Is Google Updating Web Search For August 2009?

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Of late, people have been noticing changes in Google web search. So, is this Google web search update for August, 2009? Maybe! Over the last weekend people have noticed a few changes which they assume as a possible Google web search update. There are threads posted on this topic at DigitalPoint Forums and at WebmasterWorld.

In the WebmasterWorld thread, senior member BillyS (post number 3977195) said:

“We started to see some pretty big changes this morning.This appears to be a return to our pre-summer positions.”

However, Google's Matt Cutts commented below the post at Search Engine Roundtable that he was not aware of any update.

“I'm on vacation this week, but other than the Caffeine update, I'm not aware of any changes that would be noticed on a large scale. I'm happy to pass on example queries though if people want to point them out though.”

Forum discussion is going on at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld.

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Maria Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 14:50
Yahoo will probably become my favorite search engine, if it connect with Microsoft. These are strong companies and they prepare a very nice change for us.
zen Says:
August 26th, 2009 at 06:36
Yeah. I have noticed lot of changed with google in the past week. Is it googles update?
Día de rodeo | Gaucho SEO | Posicionamiento en buscadores | Argentina Says:
August 28th, 2009 at 17:38
[...] Esta semana se habló sobre una posible actualización importante en los SERPs (páginas de resultado del buscador) de Google en los foros de WebmasterWorld. Matt Cutts salió a desmentirlo, "Yo estoy de vacaciones, no creo que me dejen fuera del dancing ", habría dicho. Más info en PageTrafficBlog. [...]
posicionamiento seo Says:
September 20th, 2009 at 15:38
it will pass a long time before yahoo & bing can compare with google, for the time being google is for far the winner in searchers competiotion
john gates Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:37
Yahoo has been around forever, and honestly I've stuck with it. Google is much faster to load but Yahoo
I find has more quality to it.. Just my two cents… – John