How To Recover From Google's October 13th Update
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As you may well know, on October 13th Google launched what it claimed to be a "minor" update.
I got hit hard, and according to this thread, so did a lot of other Warriors.
http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...13-2011-a.html
On October 12th, the day before the update, I got over 800 visitors from Google. On October 14th, (the first full day after the update) I had just 135 visitors from Google and yesterday 133.
I had a number of highly searched keywords on the first page of Google, and seven or eight of them were in the top three. Now, I have no keywords with more than 1,000 searches until position 8 on Google, and most have dropped to the second, third or fourth page - or even past page 10.
Doing a Google search for some of the main keywords I was ranking for shows some real junk and irrelevant websites, plus a lot of shopping links even for keywords that aren't buying keywords.
The site that got hit was a natural health blog. It's been online for three and a half years and publishes only unique, high quality content.
It monetizes primarily via Amazon affiliate links within the text. For example, if I've got an article about getting rid of dandruff and I suggest using a dandruff shampoo, then I'll link to it
I also have three Adsense ad units. One in a prominent position and two in not so prominent positions. I wouldn't say the Adsense makes the site look cheap or takes away from the user experience.
My blog has been promoted primarily by guest posts on a mixture of authority and smaller blogs in the health/beauty market. I had one article published on perhaps the most popular hair care website in the world. Aside from that the only other real promotion I've done is some article submission to EZA. Other blogs naturally linking to me have contributed to my link profile.
I can't work out why Google would penalize my site and thought we could use this thread to try to work out some common factors in blogs and websites that have taken a dive.
Share your website profile, how you generate backlinks, and how you've fared in this Google update and we can try and work out common factors that have led to sites getting punished.
Plus, if you have any links to any of the major SEO blogs and forums that discuss the October 13th update, please let me know.
Thanks,
James
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