Will you provide information about algorithm updates?

Ian M in the UK asks: “Are you ever going to do “weather reports” like Yahoo! does for algorithm updates? Simply a confirmation that one has happened would please many SEOs, as clients might think they’ve been penalised. Your algo update reports years ago were wonderful.” Thisvideo is part of a “Grab Bag” series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, answers questions from webmasters. We’re not currently taking new video questions, so your best bet for getting an answer about webmaster-related search issues is to head to our help forum: www.google.com