Anything weird going on with google?

[J S]

This seems very odd, but over the past few weeks we've been on the front page of google for a certain groups of keyword (s) Well, we've normally been on the front page of google, we seem to randomly go up and down with huge swings.

About a week ago, i was looking around and was testing some keywords and found we were on the front page of google. Good. I check again the next day next day and we are no where to be found. A day later I check again and we're back on the front page with an even slightly higher ranking. Then a couple of days later we're gone again. I don't think this is the sandbox effect i've heard of, since our site has been around a fairly long time now and doesn't seem to go into 'hibernation' for a few months, but to randomly come and go.

It's very odd. I noticed someone had mentioned that there was oddball stuff going on at google that was affecting rankings. I find it odd that on one day you can be on the front page and then the next, be no where to be found and then a day later you're back on the front, where you were before.

Would anything cause this big of a swing in results of your individual site in such a short time?

[the27offsuit.com]

Yes two days ago i was number 1 and 3 for greentie poker now im on the second page

[Acapulco]

Same thing happened to me and actually quite a few very well known gambling sites and other sites across all industries. There is a lot of discussion going on at WebmasterWorld along with several leading theories including the internal duplicate content filter, OOP, and so on.

Did you drop for your main terms, but your secondary terms were largely unaffected?

[CasinoMack]

Update probably in the works.

[Ritch111]

Googles is doing the Dance. You also might be hitting different datacenters that haven't been completely updated yet.

Ritch