People it's all about quality backlinks.... No more spamming and building blog comments and stuff. I for one do not feel this is a bad development.
Penguin focus is on links. To fix your site you need to ensure minumum of 70% backlinks come from trusted websites. minimum 70% backlink anchor texts are branded - so your company name or actual website URL
I've started my penguin recover effort across about 10 websites now using the strategy from Backlink Report - backlinkreport.net/penguin-strategy Sending removal requests, I've had about 20% response rate... also using old SEO reports to remove profile links, etc. Getting serious on the link profiles now is important.. breathing new life back into my old websites that were knocked off the charts is the goal
I have seen some positive signs of recovery with one of my sites by removing keyword footer links. One of my other sites seems to show some recovery in webmaster tools but can't find it anywhere in SERPS!
I recovered. I have increased quality links to my pages. I also made sure link anchor text is more natural and I have removed links from blogrolls.