Happy First Aniversary Penguin!

by Bambu

Posted: 11 years ago 7 replies

On April 24, 2012, Google rolled out the first Penguin filter, which affected approximately 3.1% of search English queries. On May 25, 2012 and October 5, 2012, Google rolled out Penguin 1.1, which affected 0.1% and 0.3% of English queries respectively.

IMO, Penguin is the most troublesome filters that black/grey hat SEOs have to contend with. I don't know about you, but all of the links I build are done with Penguin in mind. Anchor text percentages is something that you should always consider when dropping a backlink.

Search Engine Land published an interesting article on preparing for the next Penguin update and dealing with risk.

Risk Management for Links - How To Prepare For The Next Penguin Update

On Penguin's one year anniversary, I am tensely awaiting the 4th iteration of the Penguin filter. Am I the only one?

The spam team at Google have hinted that Penguin 1.4 will be a big one. Let's hope we all get through this one.

#aniversary #happy #penguin

Mr Lim 11 years ago

Is this topic about promoting for your own fame?

"I don't know about you, but all of the links I build are done with Penguin in mind. Anchor text percentages is something that you should always consider when dropping a backlink."

If a billion sites exists, that 3% of amount could be
3% of 1,000,000,000 to 30,000,000
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datingworld 11 years ago

Google Updates are always scary.
Thanks God, I was safe from it but thinking another one is coming makes one scared.
Good luck to all . May God keep us safe from Google updates...
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jxam69 11 years ago

I'm hoping for an even tougher Penguin update - some spammers just haven't got the memo yet.
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MikeFriedman 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Bambu

On April 24, 2012, Google rolled out the first Penguin filter, which affected approximately 3.1% of search English queries.

And yet it seemed that 47.4% of website owners shat their pants.
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- InBrussels 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman
  
  And yet it seemed that 47.4% of website owners shat their pants.
  
  Indeed,it was a big hit considering the algo done lots of mistakes at that time,confusing completely whitehat sites with BH machines...
  The numbers they usually reveal,are never accurate in my experience.I really hope to be wrong about this
  
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Backlinko 11 years ago

Penguin was a blessing in disguise for many people.

I've seen a lot of people transition from busting out crappy niche sites like best-toaster-reviews.info to creating real sites and brands.
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Hansons 11 years ago

It reduced lots of spam too.
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