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Have a website that hasn't been affected by the panda update?

Discussion in 'Google' started by FoxIX, Apr 20, 2012.

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    It's interesting to hear from people that have been affected by the panda update, but I wonder if there is anyone has not been affected as I'm someone that hasn't. I have a pagerank of 3 (I really can't understand why to be honest) and I had this before the updates started and I still have the same rank. Does this mean I'm doing something right? Or just that Google hasn't got to my site yet?
     
    FoxIX, Apr 20, 2012 IP
  2. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    google is still rolling out the algorithm update in waves. it started since easter weekend hence some call the update easter update. some sites were affected during easter weekend and some earlier the month but from what i see, the update continues. don't get into comfort zone yet, just keep your eyes open. this update is gonna be bigger than initial panda update that took place during feb 2011.
     
    sultanofseo, Apr 20, 2012 IP
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    ThePassiveIncomeBlog Active Member

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    There are still sites that weren't affected by Panda. This dont say they are in safe zone. They will be checked someday as Panda is checking the search index step by step.
     
    ThePassiveIncomeBlog, Apr 20, 2012 IP
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    josefaryan Member

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    So many websites are not yet affected by the panda update because the google panda algorithm will be seeing the websites not in the same time, so it may take some time to affect all websites.
     
    josefaryan, Apr 22, 2012 IP
  5. FoxIX

    FoxIX Well-Known Member

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    Just an update really. My site must have been affected by the panda update finally. I have been taken down to PR2 (from PR3) which I don't think is bad for me as I haven't seen any negative effect apart from this. I'm still getting a gradual increase of visitors and as a bonus I have just started earning on adsense :)
     
    FoxIX, May 14, 2012 IP
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    quiz Well-Known Member

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    Only have been affected on 1 of my 6 websites so i am fine. The website that got hit is even getting stable / normal again :).
     
    quiz, May 14, 2012 IP
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    If everything is as per Google guideline and you have not played tricks for better ranking then you won't face any adverse effect from this update rather you may enjoy better improvement in keyword positions and rankings.
     
    om3, May 14, 2012 IP
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    farhansyah Peon

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    i have many sites.. also many clients which i am responsible to...

    There are some which are affected, and the rest don't (some even got ranked higher, because competitors going down)

    i can see from there what make the difference in ranking..
     
    farhansyah, May 14, 2012 IP
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    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    Do you get paid for page rank? If not, then it is a pretty worthless metric for deciding if you are doing something right. Are you trying to make money with your site? Is that working? If it is, then you are doing something right.
     
    browntwn, May 14, 2012 IP
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    FoxIX Well-Known Member

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    It's nice to hear that the panda update isn't all negative. It does get a bit annoying just hearing about the negative stories all the time, doesn't it?

    browntwn: I don't get paid for the metric and I don't class it as an important metric but I do keep my eye on it. If I carried on doing the way I have been and suddenly my PR dropped right off it would set an alarm bell off. So in a way I use it as a metric, but that's about it. I will be hoping to earn an income from the site but this is not a major priority at the moment.
     
    FoxIX, May 15, 2012 IP
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    Nick Banner Peon

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    most of my websites got a boost with penguin upgrade, 1-2 of them only got a reduction but it was fixed after 1-2 weeks
     
    Nick Banner, May 16, 2012 IP
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    dudeseo Well-Known Member

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    Don't know about the panda but yes penguin do have created a problem for me.........
     
    dudeseo, May 17, 2012 IP
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    faheem334 Well-Known Member

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    Before panda update my site having only 2 posts was not in top 10 pages, but now its on the 1st page of google. Great Update..
     
    faheem334, May 17, 2012 IP
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    jhardy2008 Peon

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    I don't know ....
     
    jhardy2008, May 21, 2012 IP
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    My website also keeps good ranking after the penguin updates and we are not changing our seo strategies.

    :confused: Really? How long will Google take to update its datebase?
     
    Sabrina_Gage, May 21, 2012 IP
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    henrywilliams Peon

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    Even none of my website get affected by Penguin update.
     
    henrywilliams, May 21, 2012 IP
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    casand Peon

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    The websites that contain duplicate content has to be penalized by google updates
     
    casand, May 22, 2012 IP