Latest Google algorithm update

[jossefsal]

The latest Google algorithm update 19/1/2012
It is all about finding good content with user friendly layout. It is now focusing on users, that will be messured (I think) on the time spent on the page. And basically on the header.
So try to have clean header with few ads, and make sure the content is shown as top as possible on the page code.
Read the latest update at Google Algorithm Latest Update 2012

[Kris79]

Yes. It is especially dangerous for people with MFA sites.
But if you have content above the fold it should be so dramatic.
Google already has some rules about content to ads ratio above the fold. In general you couldn't have more space covered by ads than you have space covered by content.

[Balaji Naidu]

Well said, now its time for webmaster to change the position to show case their ads else they will be published by Google.

[Timetravell]

Hi can you tell me the best ad placement to recover this algo updates ....I have place an ad unit in header ,one is below the title and one is below the post .....my traffic is affected by this algo
my blog is timetravell.com

[cagliostro]

Originally Posted by Timetravell

Hi can you tell me the best ad placement to recover this algo updates ....I have place an ad unit in header ,one is below the title and one is below the post .....my traffic is affected by this algo
my blog is timetravell.com

I think the header ad unit could be a dissaster, i use it in all my websites and i got hit. Not sure if that is the reason but in any case i removed it.

Do that and add a ad unit in the right column or something.

[dburk]

Originally Posted by rastergraphix

Google Panda Update 2.5 is the latest update.

Hi rastergraphix,

You may be a little behind the times. Panda 2.5 is old news. Since Panda 2.5 there have been plenty of updates.

The latest was an update to the Hotel Finder feature: Hotels by Travel Time which is a specialty feature without broad ramifications. Before that was the Page Layout Update, and prior to that was the Search, plus Your World.

[bitriot]

I had one site that specifically went from ranking to not ranking for a pretty competitive term in the last 2 or 3 days. On that site, inside of the content floated left I had 2 250x300's stacked, so I suspect that may be a violation lol. So I got rid of one of the stacked units. We will see if that matters.

[BigNorm]

Google stated awhile ago on their TOS about ads above the fold. Fair enough as well, if any of us go to site for information, we want to see that information not a slew of ads. I think people have changed as well as I've seen my CTR on ad units change from being those at the top to those at the bottom. People are more inclined to read content before clicking on ads. I've seen started to place ads in the middle and bottom of my content which has seen my CTR increase again.

[charliesianipar]

The latest Google algorith update, page layout algorithm improvement, the change noticeably affects less than 1% of searches globally. That means that in less than one in 100 searches.

[perfectionnk]

The latest Google algorith update, page layout algorithm improvement, the change noticeably affects less than 1% of searches globally. That means that in less than one in 100 searches.

I agree. I am waiting for another 499 changes which are yest to be made.

[Timetravell]

Originally Posted by cagliostro

I think the header ad unit could be a dissaster, i use it in all my websites and i got hit. Not sure if that is the reason but in any case i removed it.

Do that and add a ad unit in the right column or something.

HI... Is below the post title rectangle ad unit placement is good or i have to go for sidebar ...