The Google Panda: How Hard Did it Slap You?
Apr 27, 2011 SEO
For the past few months, the Google Panda has been a heavily debated topic all around the interwebs. The said update, having greatly affected search engine ranking results have sparked outrage to a great number of website owners including some of the top tech blogs in the United Kingdom.
As for how this blog was affected, I myself was greatly slapped by the Google Panda, though I was looking for something even bigger since I never actually had the time to maintain this website or to post new articles. I have been too busy with web development stuff, so I barely had the time to think of new stuff to write about.
The good thing is, The Panda didn’t slap me too hard because of the fact that I don’t even build links and attempt to manipulate my rankings. It could be coincidental or I could be on the right track of maintaining just a natural flow of links to this website. This is a personal blog, it is not like I am planning to make hard cash on it.
As for what I see, Google targets spam and poor content even more. I have seen some websites who have quickly risen up in the rankings just because they have really informative content. I have been making searches and I barely see keyword-rich pages unlike before, when I was searching for cheap iPhones and it directed me to a webpage full of keyword crap.
As you can see, I don’t offer much information on this website. I only write about tidbits of what I think about the search engine algorithm changes and some web development stuff. But I do think that Google still loves me. lol
September 12th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
I got slammed by the Panda personally aswell…
I’ve recently been looking for ways around the Google Panda update and I’ve done a whole bunch of testing on my own blogs.
Listed below are some tips to consider:
1) minimize bouncerate on your websites
2) get rid of/nofollow/noindex thin and low quality pages of content
3) boost Ctr in the SERPS (E.g implement crazy call to actions and stuff inside your page titles)
4) give a lot more increased value with your site (boost visitors onpage time)
5) interlink your website with optimized anchor texts
6) use a privacy policy, about us, contact us, google maps location, SSL, address/phone number, images, subtiles, paragraphs, bulletpoints etc etc (all “achievable” added quality factors you can think of)
7) Get additional quality links with effective anchor text variation.
Building backlinks must be done in a very diverse and consistent approach.
Another thing, I’m a beta tester of LinkALoha currently and i’m seeing GREAT results. I know they are going to open several new spots shortly, you guys should check it out. Those guys are awesome