Hi I have to say that I believe the PANDA updates have killed SEO. We are now in a situation where we can build a website, spend hundreds on links and then face a situation where it can rank well for a short while and then get thrown into no mans land for a reason we will never know. It's just not even worth the effort anymore because of the risk. I used to like google but now I say they can burn in hell because my reputable websites got destroyed on the 14th of October 2011 along with hundreds of others which has cut my income by %70.
I agree partly with you. Panda has destroyed general rules of Search Engine Marketing. Even my income was decreased to 80%, but after some time, sites are coming back to their position step by step (though they didnt gain their rank which generally they used to). Hope google will stop fooling people and make some generous rules about SEO.
Panda has made SEO a lot harder and I've seen so many people post here that they've lost money and rankings because of it. I think the best thing to do is stick with basic SEO and keep working on it every day. Even if you don't rank well with Google, you may rank well with Yahoo, Bing, etc.
You have stated the biggest true. SEo is being badly affected by it.Now caeffine webs indexing has also hurt a lot to seo.
Hi I agree with you. Google panda is doing the same and so many website owners are facing the same problem. But we are working for the same issue as we resolve so many and now they are getting the previous reputation. So if you want to come back on your previous income you can contact us at http://www.synapseinteractive.com/google-panda-recovery-service.html
From what I have observed google panda Is more about making it Easier to automate Certain tasks in google. In some cases I believe that google has Chosen to give preferential treatment To figure brands instead of Actually determining the best search result. Also as you look at the long term there are many more ads on the google search results pages and more white space at the top of google search results pages resulting in a fewer organic search results showing above the fold. it is important to factor in that google is not just a search engine but also a corporation with stockholders. clearly there are some decisions that google has made that help to increase clicks to adwords and reduce the significance of organic search results.
SEO is not dead. It will never die. Make a list of websites that are destroyed by Google Panda and a list of websites that are rewarded by it. Make your website more like those in the second category. It's simple, but this way will be better. We need quality content.
I agree that search engine optimization will never die. There will always be new niches And new stars are born every day. However, with panda Google gives more authority to websites owned by larger firms. this means that new work search phrases will tend to be found on certain web sites. someone who is new on the block will spend months or even years to get sounds in many cases.
Its good that Google Panda keeps updating its information so that the users can get the best results for their searches.. They are really working good to keep away spammers and stop link farming,duplicate contents..
Funny how all the SEO scammers are whining about the money they were stealing from Google AdSense is now gone. Did you think such a good thing was going to go on forever? How about you abide by the rules and quit doing this "get rich quick" nonsense. Post relevant, original content and stop all the backlink spamming.
Panda update is for those who are seeking information in the web. Make a content rich website. And if your main goal is make money only you have to find out new methods of cheating Google.
Well, panda only kills those spammer not SEO, and believe it or not google always have a good reason for their changes.
You need to work on the content for your sites, in my opinion Panda is just the first update of many that will reward top quality content and you will suffer even more if you don't change your methods. I would not be suprised if the next big update gave much more weight to Visitor behaviour on sites. Sites should be tailored to keep visitors on them, meaning they must offer the visitor something useful which keeps them on. Remember ranking sites on backlinks was a way for Google to judge the usefulness of a sites content, now it's become a game expect Google to come down even harder on sites that exist purely for linking purposes.
it is better for users I think there will always be permenant SEO factors as pages/ visit, page speed and bounce rate, focus on them
I didnt see any change in visitors of my site after panda update, its still the same. I was not affected on any of my sites. Maybe thats why I cant understand what you did to get penalty. I dont buy links so maybe thats why I wasnt penalised.
If you were not affected by Panda you obviously have good, useful content. Though links done well can enhance any sites rankings