It is a constant game ...., changing algorithm (I understand, you have to beat the spammers), but honestly what happened with all of us who were trying hard and spend many, many, manyyyy hours of careful preparation and quality articles? Why am I, over sudden pushed back from page 1 to page 12 on my main phrase? Seriously ????? Just like that?? After 5 years Google decides " You know what go F**ck" your self!! Now the only source I can rely on is Yahoo and Bing - still going strong - Thanks God! My friends, game have changed dramatically ...speaking from my heart I'm hurt! Just wanted to share.
It's true that those change of algorithms may be some time annoying but it is a necessary action for improving the search results and making the web more cleaner.
Google algorithm changes always good for internet marketer like us and bad for spammer. Always post unique content and create quality backlinks, google will never hurt your site/blog.
I am always with it , more over as a IM goolge is my first choice , it has no alternatives ,because it is best.
My opinion is Google probably doesn't care that much about small businesses unless it furthers their own interests, they're more about focused on their competition and their end users. Not to say I blame them but it can indeed be annoying sometimes with people just trying to make a living and Google always making that difficult.
Hi Disi,I guess this is part and partial of the SEO "game", change is the only constant! Be cool and keep going!
I was always loyal to Google and have never cheated! No games, just pure small business owner. My sympathy is completely gone!!!!! Of course I'm going to find my way around ..., but this is a reminder to all of us: "Don't keep all of your eggs in the same basket" !!! Google don't give a sh***t about you! And if one day someone in there from the top, decides you are " On their way" ... next morning you will wake up on page 19 for your favorite phrase, even if your website is 100% SEO ready as was mine! Good look to all of you!
I know it sucks that Google continues to change their algorithm, but we just need to remember that we can't over optimize things now and we also need to remember to keep our anchor text diverse because this can be considered as over optimization as well even though it is an off page factor.