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Aconcagua Climber's Log
msihl - Jan 18, 2009 8:36 pmAconcagua from Plaza Argentina
First attempt, unfortunately unsuccessful, weather was too bad, lots of snow, windy and very cold. Made it to halfway between Camp 1 and Camp 2.
Brad Marshall - Jan 16, 2009 4:40 pm Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2009Losing a New Friend on the Polish Direct
Back on the mountain for a third time. Attempted the Polish Direct route with Stefan Jeromin who, I'm sad to report, fell to his death during his descent. He will be sadly missed by all.
TRP - Dec 7, 2008 1:24 pmAconcagua
Have summited twice. Once with snow in the caneletta and once whithout. I definitely prefer the snow.
mdostby - Nov 3, 2008 8:59 pm Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2005False Polish Traverse
Attempted with Miguel Forjan a few years ago. Am planning on returning to take care of unfinished business.
Samuli Mansikka - Jun 28, 2008 2:56 am Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2008Polish Glacier Direct
Climbed Polish Glacier Direct with my climbing partner Jere Pettersson on January 15th 2008. The route was in excellent condition so simul-soloed almost the whole route. The rockband was easily went around from it's left.
Angle varied between 30 - 55 degrees average probably being around 40 degrees. The final ridge to the summit was surprisingly long and boring.
Descent to high camp through Canaleta and polish traverse.
Photos at www.samulimansikka.com
hernberg - Jun 25, 2008 6:44 am Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2007Falska Polacken
Made the summit via the false polish with my climbing partner Olle as the first summit team of the day
paisajeroamericano - Apr 6, 2008 11:55 am Date Climbed: Jan 13, 2008El Techo
Wow, the highest I've ever been and the highest I'm likely to be for a long, long time (if not ever). I felt great leaving Nido at 3:30am, I felt great at 'Refugio' Independencia at sunrise, and I felt like crap on the summit. It was fantastic. My climbing partner got injured, so he stayed at Camp Canada. I started out from Nido with another fellow, but we split up at Independencia. I hiked the rest of the way by myself, but I was hardly alone. The Gran Acarreo is definitely the way to go on the way down. I was too tired to glissade safely, but it was still an easy, direct route and I didn't have to take my crampons off until below 6000m. Trudged back down to Plaza de Mullas that night. What an adventure.
FATTIEO - Apr 3, 2008 6:18 am Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2008Normal Route
Solo summit from Camp Colera via the Normal Route.
Noelle - Mar 26, 2008 11:51 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2007Acon
Nice climb. There was a dog at high camp!
david whiting - Mar 15, 2008 6:15 pm Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2006For the beauty, the challenge, to feed the soul
I'd recommend going with local guides, as skilled as other guides are. Not only will you save money, but really have a chance to connect with the culture and the people. Not to mention supporting the local economy. Here is a link to my story. (And I'll mention my Outdoor writing is labor of love. Not my "day job." I don't get paid for hits.)
SarahThompson - Mar 4, 2008 3:35 pm Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2008Best Valentine's Day Ever!
Normal route, summitted from Camp Colera. Canaleta was still covered with snow :). Had the summit to ourselves on a beautiful but chilly day.
Norris - Mar 2, 2008 7:16 pm Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2008Normal route instead of Polish Direct
I booked a private trip with Inka to climb the Polish Direct route, but it snowed a lot while we were moving up the mountain. My guide (Horacio Cunietti) and I carried all the necessary equipment to Camp 2, but on move to camp 2 day decided to traverse over to Camp Colera instead due to concern about too much snow on the glacier. Summitted on Feb 12 at about 2:30. Silver lining was that with all the snow, the Canaletta was a packed trail of snow, so not a scree slog.
granitepeaker - Feb 29, 2008 6:05 pm Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2008Vacas Route
Started up the Polish Direct at about 5am. Not long after being on the route we decided the snow was too deep and the risk of avalanche was way too high. We saw people attempting the route a couple days before and it was taking them forever and one man got severe frostbite from having to camp out over night on the route. After the decision we returned to camp two and dropped off our technical gear and started up the traverse to the normal route at 6am. It took me five hours to reach the summit from camp two. I would have to wait a couple hours before I could share the summit with anyone else. The clouds started rolling in around 1pm so I was the only one that got any clear summit photos that day. I stayed on the summit with perfect weather for just over three hours. Many people had to retreat from their summit attempts that day in fear of frostbite. The temperature was -13 with wind chill. I also saw people retreating because they didn't have crampons. I ended up breaking trail for everyone that day in about six inches of new snow. You definitely wouldn't have wanted to do the Canaleta without crampons. The return from the summit took two and half hours. We would then traverse the mountain and descend via the Horcones Valley to experience the whole mountain.
Juho - Feb 28, 2008 4:38 pm Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2008Ameghino Valley & Upper Guanacos Traverse
Summited on the 12th day after starting the walk up the Vacas Valley. Perfect weather all way long and acclimatized better than ever. It took only 75 minutes to dash up to the summit via Canaleta. Too easy.
Woodie Hopper - Feb 6, 2008 9:41 pm Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2008Upper Relinchos- traverse
Traversed the mountain from Plaza Argentina via the "upper Relinchos" route. Summit day from Colera was windy. About 12 inches of fresh snow called for crampons from high camp to the summit.
LS - Feb 5, 2008 7:32 pm Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2008Aconcagua freezing
My first summitpush ended after EXTREMELY COLD winds in the traverse, but 4 days later I finally summited. I did everything myself (unsupported and no mules or service provider), and because I was in S-America anyway my total costs for Aconcagua was only 500 USD. I know most people pay 10-20 times more than that to reach the summit.
Read the entire trip report here:
SawtoothSean - Feb 2, 2008 6:15 pm Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2008High
Summited via the normal route on a cold and windy day with sun interspersed with clouds and snow showers. Everyone is pretty much at a crawl above 21,000 feet with the lack of oxygen- it's quite amazing to see great mountain athletes taking small baby steps and rest steps. My partner came back with a black frostbitten thumb, and myself with lasting numb fingers despite OR expedition mitts (a good testament as to the conditions). It was full cramp-ons from Indepencia hut upwards, and all paths were windblown / ice blown over, making the decent slow going. The only good thing was the Canaleta was snow/ice covered. Because of the particular conditions, higher altitude, and bigger gain, I would rate this particular summit day slightly harder than my Denali West Buttress summit day. We slept at White Rocks/Colera near Berlin- 3 nights, Nido- 2 nights. The heavy pack haul down from 19,300 to 14,100 the day after summit day in 4 hours was as difficult as anything on the whole trip.
Diggler - Feb 1, 2008 8:57 am Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2008Ruta Normal
My partner Eric dropped out during our acclimatization attempt due to snow blindness.
I continued on to the summit via the Normal Route- summited in 8 hrs from Berlin Camp (7.00 - 14.57).
The mountain isn´t the most aesthetic I´ve ever seen or experienced, but it is absolutely ENORMOUS, and definitely regal. I couldn´t believe how difficult it was to move above 21,000´!
While disappointed I didn´t get to do the Ibanez-Marmillod route like I´d really desired, I appreciate having attained the summit, and the experience that the affair ended up being anyway. Good summit to start off 2008! :)
Peace, and to all Cerro Aconcagua aspirants- bear in mind that even if you want to do the ´walk-up,´the altitude, weather, and temp´s of a mountain of this size should be major considerations.
rickford - Jan 19, 2008 1:51 pm Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2008Unpleasant experience
My friend Chris Umphres and I failed to summit via the normal route. Because we nelgeted to bring crampons and ice axes, we had no hope against an iced-choked caneleta. Our overall experience on the mountain was generally unpleasant. Every camp site was crowded and the scree was a nightmare. The views, particularly the sunsets and colorful mountains were quite nice, however. The water at Confluencia, as well as the snow at Nido, have unusually high amounts of magnesium. This is a natural laxative. We didn't use Mules on the approach or take much time to acclimate. Hence we were exhausted before we even really started. It was a total suffer-fest. When somebody mentioned surfing in Uruguay- we packed up and got the hell out of there...
Mathias Zehring - Jan 16, 2008 6:22 pm Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2008normal route
expedition climb with german organization adventure train. We had very good conditions with possible use of crampons on the upper 1000m. Because we feared stormy weather on the following days we startet the summit climb at Nido de Condores Camp. It took me 8h to the summit where I stayed more than 3 hours with almost no winds. Great experience!
I invite you to take a look at my picture trip report

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I heard recently where it is good to surround ourselves with things that move us. As an an artist, I am definitely one of those people who can walk into a room and "feel" it. It is good to practice our art just for ourselves sometimes…just to feel and feed our souls. This project will do just that…and may make the world a little better place in the progress.
Let us all look for the good. Let us all learn and keep our hearts open to what God is saying to us. Take pictures of someone doing something good or someone who just needs a picture taken of them because of a connection you made with them or a stirring in your heart. It could be someone whose story touched your heart. It might even be someone you did not get to speak with but God showed you something special through this person.
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It is in the Scriptures that we can so appreciate especially the place of the Blessed Mother in salvation history, which means that we see her not just in the New Testament, but in the Old Testament as well. As the Second Vatican Council taught, "These earliest documents, as they are read in the Church and are understood in the light of a further and full revelation, bring the figure of the woman, Mother of the Redeemer, into a gradually clearer light" (Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, No. 55).
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How quickly things change. Yesterday, it looked like Jorge Lorenzo had handed the 2013 MotoGP championship to Dani Pedrosa on a plate, by crashing unnecessarily at Turn 10, and bending the titanium plate he had fitted to his collarbone after breaking it at Assen.
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I have long avowed my love for Nigel Slater, Nigella Lawson, and the River Cafe ladies, but my deepest British crush at the moment is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, thanks to his incredible beet chocolate brownie recipe in River Cottage Everyday. So when The River Cottage Preserves Handbook, named after Hugh F-W's homestead, was recommended to me, I nigh ran to the library to pick it up.
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The Purist's prize is valued at more than $20,000, and includes a gear setup from G3 and Arcteryx. While at the four lodges, Davies will send the outside world photos, stories and video depicting the adventures she'll be immersed in. Look for Davies' content and adventure-filled media next season on www.backcountrylodgesofbc.com, Facebook and Twitter, and of course G3's Houseblend Blog.
"For those following the adventure next year, who am I? I am a skier and a mountain lover. I'm a photographer, a yurt dweller, a gardener, a traveler, a wife and a PROUD momma of two fabulous little people. I was born and raised, and still live in the beautiful mountain community of Kimberley, BC." explained Davies as she reflected on becoming BLBCA's Backcountry Purist. "I need to pause for a moment and catch my breath. I can't believe that the honour of being the Purist is mine!"
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A good friend of mine recently brought my attention to John Robshaw's collection for Duralee and after looking through the fabrics I have to say I'm slightly obsessed. The textiles are stitched, woven, worn piqued, filled with gorgeous color, block printed patterns, and have that oh so John Robshaw ethnic touch. I thought I'd share my obsession for the moment and show you some of my faves below:
The grey and yellow combination is so soothing
citrine zebra – yes!
So soft and subtle yet the detail is divine
A perfect stitched geometric that will coordinate beautifully with florals and smaller prints
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Author Notes: I made up this recipe to satisfy a serious maple craving I had a couple weeks back. The cake is extremely moist; unless eating it just out of the oven, toast your slice to get some contrast between the crust and innards. I've made this cake three weeks in a row, and used the office toaster to make my perfect 3 pm snack. One tip: really make sure to pull the cake out of the oven right when it's done. If it stays in longer, it'll dry out a bit. - Rivka —Rivka
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Have I mentioned that I have a show on Sunday in Toronto?
I've been working like a mad woman, trying to get everything ready.
It's going to be tight.
I still have Halloween props to work on.
And sleep. Sleep is important, especially if I want to ditch this bug once and for all. I was sick on Halloween last year, and don't care for a repeat of that.
So much to do, so little time!
This will probably be my last show for the year, so if you live in the area and are hoping to pick up some of my items for Halloween or Christmas, be sure to come see me at the Bazaar of the Bizarre!
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The end of Wednesday's X Factor employed one of the cheapest cliff-hangers in the book — will the sickly contestant live to audition? — which means there was no time for silly pre-taped bits about straw hats and tiaras on Thursday's episode. Instead, we cut back right back to 13-year-old Trevor Moran who still looks unresponsive after passing out in his mother's lap while waiting to audition.
Trevor's eyes soon open and it turns out he was dehydrated, which means he's already halfway on the road to stardom! Way to give it 100 percent, Trev! Pretty much the first words out of his mouth are about his audition. But when he gets to the stage, Simon Cowell could seemingly care less about his health scare. "You got one chance at this so you gotta nail it." Simon is, like, so good at pep talks.
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The bad news? Trevor not only picks a bad song, LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," but he also doesn't have a good voice. The good news? The judges don't seem to hear that at all! Britney Spears and Demi Lovato can't stop giggling about his cute dance moves, and then the crowd gets on their feet. I would describe his choreography more, but I fear I just won't do it justice. Especially the "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" part. This is what YouTube is for, readers. Simon isn't sure LMFAO was "age appropriate" but says Trevor will be remembered for his performance. Britney says she "loved watching every minute," aka "I don't care what you sound like because you make for good TV." Trevor gets four yeses.
Owen Stuart, 16, is pretty cute and sounds like he might have a good voice, but spends way too much time talking to his long-distance girlfriend Victoria — Tori for short — and telling her he misses her sooooo much. [Insert Britney's overly dramatic sad face here.] After making Simon's eyes roll with his talk about Tori, Owen even dedicates "Airplanes" to her. He redeems himself by busting out some genuinely impressive silky smooth vocals. Not only that, but the boy can rap! And it's an original rap! L.A. Reid and Demi are impressed, but Owen didn't "wow" Britney. Simon says Owen is focused and passionate and Owen walks away with one no and three yeses. He vows not to let Britney down, even though he should really be saying that to Simon, who has the highest hopes for him.
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Minister Freddie Combs, 41, used to weigh 920 pounds but is now down to 540. He's confined to a chair, but he's ready to wow the judges after his life-threatening experience. Freddie's song choice, "Wind Beneath My Wings," is pretty outdated and he holds out the notes a little too much but there's a good base there. [Insert Britney's befuddled what-am-I-supposed-to-think-of-this face here]. Britney decides that she liked it, and says it was shockingly good. Demi adds she was moved by all the emotion in his performance. Simon says he'll back Freddie if Freddie backs himself, and gives a "yes" to inspire him to get out of his chair. Freddie gets four yeses and a kiss from the Mrs. He tells her he has a lot of work cut out for him, but seems ready to take on the challenge.
Lauren Jauregui's dad instructs her to penetrate her eyes right through Simon, which makes him the coolest dad ever. She's only 16, but her performance of Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You" oozes soul. She has a little bit of a control issue, but that can be easily mended in boot camp. "That, Lauren, is how you do it," Simon says, calling her one of his favorite auditions. She gets four yeses, duh.
Jordyn Foley is pretty much a giant ball of sugar, pink and glitter. Case in point: She tells Simon she would name her first album, Pink Glitter (did Katy Perry not already call shotgun on that?). She sings "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie with a lot of power and energy, but her pitch is really dreadful and she has no control. "Oh, Jordyn," is all Simon can muster afterwards and tries to make someone else do the dirty work of telling her she stinks. Except that it backfires and Britney praises her voice. She gets yeses from Demi, Britney and L.A.. The look on Simon's face is almost worth it all, but it's disheartening to know that any preteen with crazy fashion sense and halfway-decent choreography can be in the running for $5 million. I officially feel bad for whichever judge has to coach the 12-17-year-olds group. With the exception of Lauren, obviously.
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Ivancheglo responds in good faith, thanking the team for their interest in and review of IOTA and Curl, the crypto's hashing function. He then goes on to inquire as to how the team exploited the vulnerabilities, adding that "what [they] identified as weaknesses are [sic] features added intentionally."
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And he was right. The emails continue on into the first two weeks of September, an epistolary goulash of cryptographic concepts and code. Throughout the talks, Heilman expands on the logic of the attack, and the IOTA team coaches him on the ins-and-outs of Curl and the Tangle. In fact, Ivancheglo goes into an in-depth explanation on IOTA's hashing function, even claiming that the "attack is based on a wrong assumption about IOTA signing scheme."
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"And here she comes, straight and fast through the finish, Kelly McBroom for Montana State…"
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It's not every day you hear skiers from the western schools announced over the loudspeaker at Middlebury's Snow Bowl. But today is not every day.
Wednesday morning marked the start of the 2013 NCAA Championship for both alpine and Nordic skiing, hosted this year by Middlebury.
"It's been a long time in the works," said an appropriately bundled Director of Athletics Erin Quinn, who stood among a crowd of other fans at the finish line, watching the first of the women's giant slalom runs. "We've been prepping for this for more than a year, and it's just a great feeling to have the day finally be here—and the weather cooperating!"
Indeed, an overcast day with slight flurries and temps in the 20s made for the perfect race day. According to one finisher from New Mexico, "It was a little windy at the top, but most of us really like these conditions." Another skier, from the University of Denver and a native of New Hampshire, was excited to be back East skiing among old friends. "This is awesome," she gushed, fresh over the line. "Middlebury's a great hill. And such a fun town! We've tried a different sandwich shop every day—so far we like Noonie's the best."
Waiting for their daughter Anne to race, Rocky and Betsy Rockwell from Moosehead Lake, Maine, were well prepared for the day in warm Bates hats and scarves—including the one on their dog. "This is a trip," said Rocky. "It's a dream for these college kids to make it to this day. It's Anne's first time here. She might've been a little nervous."
At the foot of the chairlift, a giant flat screen TV captured each skier as she sped through the gates. Once she was visible in person on the lower half of the mountain, the cheers and clanging cowbells were deafening.
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I was so excited about going to college. Finally, after four agonizing years of seemingly meaningless classes in high school, I was going to pursue my dreams. I was going to become a teacher. That's what I'd wanted to do since I was about 5 years old, scribbling on my chalkboard and teaching "pretend" lessons to my Cabbage Patch Kids. I couldn't think of anything else in the whole world I'd rather do.
As I got older and began to babysit, I found I loved teaching little kids how to recognize colors or how to count to 10. My mom, a third-grade teacher, encouraged me to pursue teaching and was proud to know I would follow in her footsteps. So, as soon as I got to school, I felt confident about declaring a major in education. I felt fortunate to be so sure of what I was going to do with the rest of my life.
Going to Gordon College was part of my plan. My sister and other family members had graduated from there, and I felt at home on campus. I believed the school would prepare me to be the amazing teacher I had always wanted to be. I never imagined things wouldn't work out. I hadn't considered that my plans might not be the same as God's plans.
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Over the next two years, I faithfully pursued my major in education. But something wasn't right. As hard as I tried, I couldn't explain away the constant feeling of drudgery. I loathed writing lesson plans that bombed in the classroom. I felt overwhelmed by being the educator, mentor, and disciplinarian for each child.
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I would gaze out the window and wish that just at that moment I could be turned into a squirrel or some other creature whose only worry is in finding the next nut.
That's when I knew I couldn't ignore the symptoms any longer. Longing to be a rodent rather than facing the reality of entering the doors of Cutler Elementary was a huge warning sign for me. It told me that if I continued to pursue teaching, I was going to be miserable for a very long time. My mom tried to encourage me to stick with it, but I was convinced I needed to drop my education major, a realization that left me feeling confused and unsettled. What had happened to my plan?
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A few weeks later I decided to major in English instead. I had always enjoyed reading and writing, but I wondered how I'd manage to fulfill all the requirements with only two years left before graduation. What am I going to do with an English major anyway? What if I'm not smart enough to be an English major? After all, the English majors I know are bound to be the next Ernest Hemingways and Jane Austens. Self-doubt continued to eat away at me.
I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, and I found that unbearably unsettling and distressing. I cried. I got depressed. I hated feeling like I didn't have a purpose or any goals. But what I hated even more than anything else, was that I wasn't in control of my future anymore.
In an almost panicky state of mind, I began to think, "Where do I go from here?" I felt so far from God. And I knew that was a big part of the problem. So I did the only thing I knew to do. I began to pray.
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Not content with taking away the little keyword data we had left this week, Google has again surprised the online marketing industry with a brand new algorithm.
There isn't an awful lot of detail out there right now, though Search Engine Land has some details, including the fact that this this new algorithm has been running for the past month.
I've been asking some of the finest minds in SEO for their thoughts on Hummingbird...
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Andrew Girdwood, Media Innovations Director at LBi
Hummingbird isn't an algorithm update. It's a new algorithm and that's incredible. It's incredible because it's a huge change and no one noticed.
Sure, there was some odd behaviour and some ripples over the last month but they're all too common in search and I don't know a single expert who looked at them and came to the conclusion Google had dropped its old algorithm entirely in favour of a new.
In fairness, the Hummingbird algorithm uses many of the old rules, weights, filters and systems of the old.
Joe Friedlein, Browser Media:
Hummingbird is an evolution of Google caffeine, which rolled out in 2010 and was focused primarily at finding fresher results. Like a hummingbird, the new algorithm is intended to be 'precise and fast'.
It is too early to really tell whether it is going to be a massive game changer but it is claimed that it will affect around 90% of searches, so it is not something to be ignored!
Alex Moss, Co-Founder at Firecask:
This is going to be a bigger change than people may realise as, especially when it comes to mobile SEO, long tail keywords are becoming more commonplace and are also generally of higher quality than that of someone entering a short tail phrase.
Dan Thornton, Founder at TheWayoftheWeb:
Hummingbird is a major overhaul of the algorithm used for Google's search results to improve results for longer 'conversational' search phrases, more widely known as Semantic Search.
The idea is that Google can now understand more of your intent, rather than the keywords being used.
Julia Logan, SEO consultant (better known as Irish Wonder):
From an outside point of view, I think it will take us some time to fully estimate the entire impact this change has on what we see as Google users in the SERPs.
This change, however, seems to be in line with the other latest developments in Google, so we probably should not expect a radical 180 degrees turn.
Teddie Cowell, Director of SEO at Mediacom:
The fact that Google chose to announce it from the Menlo Park garage where the company started out shows it is a very significant change, and symbolically the beginning of a new start.
Jimmy McCann, Head of SEO at Search Laboratory:
Google is trying to give more semantic search results so that the intent behind any given search query is met with results that match that intent and ultimately provide users with a better experience.
For example, if I were to search for ''how do I install blue widgets in my house'', Google would return a set of results that maybe included the words ''install'', ''blue widgets'' & ''house''.
As a text reader, Google could return any number of pages that contain these phrases but do not necessarily relate to the actual query ''how do I install blue widgets in my house''.
With Hummingbird, Google will be placing greater emphasis on the other words in the search query such as ''how do I'' and ''my house''.
Rather than just matching individual words and phrases to the pages in Google's index, it is looking at all the words in the query and the relationship between each to understand the intent behind the query more. This in turn should lead to users finding the specific results they need for their query.
Malcom Slade, SEO Project Manager at Epiphany Search:
Hummingbird is basically a change in how Google interprets the intent of a user's query to ensure the returned results are appropriate.
Assuming that pre Hummingbird (pre August 2013) Google was using pattern matching to understand intent, post Hummingbird it is using much higher level NLP (Natural Language Programming) concepts to ensure that the full query is answered by the returned sites.
Kevin Gibbons, UK MD at BlueGlass Interactive:
The biggest impact appears to be towards 'conversational search'. At such an early stage of an algorithm update you normally can't go too far wrong with reading what Bill Slawski has to say.
Why does Google feel the need to do this?
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Search is changing. Google's called out Voice search in reference to Hummingbird and as it happens I asked a question of Google about 'voice PPC' at ad:tech this month.
Voice search is already possible and impressive at Google. You don't just search without typing; you search without keywords as the computer remembers the context of your conversation.
[How old is David Tennant] could be your first search and you can follow that with [Who is he married to] and you'll get the answer for David Tennant's wife.
I wanted to know if and when Google would make 'voice search PPC' and its adjustments available. You never get a straight answer in a situation like that but I got the impression that the search engine was not yet convinced the quality of the experience was good enough to monetise.
Hummingbird, in part, is designed to get the voice search experience up to the point where Google is happy with it. That means more ad options.
Joe Friedlein:
To be honest, there is nothing new in what Google is trying to do. It has always had a desire to return the 'best' results for their users.
'Best' can mean different things to different people, but relevancy is always going to be vital and more recent results tend to be more relevant, so Google will always be interested in fresh content that is successfully attracting social signals.
Alex Moss:
Hummingbird will be in its infancy but once ironed out completely I have confidence it will help both searchers and site owners alike, especially smaller businesses with niche products or services.
Dan Thornton:
Semantic Search has been growing for several years, and the intended goal of producing highly relevant search results ties in with Google's longterm strategy.
But it also gets more traction when you consider the massive growth in search on mobile devices, and the arrival of Google Glass.
It's also a potential weapon against competitor social networks, which in some ways provide a semantic rival, as the answers of a trusted friend can infer meaning which a search engine doesn't.
Teddie Cowell:
I particularly like the emphasis on intelligence, and the 'conversational' reference Google uses to describe Hummingbird and how it would work more efficiently in mobile environments.
Hummingbird is the natural convergence of two roads search has been on, firstly providing more intelligent, accurate and useful information responses, secondly making how we request and access that information as natural to us as possible.
With an extremely open mind on the future, it's not unfeasible that interacting with Google will at some point feel so natural and intuitive that it will effectively pass the Turing test.
Jimmy McCann:
To be more natural and provide more accurate results, and to keep up with the naturally evolution of how we use search and the internet. As queries get more complicated, Google needs to provide more specific answers.
The key emphasis is on 'answers' rather than 'results', with Hummingbird paying particular focus to conversational search. Personally it appears like this is a change to reflect and accommodate the ever increasing use of search on mobile devices.
Query types and user intent can be quite different on mobile devices because they often take place in a different setting. Amit also launched a post yesterday that highlighted the development of Google and the importance of conversational search on mobile devices.
Malcolm Slade:
This is a massive step towards making Google results better for all users on all devices. Mobile technologies like 4G, Voice Search and Google Glass have changed the way we interact with Google and the results we desire need to be much more targeted and accurate.
Historically Google has always had issues with really long tail informational queries. "Where can I get a pair of size 11 Nike Airforce 1 trainers in the next 12 hours?" would only return a good result if someone had asked that very question on Yahoo Answers or similar and would have very little value to the current user.
Hummingbird implies that Google is now drawing a lot more meaning from the query prior to attempting to return results.
What effect do you think it will have on some site's rankings, and the role of the SEO?
Andrew Girdwood:
Interestingly, this comes at the same time Google's reduced keyword referral data. Voice search has less emphasis on keywords.
I argue that the most important rule of SEO is that people matter and I believe that modern SEO is very much now about interacting with people. Hummingbird seems to support this approach; moving to humanise search further.
Food for thought: is the predicted rise of voice search and conversations with Google one of the inspirations around the removal of keyword data from natural search?
Alex Moss:
Ranking will definitely fluctuate over the coming months, but what we could also see is the increased use of structured data by Google in order to serve answers directly within the SERPs.
SEOs will have to ensure that, although you can provide better information within a SERP, that it is enough but not too much that the searcher does not convert into a visitor.
Teddie Cowell:
As the search journey will be more a conversation with Google taking place within its ecosystem, we will have much less of an idea about which keyphrases and what the overall search chain was that lead to a website.
The role of individual keyphrases in their own right will continue to diminish, because the entire query journey to an item of content becomes more important.
This gives real context of the recent removal of all the organic keyphrase referral data, because seeing the final referrals coming through to websites for things like "what's the address?" and "where can I buy one?" would be pretty pointless.
Julia Logan:
Less locally-targeted sites may suffer, but hopefully Google will eventually learn to feel the line between truly local queries and those just looking for information regardless of location.
Considering that there is pretty much a different version of the algorithm for different verticals, it all depends on the actual implementation of the Hummingbird in different verticals, we have seen lately that Google can be pretty flexible.
SEOs will probably become more specialised in certain verticals to be better at them but we have seen this happening already so this is not earth shattering.
The key point for us as SEOs is the Hummingbird is still based on links, which still play one of the most important parts. They serve both navigational and discovery purposes, and had been doing so long before Google has come to exist.
Kevin Gibbons:
The jury's still out! For competitive, transactional queries, very little. One thing we've been doing a lot of recently is building informational content hubs with clients, so I'm very interested in seeing if these will be rewarded from hummingbird.
Right now I think it's a minimal change though, it was rolled out a few weeks ago and no-one really noticed until they announced it - so I think the question is more about if this will be dialled up as a more important factor in the future.
Have you noticed any changes over the past month as a result of this?
Andrew Girdwood:
There are a few ranking changes that now make more sense to me. It's the benefit of hindsight. By and large this change has been impressively seamless.
One of the reasons why so few SEOs noticed the big change is that ranking reports and traffic tend to watch the dominate keyword phrases. Hummingbird is very much about making the long tail searches a better experience and few brands or agencies track those.
Joe Friedlein:
So far, I can't say that I have seen any concrete evidence of big changes as a direct result of the Hummingbird update but there is an ongoing trend of content sites performing well and sites that have been thin on content but relied on bulk link building have suffered.
Dan Thornton:
It's always important to avoid mistaking correlation for causation, particularly when the change was made without any announcement, and all other potential reasons need to be ruled out.
We haven't noticed any particularly large fluctuations with any client websites, but we have seen a couple of internal test and project sites which suggest they were affected by the algorithm change.
Julia Logan:
I have noticed several things. First: this is not a panacea against search spam. In fact, some of my recent experiments have shown that it has become easier to rank spammy sites, at least in some niches.
Second: I have no direct proof but it looks very much like Google has started putting the database collected via its disavow tool to use in order to detect sites getting links from known sources of 'unnatural' links before the sites in question even get any benefit from those links.
This is quite a scary development as
- We have no way of telling which sites have been disavowed.
- It is not known in what way exactly Google is using this database.
I have posted about this issue in detail earlier this month. As for search results relevancy, including some of the 'conversational' queries, often they still raise a brow, like the one below but, as with any algorithm being rolled out these days, this is of course work in progress, and one thing for sure is that we are living in very interesting times.
Malcolm Slade:
Yes, we have been seeing very positive results over the last month.
Sites that put the effort in to bringing unique content into all of the travelled areas of their site and are genuinely aiming to be the thought leaders in their market are doing well while sites still following the online brochure backed by loads of link acquisition are losing ground.
It is early days but it would seem that quality and user experience have gained importance while links may have been dialled down slightly.
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I love the fact that SEO's are constantly telling the world about ranking factors and what Google likes. Bang, out of no-where they drop a game changing algorithm shift and no one reports on it. Of course we have the post match analysis but in reality Google is an unknown entity. We as SEO's are constantly behind, forever adapting but really we can only follow the mirage that is Google.
Amazing, all these experts and not one of them mentioned "semantic search"
Hope it won't create headache for the bloggers. No one knows about their algorithm, hope they won't be punishing newbies for the sake of their algorithm.
We recently conducted research in the Hotel vertical. The study was conducted in August with about 4,500 search terms for 47 cities in USA. The findings seem to line up with our collective thoughts on semantic search and the updates described above.
Example: When searching for "best hotels in [city]" we found a very strong correlation between the average online review rating (out of five stars) and Carousel rank. But search term "hotels in downtown [city]" showed lower correlation for reviews and very high correlation for distance.
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A decreased emphasis on keywords could encourage others not to aspire for those highly saturated terms. Just another reason why diversifying your SEO techniques is crucial for the future. The Hummingbird algorithm will allow for increase human interaction with the search engines. Which could potentially be beneficial for websites with outstanding structure that cater specifically to the user's experience. Does this mean that Social Media is even more relevant than before? I am looking forward to what unfolds.
Sorry but this struck me as a particularly pointless article. Sometimes if you have nothing to say it's better to say nothing at all...
where can we get the new rules for those of us who do our own seo?
Is there a guideline available yet as to what is different in how to set up the seo for a site that has been online for many years?
I noticed the new algorithm immediately. My site is a legit site and I provide paid services to my customers. My site also has been around for three years. My site ranked first for several key search terms as of early 2013. Now my site is lost on the second page and my traffic and revenue has suffered. I am now being outranked by people stealing and selling my products and ideas and selling them on ebay and amazon. Google you need to fix this.
Yes, I did see some changes over the last month and wondered if it's a new algo and thank you for the confirmation. Many new websites with fresh content climbed to top of SERP. This new algo is more positive than Penguine and Panda in my opinion.
I'd noticed a lot more visual results recently and was motivated to write a post about Semantic Search (http://www.koozai.com/blog/search-marketing/what-is-semantic-search-and-what-is-its-future/). However I've not really experienced any significant changes for my clients. I the update is a great thing. If Google can launch a completely new algorithm and maintain was its built up so far and then improve on it with Semantic, informational search results then the future of Google remains with growth.
From a business perspective Google needed to implement a better conversational way of understanding users. As the user base moves towards mobile devices it was important Google pushed mobile users into using longer tail keywords as when smartphones didn't have voice control users were using short tail keywords which was very difficult for Google to interpret. If they didn't innovate to show relevant results then users may start using other services. And developing a device, Google Glass, that you can only control with your voice...very smart move.
Google keep updates search algorithm intent to provide best result to users search query. It started introducing following algo. like universal search, Google instant, semantic search, knowledge graph and now humming bird. Ultimate aim of all these are providing quality result by establish relationship b/w your search queries according to place or things. Its great way to enhance users and leads to stay on top of the list of search Engines.
@ John....totally agree
I liked the description I read about it being like replacing an engine in a car, the performance is better and a few changes are noticeable but it still drives like a car. It's frustrating that in the same month that (not provided) sees a massive jump we also have this which apparently makes the long tail and semantic search even more important, yet we have less data to be able to use for this. It's almost like they planned it...
As a user I have purposely been getting "braver and more reckless" with my search queries. So semantic search being taken hold of and bridled is no great surprise. In fact it just confirms that the touchy/feely usability is now what we expect.
But as a marketeer....what a headache. That is until I have grown and flexed new muscles that will become the marketing norm in the next leg of the SEO journey. I'm a great believer in evolution within a species.
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The most striking thing I find reading the comments from industry experts is that when asking the same question to several of them, they all give very different answers. This always makes me skeptical as it just shows how most of what they preach is based on their gut and not on anything concrete or established.
Whatever happens, I imagine the old tenets of SEO will still hold fast, provided you (or your users) are generating relevant, unique, popular content on a site which ticks all the technical SEO boxes, you will be a success in SEO traffic acquisition.
Thank for giving very useful information.....
Finally confirmation! I suspected this several weeks ago as i'd seen changes across the board with my SEO clients - I did some digging and found nothing official from Google but there were murmurs in the community that something seemed to be afoot. I was a bit baffled though as Google is normally quick to confirm such changes, especially one as big as this.
Great to now have more information and confirmation about Hummingbird!
Has anyone conducted any research to see if all this chopping and changing from Google is increasing usage of Yahoo! ?
I cannot understand how some rankings for a technology search are based on a link to an article in a newspaper in 2006 taking precedence over newer information.
Is Google telling us that they have no alternative to the age of content and they are introducing the semantic search as a way of trying to iorn out the issue they have created fr themselves. .
@ John totally agree and staggering lack of insight from "experts"
Ever decreasing circles?
Google's predictive search terms on both my desktop and on my mobile have such a stranglehold on search terms. It's almost harder (esp on a phone) to type in a full search with out Google suggesting and in some cases hijacking the search term.
So does Hummingbird take this into account or just send more traffic to fewer sites?
I think this can only be a positive change and sites that focus on providing fresh and informative content that better answers a searchers question should benefit. I have certainly seen new sites with strong content marketing strategies and less focus on bulk link building appearing high up in the SERPS.
It is very important to know about the periodical change in search engine algorithm, especially google's , to make a strategy for optimizing a website. The article is really informative and i think most of the experts points conclude that now google is focusing on user query and interaction of user with search, in that way those site solving the problem of their reader with blog post, FAQ and good content might get more benefit from this algorithm.
The new Humming bird algorithm displays the most significant information on the search results. No doubt it's. Consequently, who is following spamming techniques and who have low quality backlinks, their website slapped by the Google search engine.
I run an ecommerce platform and DIY shopping cart company and saw sales through our system drop across the board in September.
Alexa rankings for most of our webshop users dropped so I checked other, unrelated, ecommerce sites and found similar results.
None of it made sense until Hummingbird was announced.
In a conversation I had with one of Eben Pagan's people in the US a couple of weeks ago it was confirmed that they have seen the same - ecommerce sites have been hit the hardest by Hummingbird.
Sadly, once again it's the small online businesses that are hit the hardest when Google changes things; those with least time and resources to cope with updates, or have had SEO firms place spammy links on barely related blogs and link farms struggle when this sort of thing happens.
What was once level playing field has increasingly been tilted back towards the bigger companies.
I'm all for Google improving things but this new algorithm seems to force small ecommerce sites into using CPC even more heavily - it seems a cynical development in search technology.
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The father of a Dodgers fan fatally stabbed Wednesday during a melee following a Giants baseball game is planning to make a public plea for witnesses after San Francisco's district attorney said he lacks evidence to charge a suspect who has been released.
A family member said the victim's father plans to speak outside the Giants' stadium at noon before the scheduled 1:05 p.m. PDT Sunday game with the San Diego Padres.
The suspect, Michael Montgomery, 21, was released from custody Friday night after District Attorney George Gascon said police had insufficient evidence to charge him in the death of Jonathan Denver, 24.
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Haro said the victim's father, who works as security guard at Dodger Stadium, and other family members were motivated to travel from his Southern California home to make his public plea after Montgomery's release and Gascon's explanation for not charging Montgomery.
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Haro said the father plans to issue his call for witnesses to come forward at the ballpark's Willie Mays statue. The victim's mother and brother also will be present.
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The group, many wearing Dodger garb, left the park after the 8th inning for a nearby bar. At some point, they got into a shouting match over the Dodgers with Montgomery and a few friends who were bar-hopping in the trendy South of Market area. At least one was wearing a Giants cap.
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Montgomery's father told the Lodi News-Sentinel that his son was jumped during the fight, and he stabbed Denver in self-defense after Denver and others yelled "Giants suck." The father told the News-Sentinel that his son alleged Denver hit him over the head with a chair during the fight a few blocks from the stadium.
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