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Webmasters hold their breath

It could be another flash in the pan but those Google searchers are back on the site this morning.

It is clear that another big change is propagating across the Google datacenters again and we have bubbled back up to several page 1 positions. But it is not here on our datacenters yet and the McDar system is overloaded again.

Word on the SEO street reflects the excitement and confusion this is causing.

The thing is that Google isn't just responsible for delivering around 60% of the search results - it is that Google users tend to be the more sophisticated searchers who are more likely to follow through their search to a purchase if they find what they want. This matches our strategy where we have pages targeted not just on individual composers but individual pieces that are likely to meet the needs of those rifle shot searches.

So fingers and toes crossed to see how it all turns out.

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