You Are All Right, Google Got it Wrong

But the google Panda killed my business and sexually assaulted my wife!!

I think as internet marketers sometimes we have trouble looking at the search rankings from a user experience point of view. When you have so much money and time invested in these rankings it's far too easy to get hysterical about a drop in rankings.

In reality... the search engine is there to assist the people searching, not internet marketers.

I think the biggest lesson people can learn from this is not to rely on google. It's tough but that's just the way it is.

I do however have to disagree with some of your post... Not everyone who dropped in rankings did so because of poor content or not providing the quality that the sites above them do.

Google's alogrithms can't possibly get everything right. And there's still a lot of garbage at the top of the serps to prove it.

"You Are All Right, Google Got it Wrong"
That's rediculous.

Chances are... you might get banned if you start another thread in order to promote your blog.

I do not know what to say but it looks right to think that what Google Panda update did to most of us was wrong in a sense that only we can understand and not Google or someone else.

Ill play angry birds

Not quite sure of the purpose of this thread, but...

...I gained ranking. I believe most of us did. It was the article directories that took the hit.

Yep, You are right. We should all take responsibility for our actions.....

The problem is how can we take responsibility for our actions if we don't really know whats wrong? How can we correct something if we don't know what big daddy wants?

So while I agree with what you are saying I am still in the opinion google are vindictive. Why? Because they are a business, and all they care about are themselves, whether we like it or not, they have to be like that and probably will continue to be like that. problem is, who are they answering too?

They do what they want when they want, who is going to hold there actions accountable?

Am I pissed they slapped my sites? Yes, why? Cause I don't have a f(*kin clue what I done, and that is the truth. I am sure other webmasters feel the same.

At the end of the day no one really knows what Panda is, what it does and what the F(*K google want. No disrespect to you, but comparing Panda and simply losing rank due to poor quality content etc etc is utter S*(T.

If you have been around for a longtime, like you say you have then you wouldn't be on this forum telling us that poor quality content is a reason or the reason for us getting treated like crap.

Content has nothing to do with it, it's the intention that counts nothing else. I am sick to death with people coming on here telling me good quality content prevails, write for your readers WTF. To some extent this is true, but for those searching for products, buyers keywords, they want to BUY not bloody read how comfy bed sheets are.

Please get of that ledge, I was there once, now I am off it. It's easy for others to judge from the outside, posts like this in most part send others in the wrong direction.

God sake, there goes my bipolar again, I am off to have a fag....

Some fine points you've made and yes, while it appears there are some who legitimately may have a beef with their sudden drop in rankings, we've all used the common methods to drive traffic.

At some point we all have looked at some "tips", "hints" and "tricks" to get ahead of our competition.

Just reading through the commentary on this latest update and all past updates you'll see the same types of complaints. The only difference is this one appears to cover more things that some suspected were "questionable" or "grey" areas in the past.

One thing you've said has me nodding in agreement ... you're point about products / buyers. You are so right about those people wanting to Buy, not read blogs / sites full of content. Different type of optimization and traffic required for those sites. What works for content / passive income sites will be different for those.

As for not knowing what we've done to be penalized ... that's the fun part of this isn't it?

Oh, and yes, I've been around for a very long time, have made many mistakes and still making them. Fortunately, I don't rely totally on online revenue to make a living.

Id readily agree with you if the sites that had replaced mine were of the same or better caliber - had tons of high quality content, that was unique - regularly updated ... didnt also have spammy profile links propping them up etc.

Many of the sites I had take hits - didnt get displaced by "content rich authoratative pillars of hte niche" they just got replaced by other spammy piles of dung that were far worse than mine from a content point of view - less links and far worse tripe ... they just havent been hit yet.

Yeah ... are there some of us that deserved to be OFF page one - sure thing ... BUT are there still hundreds of pages in front that are even worse now and why are we in position 187 and an even thinner - more mfa hunk of utter trash end up on page one.


NO google panda didnt get it right bro - sorry. Theres now even more tripe on page one and ranking higher than ever... seeing it across 20-30 different niches... not just my one pet project blog.