Hello WebMasters, SEO Updates Information here... What is Exact-Match Domain (EMD) Algorithms? EMD algo update was being expected for quite some time and it has been already reported by SEOs on various blog. The algorithm was unleashed by Matt Cutts and his henchmen to prevent abuse of exact keyword matching domains. So give you an example if you owned a domain, let’s say, laptops.com and you had optimized (doesn’t matter if over optimized or not) it for the matching keyword laptop then chances are that your domain will disappear from SERP after EMD algo update. Discuss this topic with more Webmasters?
Got hit by this damn algo. Don't know what to do. Have already removed keyword from alt tags, content and titles. Waiting for results.
In its blog Google has clearly mentioned that it will only affect the low quality websites. But it seems there are many webmasters who are still in the process to understand what exactly 'low quality' means! As a result they are falling victim to this crucial update from Google. Also refer to the 2 Oct post in Google Blog; Google has brought massive changes in its algorithm. More websites could get hit by that change.