How does one recover from update three days ago?

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One of my site has been decimated by the update three days ago. Anyone knows how to recover from it? Cannot figure out if it is a Panda refresh or Penguin attack.
#search engine optimization #ago #days #recover #update
  • What kind of link building tactic you using?
    How good is your content?
  • You can't really take any action now without knowing exactly what your problem is.

    Take the time to run some studies and use Google disavow to get rid of the bad neighbors.
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    • Ive got the same problem with a couple of my sites.
      Best thing to do at the moment is just wait and see if they bounce back over the next 2-3 weeks or so.
      By that time it will be a lot clearer what has been penalised.

      You can't fix things till you know what's broken

      ATM i'm starting to drive traffic in other ways and working to reduce my reliance on Google and then this wont be such a problem again.

      Im also starting to build more sites in what i now know are profitable niches. One thing i'm trying not to do is keep on checking my rankings it's just not a profitable use of anybodys time..
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  • Affected sites are really very hard to recover, it would be good if you start a fresh site.
  • Thanks for all the feedback. I'm trying to figure out if this is a Panda or Penguin refresh so I will know what to fix. It has to be a Panda one because I haven't done extensive link building and most of it is organic. The site was hit once with EMD update but recovered on all other keyword except the primary keyword after which it was named. In the last few days, ironically it had started recovering on its primary keyword but has now tanked on all others. I will wait it out for next two weeks as suggested, I don't have any spun content. We are a car dealer so it is all specifications of vehicles but since specs of a particular car will be similar across different vendors website, duplication of content is unavoidable. I cannot have a different spec for Toyota Hilux Vigo or Landcruiser 200 than my competitor. Google Bot probably does not make exception for this unavoidable duplication.
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    • Have you SEEN the sites listed in your signature?

      Of course they are going to be penalized by Panda!

      ...

      And Penguin for keyword stuffing.

      You're going to have to do a 180 turn in the way you build sites!
  • One of my main websites tanked too. Weird seeing as my other sites weren't affected and they use exactly the same back-link strategies.

    Waiting to see what will happen in the next week or so with the Panda refresh.
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    • What does your backlinking strategy look like? If you have a lot of spammy links going to a tier 1 backlink then remove the tier 1 backlink and hope the tier 1 was penalized rather than your money site.

      Otherwise it's usually easier to start over rather than trying to recover. Sometimes if you leave the site alone it'll recover its ranking naturally after a few months.
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