Google’s Jaguar Update: The Soap Opera

Given that my main site is getting fewer hits than it did when it had maybe a couple of hundred entries I’m certainly unhappy with the progress of Google’s Jagger Updates so far.

Will you hand me a crying towel? Thanks.

The mysterious entity known as Google Guy who posts on WebmasterWorld and new A List Blogger Matt Cutts have both indicated that the Jagger Update will be a three part process.

The update isn’t done until the third part careens through Google’s datacenters.

I watch with the same avid interest as the webmasters whose incomes depend on their ranking in Google’s results.

Given that I’ve owned my own brick and mortar business for over twenty years it isn’t quite the same for me. I don’t sell through search engine results.

But I do miss the readers. More properly the folks who leave comments. Some evolve into conversations. Even friendships of a virtual sort. While I’d rather not I can live without them. And who knows what the next Google algorithm change may bring.

Calling the thread on WMW a soap opera is implying that it is more thrilling reading than it is.

You have a Google fanboy waiting for the search engine to bring truth and light with the third Jagger Update. Acting almost like a knight of old hoping to defend the honor of his lady fair.

There are the conspiracy theorists: Google is doing this to force them to spend money on AdWords. I don’t think the search engine is stupid enough to court congressional investigations, or the sort of publicity that would actually send people to Yahoo! and MSN for their searches.

And lots and lots of webmasters beating their breasts: “Oh why, Oh why is Google being so faithless!” Think of it of Google as a cruel cocktease, offering then withdrawing her favor so she can cruelly mock the submissive webmaster who only offered his all.

If he got hits and income that is.

I don’t like what has happened to my main site (this one hardly matters). I’ll be patient. If the last stage of Jagger doesn’t leave me better off maybe I’ll learn something and my search engine results will be better next year.

Originally posted 2005-10-30 18:54:44. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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