Haven't Google changed the way they index pages. See:
http://www.itpro.co.uk/624148/caffeine-peps-up-googles-search-engine?CMP=NLC
-Newsletters&uid=807527e09b57211557468aae209e08be
Might be something to do with it.
Regards, Graham
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James
Morley
Sent: 13 July 2010 15:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Google search results changes - map position and removal of link
Anyone noticed any shift on their web stats in terms of Google referrals?
This may be something quite specific to us at 'Kew Gardens' as under that
name we are both a venue and an area of London, but some time on Saturday
Google changed the way it presented the map within search results, namely
moving it down from the top of the results to be underneath the first search
result, plus removing the link from the map item's title to the website (in
our case it was one we had set specifically to
http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/).
The result for Kew, at least from initial impressions, has been a two-thirds
drop in the number of Google referrals to
http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/. Things aren't quite as bad as that
may seem as we are seeing links through to the Kew home page increase by a
roughly similar percentage, and also we are seeing a large proportional rise
in the number of clickthroughs from the sitelinks, the eight specific links
under our home page listing in the search results. But it still looks like
we're down a good few percent.
Would be interested to see what others are experiencing.
Regards, James
And if you want to compare the changes, see
http://www.catchingtherain.com/gdd/google.201007101215/ (Saturday 12:15pm
GMT)
http://www.catchingtherain.com/gdd/google.201007111215/ (Sunday 12:15pm GMT)
(links not for re-use please - I'll see if I can pull them onto the Kew site
somewhere!)
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James Morley [log in to unmask]
Website Manager Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5759
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org
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