My site used to be top ranked in a large city for keywords in the beginning of 2012 and years before that. #1 for many popular phrases. After Panda updates happened in late April, my site is now destroyed. #1 keyword rankings on home page now at #25. Inner pages that ranked very well for years have been wiped off the map. Down to positition 150!!!! im totally disgusted...I did what everyone else was doing, buying links and blog posts from DP sales section ....getting free backlinks wherever I could, putting new content on my site , etc. Everything was working until these Panda updates happened. My question now is , how the hell do I get out of this mess fast. My website is my sole income . I am getting financially killed by this. I have started by removing links that may have been problematic, such as sitewide links etc. Although google webmaster tools doesnt show updates after weeks of removing them?? My site hasnt been banned by google as its still indexed, but there is an obvious severe penalty whether it be manual or just the algorithms. Either way, its not good right now. Need help and a Panda SEO expert .
It is really painful to me also as most my sites are not receiving good results. I am so confused just like you how to overcome this PANDA effect.
just follow the SEO guide lines by Google and try to get quality backlinks, don't try black hat techniques. you can't predict your ranking now, SEO is becoming tough these days... all credits goes Panda and Penguin