Google Launches Update Targeting Webspam In Search Results

Basically the sites I optimized for are s*** now and the ones I did not care about at all are ranking better than ever. What a f***job.

 

Where can I get the explanation of new algorithm?

 

Some of my site got hit. Some got a boost.

It's part of the game. You have to accept it as it is.

 

Screw this. Its the last time I create a world class top quality site.

 

It is taking effect as we speak

 

looks like its not just us lowly webmasters who think Google are manipulating results..

from the NYtimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/t...st-inquiry-advances.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&hp

 

http://www.change.org/petitions/google-please-kill-your-penguin-update-l

some guys from webmasters forum started petition.. not that it will do any good, but good on them

 

I saw some quite odd things on my sites.

Biggest site barely changed from the week before, average of slightly over 20k a day to slightly under 20k a day. Nothing interesting in SERPs, just the usual jitter. I didn't actually realise there had been an algorithm change, which is a novelty for me.

Oldest site doubled in traffic and had a lot of keyword positions go up. This is a site I update maybe once a year.

My small business site has had a 100-200 rank increase for some completely, totally, utterly irrelevant and useless keywords that are possibly the last thing I would want anyone to find the site using. This one baffles me completely.

Other sites are all so low traffic its hard to see any difference.

 

I saw positive results on some of my sites as well, but most went down.

 

Google gave "Penguin" name for new algorithm after many panda updates. It seems penguin algo. have 10 times more abilty than panda to remove black hat seo.

 

all down
google go away

 

My site ranking is changing every hour , from the top 3-5 position on firts page, now it ranks on the 16th page, on 30 th, on 37, on 21 :S but the top positions now have been taken by warez sites, or sites thats have not been updated after 2010 :|

 

Increase across the board here, in general it's a positive step but expect more tweaks in the coming downs to iron out any issues.

WebDev

 

it hit my articles

 

i was hitted too. i went from making 30$ a day down to 10$ with adsense. i went from 700 hits from google to 100 hits per day.

 

Damn!!! Google gone crazy i suppose.. My 90% keywords dropped its ranking which was secured their rankings since last 2 years... I am trying to find out the solution for my websites but can't say anything about Google...

 

I've been expecting the levelling of the playing field for some time

Natural SEO over manufactured is certainly the way forward

From the 20 sites we manage, 6 have remained static, 1 has dropped from page 1 to page 2 and 13 have risen, some by considerable amounts.

If you're struggling in the wake of the over optimisation update you may find this article of assistance http://www.businessservicesuk.com/i...s-For-Combating-Over-Optimisation-Update--276

 

This comes from another well known forum, please "interpret" this dream as "BEST YOU CAN"

The clock is ticking


"Message as follows"


"My dream"

Last night I had a dream

In my dream a message was posted in a forum.

The message said that 7 days from now on Sunday 6th of May 2012 hundreds of thousands of webmasters, their friends and their families would start to click on the advertising boxes in a Titan search engine.

I dreamt that during the 7 days leading up to this the message was "COPIED AND SPREAD"

"On that Sunday" millions of advertisers then "paused" their accounts through fear of these clicks.

This action would cost the Titan search engine to lose millions in lost revenue.

The advertisers would "not" though lose their money due to receiving the message...

Although the Titan search engine was badly hurt it was "not" destroyed.

Word then reached the real boss and "not" his minion who thought he was a "Cutt" above the rest.

The "real" boss then acknowledged there was a problem and made a "statement".

In my dream the Titan search engine was made aware of the seriousness of the situation and the webmasters were informed of "exactly" what was going on.

They would no longer be ignored and their concerns would be addressed.

The most important outcome of the message would be that the Titan search engine would more careful with its "future" implementations.

It would promise to keep the webmasters informed and weigh up the consequences of its actions.

So went my dream.

.................................................. .


This morning as I lay there I thought to myself....
If the "right people" decided to send such a message i think it could actually reach a considerable number of people.

After all some dreams do come true don't they.

......................

End message

 

To all : if you previously has a site in first position and now dropped to middle of nowhere....... and want to get back your position.....

Use adwords...... !!

I think, with this update, Google only want to increase their earning..

with SEO = get hit......
without SEO = get hit also .......

 

Anyone who got effected by this latest update and want to sell their website http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52