Google Penguin Update 1.1 (May 25th)

Ooh, yes, I have had a uk site slip to page two, it's been a very stable no. 1 through all the updates, but I have been waiting for the hammer to fall as it was propped up with AMR backlinks, heavy anchor text, EMD, etc. be a shame to lose that, that was my first no. 1 ranking success, old-school newbie SEO though...

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Charles Harper

14 years ago

All of this makes me wonder whether PR will eventually be the new SEO. Google seems quite determined to eradicate it (SEO). I don't mean that is a "Chicken Little" kind of whoa is me way....I mean that matter of fact-ly, as the landscape for all of these things change daily.

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Oranges

14 years ago

So....tired and sick of what matt cutts says on Twitter.
Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!

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markowe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Oranges

So....tired and sick of what matt cutts says on Twitter.
Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!

That attitude is fine as long as what Matt Cutts says has no bearing on your bank balance.

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John Romaine

14 years ago

Originally Posted by markowe

That attitude is fine as long as what Matt Cutts says has no bearing on your bank balance.

Alexa, and many others here quite often say.."relying on Google for your income is extremely dangerous as you're one algorithmic change away from potentially disaster"

This is 100% true.

Learn to build alternate traffic streams.

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markowe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by John Romaine

Alexa, and many others here quite often say.."relying on Google for your income is extremely dangerous as you're one algorithmic change away from potentially disaster"

This is 100% true.

Learn to build alternate traffic streams.

I do have alternate traffic/income streams, but I still don't like losing money when one of them takes a hit. I roll with the punches, that's why I have multiple basket for my eggs, but that doesn't mean I don't sit up and take notice when one of them is under threat.

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Oranges 14 years ago

Originally Posted by markowe

That attitude is fine as long as what Matt Cutts says has no bearing on your bank balance.

Even if his BS affect my work and business, do i or "We" have a choice? I don't give a dammn to what he says on twitter or wherever. I'm still manipulating their game...always will.:rolleyes:
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radivoj

14 years ago

well they don't provide any info on Google blog regarding new update is still showing 4/24/12 | 2:45:00 PM date...they didn't said anything what they did updated by may 25 ...I think they will doing those updates every month or every couple of weeks,it's just ridiculous...

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System Wide Solutions

14 years ago

Haven't seen like it hit my sites.

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markowe

14 years ago

P.S. Less than 0.1% of results affected! Nah, I can't be THAT unlucky! I just realised my drop appears to be due to one of Google's regular tests of synonyms on the front page. They rotate in some sites with a different keyword that a lot of people confuse with what my site has, evidently to test those synonyms in some way (bounce rate?). Then after a day or so they rotate things back. So not convinced still...

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Mantasmo

14 years ago

Two sites came back to page one, four to go.

Could be anything though - penalties expiring, Penguin, backlinks dropping off... Haven't built any new backlinks to those sites.

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n0tr3v3

14 years ago

I had some changes and they are as follow:
#2 postion website move to 9th postion.

new website
#63 postion move to 53 position

Not making any money with #2 website so no big deal there, but will continue doing what I am do.....

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n0tr3v3

14 years ago

Whatever Google throws, we need to be prepare if we really desire to continue making a living via internet......
So lets do things the right way and avoid the Google End Game Blows.

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HenryABranch

14 years ago

Here is my Summary:

Two Changes - 1) Blog Networks links work even better now 2) Vary your anchor text like mad to escape any pattern

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lwr

14 years ago

One of my site , went for a keyword from #3 to #22 and another keyword form #5 to..maybe i shouldn't say...on place #100+ . It's an high quallity with this ranks for almost one year and the interesting thing is...now on the first page in is just low quallity sites and more interesting , there are four very low qualitty " free domains " ( subdomains ) . This what i call an "good " update , i don't know what to say or do anymore , to laugh or cry ?

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Vasim Machhar

14 years ago

Originally Posted by lwr

One of my site , went for a keyword from #3 to #22 and another keyword form #5 to..maybe i shouldn't say...on place #100+ . It's an high quallity with this ranks for almost one year and the interesting thing is...now on the first page in is just low quallity sites and more interesting , there are four very low qualitty " free domains " ( subdomains ) . This what i call an "good " update , i don't know what to say or do anymore , to laugh or cry ?

Bad luck...but if you follow real quality then it will get back in next update for sure...

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JPRoss

14 years ago

My site that improved from Penguin 1.0 was bashed hard last night by Penguin 1.1.

Darn penguins!

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Roslan G

14 years ago

My site was hit very hard don't know what to do , could it be also google dance ?

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Maddmula

14 years ago

My site went from #2 to #7 (took a big hit in income)

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JohnCitizen

14 years ago

My site was completely annihilated...

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Vasim Machhar

14 years ago

More fake SEO service providers will stop after this new update

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techmug

14 years ago

One of my website get hit on 25may after 1.1 update.
I was 35+ keywords on rank positions but now all are gone to 200+ positions.

I want suggestions what can i do now?
I have remaining 20 keywords to optimized for same website.
Shall i do the seo for remaining 20 keywords?

Looking for response
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hearme

14 years ago

Its a over optimization penalties google is doing.

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jewelraz

14 years ago

By searching "SEO Service Provider" in google I saw my site was ranked in 18th page, It was like a bright shine for me as I have been doing SEO for this keyword for last several days. But after penguin 1.1 its gone. I don't know where but it's gone from 18 page. I am waiting and searching the right strategy.

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