If your rankings have dropped it is not necessary that you have been hit by the Penguin update. It may be possible because of new Panda 3.5 updates
It seems Google looks at badly effected online marketers as collateral damage. Kind of messed up if you ask me.
It is nearly 4 month since first penguin born. Is anyone found the solution how to do SEO now. I mean many say about how not to do, but is there anyone who tried and it worked. Because now I see Google reacts instantly to new links and some times opposite way than was expected. I found some solution but, it is too early to call it fully tested. Will share when I heat top 10 )). But if there someone who tested and it worked for some period of time?
There is a solution - safe linking should do it. Correctly place your backlinks and you should be fine. I have a proper technique, PM me to know what it is
If the some of you who are waiting for google updates. Stop waiting. Google is updating the algos so frequent that the only mention 1/10. Be smart when you do seo to your website