Looks like so, also people are reporting PR updates from certain countries.
PaulieP
@gooner, wasnt that update for Google places only?
Hunar
I did notice our stuff got absolutely hammered today. So something came out. and We have over 5k sites. so..
thomas73
It is not so bad on my side, most of my projects positions increased and I didn`t got hit hard, just couple of spots drops at max or increases 1-2 pages up. All GSA SER projects.
JudderMan UK
@Hunar which country did your sites get hit in? I've seen nothing in the UK/USA (yet).
Hunar
edited August 2014
lol pretty much all over, US,UK, AU, NZ, CA, and Brazil.
Comments
http://searchengineland.com/experts-weigh-googles-pigeonlocal-search-algorithm-update-198499
It does seem like there was a update.
http://dejanseo.com.au/google-update-2014/
Unless it's related to the https thing, cause i am seeing https sites ranking all over the first page for the niches that we go for.