Treble Troubles - Panda, Penguin and PR disappeared

by ObdO
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My site was hit by Panda on Jan 19, and Penguin on April 24. I have done everything I can but there is no sign of recovering so far.

There are about 100 pdf files under my URL. They are all one page similar documents created by a government department. I downloaded them from the government site and put them under my domain since 2007. Last week, I've found that they ALL have PR-4, while my index page had only PR-3. I then added a link (to my index page) to 10 of the pdf files, and tested if they could help in ranking somehow.

Unfortunately, the PR of my entire site dropped to unranked (grey color) today , EXCEPT all the pdf files are still in PR-4. :rolleyes:

1. Do you think the pdf files at my site are duplicated content from the governement site?
2. Do you think that the loss of PRs at my site are due to the pdf files?
3. Do you think that the Panda and/or Penguin on my site are casued by the pdf files?
4. Do you think I should remove all the pdf files.

Brothers, please help!
#disappeared #panda #penguin #treble #troubles
  • Profile picture of the author dropmining
    1. Yes, unless you have made significant changes to the documents they will be seen as duplicate content.

    2-4. Its almost impossible to tell without viewing the site, but I would certainly suggest that it could be the cause of the problem, I recommend posting the issue on the Google Webmaster Forum and see if a Google employee gets in touch.
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  • Profile picture of the author bsbear
    That makes no sense.

    Don't remove any of the PR-4 pages lol.

    Check out your backlinks at ahrefs.com and remove the bad ones... or attempt to.
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