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  SECTION 15 - Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic
 
1. Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic
     
 

Very few are immune to Google backlink and pagerank update fever.

The reason for the fear is legitimate because the update might result in a possible drop in your pagerank. This fear gets almost chronic when one is not sure about Google's calculations on pagerank and backlinks. Gaining knowledge in this area will help one to alleviate this undue fear.

One of the main reason for fear is the classical paradigm of the concept of the 'unknown'. The depth of fear increases with the increase in the number of unknown variables. The fear of the unknown is very much in place with Google backlink and pagerank update, because no one knows when exactly this update spree sets on though everyone knows that it happens once in every three or four weeks. The SEO forums never gets tired of speculating the indicators of such updates.

The posters most often share the same sentiments of pain and hope, sympathy and anguish. This pain gets naturally eased out after the actual update. The problem here is that it is not an one time anguish it happens regularly on monthly basis. Just to ruin the factor of anticipation Google does not worry about keeping this update frequency regular. This also ruins any forecast on the event which results in a total powerlessness with regard to the update.

This factor of uncertainty amplifies the fear factor. Added to this there is total unpredictability with regard to the expected range of backlinks. Thirdly, unpredictability with regard to the gain or loss of a webmaster's pages of their Google pagerank.

This uncertainty and total powerlessness over the problem at hand causes frustration. It is often the lamentation of the webmasters that not all of their links are displayed. Further more Google's ever increasing demands on backlinks with time frames that extend to months. More remorseful pleas are heard on no possible pagerank changes in spite of all their efforts to add high pagerank health. To crown all these there is also the possibility of drastic drops in pagerank for no known reasons.

To battle the unknown all you need to do is to gain some knowledge about the unknown, even if you cannot have 100% control, you certainly can bring it down to manageable levels.

et's brace ourselves to battle the torturous menace of Backlink nad Pagerank update fever.

 
     
2. Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic - Is There Really a Cause for Concern?
     
 

If you had updated yourself on Google's latest algorithm, you would realize how unreasonable your fears on Google backlink and pagerank updates. In reality there is nothing called pagerank and backlink update now a days, it used to be in those good olden days when Google had this concept of Google dancing, which is now no more in practice. So there is no particular time when Google comes down with its update menace. Google has changed its ways, now Google uses what is called "everflux". "Everflux" refers to constant updating of the SERPs on a continuous basis as opposed to the Google dancing which used to update backlinks and pagerank, search engine results page at the same time.

Some argue that there is still some minor dancing taking place. But this too is just a delay between data centers than a dance, when the new SERPs results are updated in various Google's data centers.

With the concerns on Google update, is to be added the phenomenon of Google algorithm change. One of the classical examples for algorithm change is to be seen in the infamous "FloridaUpdate". There were some considerable amount of change in the search results for many highly competitive keywords. However, this algorithm change is not to be mistaken for the traditional Google dance.

 
     
3. Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic - Timing of Backlink and PageRank Processing
     
 

If there is non Google dancing, then the next obvious question from the webmasters is that, "When are backlinks and Pagerank then processed by Google?".

The backlinks are calculated when your site is being indexed by Google. Google will be able to track the new incoming links whenever you add one to your site. Once identified, Google will credit those boosting points to your site in the search engine rankings. This should then tell that tracking of new backlinks and crediting of points are almost simultaneous.

Even under normal circumstances, the links will be displayed not before three or four updates. Though the average appearance time of links is two backlink updates, you should not be surprised to see your incoming links displayed just for one update.

This inconsistency from the part of Google, some suspect might be even intentional. Leaving things to the hands of unpredictability and uncertainty works out to the advantage of Google, as it leaves little room for manipulation of the timing of backlink displays. This intentional inconsistency from Google keeps the webmasters and SEO professionals off balance.

As a website owner you should be aware that not the whole array of incoming links to a website be displayed. As far as Google is concerned, the display is just a sampling of backlinks. Sometimes not even the strongest backlink seem to be displayed.

SEO professionals seem to be engaging in all sorts of speculations on how Google decides on the display of the backlinks. All these speculations are because there is such an amount of unpredictability. Normally the incoming links that are displayed are of those with PR 4 or higher but in some instances you will also find a PR3 page displayed. This triggers the speculation that Google also filters backlinks based on the amount of pagerank being passed on to the receiving pages. If this assumption is to be true, then links gained from content relevant pages and from pages with fewer outgoing links should gain greater significance.

Ongoing calculation process like for incoming links applies for Google pagerank as well. No one for sure knows the exact pagerank number of page as the pagerank indicator in Google toolbar is just an approximation of possible pagerank and certainly not an accurate figure.

Moreover from the pagerank indicator, as there are no gradations on pagerank toolbar, one cannot really tell whether if a PR5 is a high PR5 and proximate to PR6 or to PR4. One easy way of finding your real position is to compare your PR factor with your internal web pages. If the pagerank is somewhat similar to the main feeder page, then you can guess that your pagerank would fall on the higher end of the scale for that level.

 
     
4. Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic - What to do Instead of Suffering from the Disease
     
 

When you get your backlinks displayed, it is just a reflection of what has already taken effect. As the displays are mere sampling of your backlinks, you should not be too worried about them. Once you find them to be more on the disadvantageous side, do not lose your nights sleep brooding over it as it is only a display of what has happened already - there is no way you are going to change it, all that you can aspire is to look for ways of improving your status in the next indexing.

Spend your time concentrating on the inclusion of more text content to your site, as new content should entice new links for your site. You will also be able to have added control over new keyword phrases that will be channels for website visitors to reach your site. As noted earlier good quality content will score some points for your march towards being an authority site.

You must not over concentrate on backlink display, what is more crucial is your search engine ranking. Backlinks and displayed pagerank alone are not going to make any difference to your status in SERPs.

 
     
5. Google Backlink Updates: No Need for Panic - Conclusion
     
 

This section tried to enlighten those frightened, frustrated website owners that backlink and pagerank update fever are unnecessary.

Secondly, we saw that the number of backlinks that Google displays during the updates are just a sampling of the backlinks that really exist and that it is not going to make any difference to your position is the search results page for the most important keyword phrases.

Even if the displayed backlinks should put you in to an disadvantageous position, you should not be too worried about it and waste your time in brooding over it, as it is not going to help you improve your position in the next indexing. So all that is expected of you is to positively engage in changing the situation by adding more incoming links which should soon speak for your popularity.

Constantly keep updating your site's content and get your site crawled freshly by the spiders as often as possible. Fresh content will also turn out to be a source of new incoming links from other sites.

Pay attention to get links from content relevant pages to climb up to the authority status.

This is time to cast off the fear and the fever on Backlink and PageRank Update.

 
     
     
 

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