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Since Penguin - Clients Google Places SERPS Disappeared Yet I Still appear #1 organically?

by electronik69
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Ever since penguin came out I have completely disappeared off my geotargeted keywords for places listing yet I appear #1 for the organic listing?

To answer your question yes I brought some links, before penguin came out, I am assuming that is what caused it yet my organic rankings are fine?

Anyone know what I can do to fix this?
#clients #disappeared #google #organically #penguin #places #serps
  • Profile picture of the author ADukes81
    Same thing happened to me. My client's Google Places has disappeared, but organic rankings has increased.

    Weird.
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  • Profile picture of the author AussieT
    Where did you point the links, to the GP listing or website?
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  • Profile picture of the author electronik69
    website I didn't think pointing it to GP listing worked?
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    • Profile picture of the author somacorellc
      Originally Posted by electronik69 View Post

      website I didn't think pointing it to GP listing worked?
      It doesn't. I have a client whose GP got outranked by an unclaimed places page. We're throwing more money at it so I can dominate the listing with more content, social bookmarks, rss, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    A strange, and similar, thing I noticed today was on my one local site that got "hit".

    When searching my geotargeted keyword (EX: Las Vegas Keyword) my organic and places rankings dropped way off. But if I just search just "keyword" (and Las Vegas as my search from setting) I am now in the A-Spot, which is 1st on an organic search.

    I am 98.26% sure I was never there when searching without the city modifiers. (I didn't always check that version on this one)

    And being that my traffic has stayed the same, I am thinking this update targeted the funky geo-targeted searches only?
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    • Profile picture of the author Catalyst eMarketing
      I posted this advice to electronik69 over in the Places forum and thought I'd re-post in case he didn't see it there or in case it helps anyone here.

      Penguin affects organic ranking not Places and if you are still ranking organic then that's not what this is about.

      The reasons I know of that a Place page disconnects from the organic listing are dupe confusion, NAP confusion or Places guidelines violations or ranking penalty.

      Didn’t' find any dupes. Didn't have time to analyze NAP.

      But see some reasons your Place page could be penalized and possibly why it's disconnected.

      Title: Eclipse Solar | Sunshine Coast
      It appears your name is just Eclipse Solar. If so the rest has to go. You can't add any keywords or geo to title.

      Your description is keyword stuffed and could look spammy to the algo. Best practice is don't repeat city, business name at all and keyword only once max.You have solar in there 4 times. I think too much repetition of solar in categories possibly too.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    ^^ Correct.

    Penguin has absolutely NOTHING to do with places, video or images in ranking, only the organic. You probably have a completely different issue.
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    • Profile picture of the author electronik69
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      ^^ Correct.

      Penguin has absolutely NOTHING to do with places, video or images in ranking, only the organic. You probably have a completely different issue.
      Yes but why is it this only recently happened I haven't changed anything has their been an update I don't know about?
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  • Profile picture of the author knish
    I'm confused. I've heard of the Google Panda, but what is the Penguin? Is there a link on this forum that explains it further?
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  • Profile picture of the author electronik69
    Alright back up again even went up a spot, Google you cease to amaze me. Iamnameless thanks again.
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