New Penguin Update

13 years ago

Google has been updating so much that I no longer use them for searching. I've switched over to duckduckgo, better results.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

I Know How You Can Make $500 Guaranteed!
MoneyX2.com

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7551850].message }}

Joshua Lowenthal 13 years ago

The fact is they will update and when they do the IM world will tighten up even more. The fact is that if you want to stay ahead of the game and maintain a high rank on Google, you have to focus on quality content and organic traffic and backlinks.

Crap SEO will not last long on today's internet.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7551858].message }}
- PBScott 13 years ago
  
  Google updates their algorithm 500+ times a year, they tweet it, but it does not give you much info.
  
  Just don't' publish garbage on the internet, or try and game the system, and you shouldn't need to worry about it.
  
  Here is a link to read through if you want
  http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-change
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  If you don't look at this => Really Funny Shirts <= you missed something in life
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7551883].message }}

asghar

13 years ago

Well Fiza you are already on a great board so keep visiting to this board and you will get latest info even about Google updates, as well looks like one more update is coming soon as Google has not passed any update in last some days

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7551879].message }}

gearmonkey

13 years ago

Seems like they roll out a new update about every 3 days.

What Google wants:

- Original and quality content. Well researched and informative.
- Quality backlinks. No more spam low quality backlinks.
- Few ads. Especially no ads above the fold (which is funny because Google has all their ads above the fold). They also don't like excessive affiliate links.

They also want your website to run smoothly and fast. They want users to stay on your website and social share your website with their friends.

The February 23rd 2011 Penguin update taught me not to take google for granted and build email lists. I've captured about 19,000 emails the last few month which really helps keep traffic flowing.

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

My Guitar Website | My SEO Blog - Advertising spots available.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7551946].message }}

trytolearnmore

13 years ago

Originally Posted by gearmonkey

Seems like they roll out a new update about every 3 days.

What Google wants:

- Original and quality content. Well researched and informative.
- Quality backlinks. No more spam low quality backlinks.
- Few ads. Especially no ads above the fold (which is funny because Google has all their ads above the fold). They also don't like excessive affiliate links.

They also want your website to run smoothly and fast. They want users to stay on your website and social share your website with their friends.

The February 23rd 2011 Penguin update taught me not to take google for granted and build email lists. I've captured about 19,000 emails the last few month which really helps keep traffic flowing.

1) Well researched and informative content... sounds good, but highly unlikely. Yahoo answers ranks for many keywords with only a few lines of text.
2) Well... I hope this is true.
3) Few ads?... Answers.com has ads above the fold (unless, of course, i'm misunderstanding what "above the fold" means)

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7552176].message }}

MikeFriedman 13 years ago

Originally Posted by gearmonkey

What Google wants:

- Original and quality content. Well researched and informative.

That is not true at all. There is plenty of worthwhile content that is neither informative or researched one bit, but Google loves.

Twitter, Facebook, the Onion, T-shirt Hell, Amazon.... I could go on.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7552566].message }}

kaytav

13 years ago

I would say a new update is definitely on the move. It would be out before January end for sure.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7552282].message }}

ProSence

13 years ago

There is no definite time for any update of Google's program......... this is a trick.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

three great FREE tools - www.sitebeak.com, www.GAtective.com and www.impersonal.me

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7552291].message }}

sahildd 13 years ago

it depends on Google hopefully Google will update penguine this month
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7552489].message }}

freakyfre

13 years ago

I have a e commerce site I bought a couple of years ago selling golf equipment.It has a page rank of 3 and is well back linked etc. I had it upgraded last year and went live on 29th April 2012. The traffic dropped by 90% and has stayed at about 80% down ever since. Prior to the upgrade there was not much SEO done because the site architecture was "old Fashioned" frames etc. the site was 301 redirected properly etc same URL
I have been told that the site was previously over optimized and the back links anchor text is not correct and that is the problem. I have been told by Google that I have not got a manual penalty but I have tried everything to sort it out but SEO companies are asking money that I do not have to put it right with no certainty that they will be successful. the keywords are up and down like yoyos. I am close to giving up because I have nearly run out of cash. Any Ideas out there.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7554871].message }}

yukon

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by freakyfre

I have a e commerce site I bought a couple of years ago selling golf equipment.It has a page rank of 3 and is well back linked etc. I had it upgraded last year and went live on 29th April 2012. The traffic dropped by 90% and has stayed at about 80% down ever since. Prior to the upgrade there was not much SEO done because the site architecture was "old Fashioned" frames etc. the site was 301 redirected properly etc same URL
I have been told that the site was previously over optimized and the back links anchor text is not correct and that is the problem. I have been told by Google that I have not got a manual penalty but I have tried everything to sort it out but SEO companies are asking money that I do not have to put it right with no certainty that they will be successful. the keywords are up and down like yoyos. I am close to giving up because I have nearly run out of cash. Any Ideas out there.

When you say ecommerce site is that drop shipping, your own product, or an IM site like Amazon affiliates? Just curious.

You say you have 301 redirects, so your changing old URLs that might have external backlinks. Maybe you missed a few important redirects (IDK), try a sitewide 301 redirect to catch any 404 pages (broken URLs) that might have external links pointing at them. Can't hurt to test.