Google Panda Farmer Update Revisited
Nearly a month after Google went after what it considers "low quality" content, where do things stand with its Panda Farmer update? This storyline should give a good overview of where we stand now with this Google update.
- This is a good thread that is documenting what people have done to free their sites from the shackles of Panda Farmer, and what the results are (none at this time).
- A prediction for the beginning of an international rollout of this update.
- Nice analysis with some interesting data that I hadn't seen before.
Who Is Recovering From The Google Farmer/Panda Update?I feel like I have talked and written about the Google Farmer/Panda update way too much, but the truth is, about 40% of you were impacted by this update in a bad bad way and even though you are making changes none of you are really seeing any improvement in your rankings. Only two publishers that I know of claimed they are back after being hit by Google's update. One is Cult Of Mac and the other is Digital Inspiration. But were they really rescued?- "Google's Matt Cutts specifically said Cult Of Mac was not impacted by the Farmer / Panda update because if they were, they would still not be ranking."Barry notes that only 2 sites (1 if you don't count Cult of Mac as noted above) has recovered, and it's likely both sites were non-Panda issues. In other words, no one has beaten the smackdown yet.
Google Panda update survival guideAs of 24th Feb 2011, a major update by Google on how it ranks sites has affected 12% of search results and halved many sites’ visitor numbers. Named the Farmer or Panda Update it’s only affecting US Google results as I write but if you’re outside the US it is coming to you soon. Here’s how to find out if you have already been hit, are going to be and what to do about it.- This Panda survival guide gives lots of detailed information on what to look for, etc. when evaluating a site hit by the update.
- Never hurts to have a nice roundup list of articles, etc. to refer back to.
- Ah, great! A video of the update discussion at SMX West.
