
Andi,
On average, the toolbar update would happen every 3 months, give or take a couple of weeks. This update is a bit longer and probably for good reasons now that Caffeine is rolled out.
Pat
Aug 1st, 2010
Yeah, I can’t wait as well. Hopefully, my blog will benefit from this pagerank update.
Michael Aulia @CravingTech.com
Aug 3rd, 2010
It’s been a while (probably months) since I’m taking note on my blog’s PageRank
I guess it’s because it’s hard to break through the PR3 mark although I once had a PR 4 for a few months, heh
Frank Jovine
Aug 3rd, 2010
Michael,
PR3 is not that hard and you have been blogging for a long time. I am surprised you’re not at a PR5.
Allen
Aug 3rd, 2010
Frank,
Really appreciate your post on how to remove that security tool virus. I am by no means a computer guru- but with your help I was able to get rid of that ridiculous virus. Thanks- you really helped me out.
-ja
Frank Jovine
Aug 3rd, 2010
Allen,
I love hearing good news and I am glad you were able to disinfect your computer from that nasty virus.
Bill Cooper
Aug 3rd, 2010
Okay, so does anyone else feel like Google just plain forgot about the PR update? There must be some Googe Executive going “I know I forgot something last month… what was it….” I know Google down plays these PR ratings, but the rest of the SEO world seems to have religion with them. I mainly care about my SERP, but it seems that without a good PR you can get a nice SERP which makes you SOL.
Frank Jovine
Aug 3rd, 2010
Bill,
They didn’t forget, trust me on that. I am more concerned about SERP, because that’s the most important to me.
Malik
Aug 4th, 2010
I care about SERP the most because at the end of the day that is what really matters, at least to me anyway. However, the PR update really helps with getting ranked for more competitive terms and such or so I am told. I mean my blog has started ranking in Google for long tail keywords, but I would love to see an improvement and if pagerank can help me out with that then I hope the update happens this week. Hey it could even be happening as I post this comment, but yeah anyway thanks for this information as well as the information about the scam sites requesting email info in order to steal your information.
Frank Jovine
Aug 4th, 2010
Malik,
I care about SERP more so than PR. It’s SERP that drives most of the traffic here.
Thanks for commenting!
Joe Clay
Aug 4th, 2010
Im getting reports of a major SERP update happening right now as we speak. Very early reports mind you but google is on the bounce. Good luck!!!!!!
Frank Jovine
Aug 4th, 2010
Joe,
Thanks for the update I will confirm now.
mike
Aug 4th, 2010
i just joined this conversation. we have a website and we have spent near 100 k usd in seo for a year, and now a competitors website has pr=2 and we have pr=2 also! i cant believe it. this other website has NO content, i think he has been using Blackhat seo. but it seems to not matter to google. they gave them pr-2
We are waiting to the new PR update in july but still now August 4th nothing has happened.
Frank Jovine
Aug 4th, 2010
Mike,
I wish you the best and that’s a lot of money to spend for SEO for the amount of progress you’re seeing. If you need help, let me know.
streamer
Aug 5th, 2010
my blog is live since 01/2010. in april i jumped from pr0 to pr2. a week ago i saw a dramatic increase of one of my posts. usually it had like 40. referrals from google every day but on that day it got more than 1000. too bad a day later all seemed back to normal. backlink update occurred also around that time… lets wait and see
Malik
Aug 5th, 2010
Frank,
I am interested in your views on Google Caffeine. Has it changed your placement in the search engine results page at all or has it helped you? Does it have anything to do with this pagerank update taking place? Maybe you could put up a post about your views about Caffeine. Even from the information I have gathered about it I still have little understanding of how it is affecting everything. From some of what I have heard and seen from your other posts it seems to be negatively affecting search engine results for some at least from what I found it is hurting more people then it is helping.
Frank Jovine
Aug 5th, 2010
Malik,
I have noticed an increase in organic traffic since the launch of Caffeine. I will try to get an article out on Caffeine this week that explains the good and bad.
Bill Cooper
Aug 5th, 2010
I happen to read another article that suggested that the reason Google is late on PR is that they are now no longer going to support mass PR updates. Due to issues with selling of links, Google may be taking this chance to only provide small updates on a more regular basis. As something with a new site, this is not the news I wanted to hear. What are your thoughts? I cannot believe the first week of August is almost gone and we still don’t have a PR update. It’s making me think this article may be right.
Frank Jovine
Aug 5th, 2010
Bill,
There were small updates in June and July, but I haven’t read anything about Google doing more smaller updates to defend against selling links. We will see.
Kooflijsten
Aug 6th, 2010
Why is this so a mystery?,
Why can’t Google just say the update will be today?
satuiku
Aug 7th, 2010
information that is very interesting, I’m learning to introduce my blog …
Auto Sales Guy
Aug 9th, 2010
Frank,
Caffeine has changed many search results in my industry by adding local search on more generic searches. “Used Cars” has local in the results which is taking traffic away from the national portals.
Frank Jovine
Aug 9th, 2010
Local search has a lot more emphasis with Caffeine. I think it’s great for people searching for used cars in Chicago. They will see more relevant results.
Bill Cooper
Aug 12th, 2010
Should we give up on the Pagerank update? Now that its August 12th, I’m beginning to wonder if it will really happen. Any inside news or feedback?
Frank Jovine
Aug 12th, 2010
Bill,
I wouldn’t give up on it as it will be updated eventually. Keep building links and writing interesting content.
John Mattar
Aug 20th, 2010
I like many others am antsy for the PR update, it would just give me piece of mind that the time spent was and is worth it.
Then again we are moving up in the SERP’S so I shouldn’t complain!
I guess only time will tell.
Great blog by the way!