How to check if your site was hit by Penguin or a different penalty

Discussion in 'Google' started by BurgerKing, May 20, 2012.

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    http://penguinpenaltychecker.com
    This tool (free & no signup required) shows if you have been hit by the Penguin update, or a different filter/penalty. Useful, as other filters are easier to recover from than Penguin.
     
    BurgerKing, May 20, 2012 IP
  2. webmaster1189

    webmaster1189 Well-Known Member

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    thats nothing.. its just showing you the results of pages, and we all know about it very well, nice way to have your site promoted, but its all just junk and useles
     
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  3. BurgerKing

    BurgerKing Active Member

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    MarTh- Well-Known Member

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    It doesn't seem to work for my free blog. Thanks for the links BK. Will check them out, do you know if they will help check my free blog? I only have a few dozen hits a day on them.
     
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  5. BurgerKing

    BurgerKing Active Member

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    Hi MarTh - the tool shows you if you have been hit by the penguin penalty or not (and it is not 100% correct, but every check that I have done works). The Tool does not give you extra links or anything, so I am not quite sure what you mean asking if the links will help - it can only help you decide what sort of action to take for your site.
     
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  6. David William

    David William Peon

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    I have to agree, it is kind of useless.
     
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    jhardy2008 Peon

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    Google Analytics helps you .... Check your traffic stats.
     
    jhardy2008, May 21, 2012 IP
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    imfusa Active Member

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    I think this can be saw live, if you are not anymore on the front page for a keyword than that is it, you have been hit by penguin.
     
    imfusa, May 22, 2012 IP
  9. Mikel Perez

    Mikel Perez Greenhorn

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    I think it's not that easy, between mid March and mid April Google released three WMDs (Weapons of Marketers Destruction :D)
    - A new update to the Panda Algorithm.
    - The penalty (?) or at least deindexing of links from blog networks
    - The Penguin Update, aimed at "anchor text stuffing".

    And I can't imagine how (or why) they would roll out these things in a single day, I guess they did it gradually, so if you have a site that kept their ranks, dropped some positions, or completely tanked (I have sites in the three cases) it's hard to know which one hit you...
     
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  10. TrainLover

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    the easiest way is check your keyword ranking manual.

    Thank you
     
    TrainLover, May 22, 2012 IP
  11. dburdon

    dburdon Peon

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    Google's algorithm is always being tweaked. However, the Penguin update appears to have cleared out a number of sites in many categories in which I take an interest. At the simplest level its about checking rankings for the more competitive terms. The next thing is to review the level of organic search traffic recorded in your analytics.
     
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  12. Laceygirl

    Laceygirl Notable Member

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    Who the hell needs to check. When the update happened, if your traffic and revenue dropped then you got hit.

    Sometimes I think common sense is only available for native english speaking people.
     
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  13. seo-naive

    seo-naive Greenhorn

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    It is quite simple....

    1. Check the keywords rankings manually.
    2. Check the Google webmaster for any notification.
    3. Check the Google analytics for Traffic post 24th May [when Penguin updates came into effect] as well as after 19th May [Panda Updates]

    The site link you have given is crap and serves no value at all..Please avoid using these tactics to promote your site traffic.
     
    seo-naive, May 24, 2012 IP
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    sadek Active Member

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    NOthing in this site, just showing normal google results.
    rubbish
     
    sadek, May 25, 2012 IP