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Google panda drop!! All my sites have dropped massively against retail sites.

by magnusmora
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Hi all

since the panda update all my adsense and physical sites have dropped massively. Most sites at the top are retail sites like amazon, tescos, eBay ect ect.

I have noticed while looking around this looks to be the case for a lot of physical type searches. Clickbump and physical review sites look to have generally dropped.

I wonder if apart from the standard changes in panda, such as crappy context, bad links, ect If they are now taking into account user stats for a site. I.e bounce rate. I wonder if that is now playing a big part in retail sites jumping up.

TheSe sites would tend to get visitors hooked into their sites for some time and users will exploring as they gave so much retail content.

Anyway just a theory - not quite sure what to do with my sites.

My sites have what I class as decent content and good alround links. Any advice would be appreciated.
#drop #dropped #google #massively #panda #retail #sites
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    I hear you, and I understand what you're asking and why.

    Please excuse the observation (intended helpfully, and not critically), that in your situation, nevertheless, I would be asking a slightly different question: I'd be asking myself "How can I make my business less dependent on search engines?".
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  • Profile picture of the author JonathanSEOGuy78
    most of mine dropped too. I managed to get it all back up with some manual backlinking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    New cycle, new rules.

    When next update comes, new rules will follow. Those dropping efforts while down, will most likely stay down.

    Just a headsup.

    And Alexa is right. If you're able to create a top ranking site in some niches, you better target your efforts to create new sites NOT dependent of SE's, and heavily promoted in auto pilot by visitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
    I have micro-niche AdSense/Amazon sites that are 95%+ reliant on search-engine traffic and that were dealt no measurable blow by the paws of Google's "Panda".

    And some have pretty high bounce-rates, too. Go figure ... :confused:

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    • Profile picture of the author Warrior Markets
      Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

      I have micro-niche AdSense/Amazon sites that are 95%+ reliant on search-engine traffic and that were dealt no measurable blow by the paws of Google's "Panda".

      And some have pretty high bounce-rates, too. Go figure ... :confused:


      I'm guessing that's ^ not the famous Google Dance...
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Franklin
    I have found that what has helped my newer sites bounce back is daily backlinking AND updating the content every 24-48 hours.
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    • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
      Originally Posted by Michael Franklin View Post

      I have found that what has helped my newer sites bounce back is daily backlinking AND updating the content every 24-48 hours.
      I have seen this work also. Add unique content to your sites regularly (in addition to offsite SEO also) and they will start working back up the ranks again. Panda seems to have knocked two things: duplicate content and stagnation...just an observation...FWIW.
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      • Profile picture of the author cooler1
        Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom View Post

        I have seen this work also. Add unique content to your sites regularly (in addition to offsite SEO also) and they will start working back up the ranks again. Panda seems to have knocked two things: duplicate content and stagnation...just an observation...FWIW.
        Ive just seen a blogspot blog ranked #1 for a product keyword. All they've done is copied someones review from Amazon. Not just the product description but an entire review. Plus they only have 1 backlink to the page and they are outranking Amazon.

        What's this about duplicate content being punished.
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  • Profile picture of the author tanero
    All of my sites got ranked better after panda update 2.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyPR
    I agreee with Michael Franklin,

    If your sites have lost rankings, then really you need to start building links more aggresively and perhaps add new content. As long as you will these two points, Google has no other option other than to hoist your site back to the top!

    Jonathan
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