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Google Penguin = Pain...

May 5, 2012

There's been a lot of yelling and cussing about Google's "Penguin" update that was rolled out the last week or so of April 2012. And rightly so: it stinks!

Panda (a previous Google update) didn't affect me or my sites. Penguin has hit me hard.

It's hit in another way too: as a consumer I now find my searches on Google are much less useful. I've been using Bing for searches more often now, with better and more useful results.

For instance... I have a site that sells blue glass bottles. Gone from the several #1 rankings I had in Google. Buried so deep it's crazy... how do you explain going from #1 or #2 to #300? How do you explain sites that now occupy the first page of Google's results that don't sell the product? At least one says it does, but when you go there it does not. Several are wholesalers (not useful to a consumer at all). Some are large retailers that do not have that product (again not useful). Some even make no sense at all.

Now take my experience and multiply by about 1 million because it's not just blue bottles, it's across the board.

My wife has a site that sells a children's creative movement DVD, gone now on Google... crazy.

Is Bing the Answer?
If Google is trying to improve search results for their users, then "Penguin" falls flat on its face. They've thrown the baby out with the bath water so to speak. Searching on Bing produces much more useful real-world results and it won't take people long to figure that out.

Mixed Results
I have several sites that, over the years, I've applied the same SEO techniques to... some are now impossible to find on Google, others are a notch or two higher... explain that... same techniques, same basic treatment, different results... what's more... some of the sites that have increased only consists of a few pages and have not been updated in ages... one is now on the first page!

Is Penguin Over?
As I said, I have some sites that were not affected... I did the same optimization on them and used the same link building strategies that I used on the sites that are now buried. Some of these have not been updated or modified in years... they still rank the same. I've read that Google is not finished rolling out Penguin. So maybe they're not done, or, maybe that's Google's way of saying, uh, we need to work on this update some it sucks.

What Do We Do Now for SEO?
Hold tight. Don't do anything rash. In my SEO course I state that Google likes to play "chicken", or, at least it appears so. I don't recommend doing anything until you've tracked the current situation for several weeks... SEO is slow business, with no overnight solutions. I've started two small tests on two sites... just to see what happens. I'm not changing much and I'm not changing anything on the rest of my sites for a few more weeks. I want to see what happens. I've seen in the past when either Google, or I, have made changes, that I've had a major drop that lasted a few weeks to suddenly end with my return to the first page (that's the "chicken" part... seeing if you'll blink and start changing everything).

I've already had someone contact me from a company that had placed a comment on this blog back in 2008 asking to have their link back to their web site removed. They said they were trying to fix all their inbound links. I replied that this is a PR4 site with pretty clean outbound links and no spammy junk... were they sure? They replied yes. So I deleted their comment and link. It's not going to help them though - I see it as a rash mistake on their part, probably at the hands of a high paid "consultant".

Recovery?
In the past, I made some mistakes with a few sites and Google (as well as Bing [MSN at that time], and Yahoo!) all pushed the sites way, way down in rankings... once I realized that I'd inadvertently made this HUGE blunder, I fixed it... it took a couple of MONTHS before Google relented and returned the sites to where they were ranking previously (I think Bing and Yahoo! were much faster on the return or didn't punish me at all). So remember, any attempt at a fix or modification to your site, or linking strategy, will not show a change overnight, the next week, or possibly the next month. Like I said above, SEO is a process of patience.

I'll make more posts as I track my two experiments and learn more about this really bad "update" from Google.

Until Next Time,
Fred

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From: Steve @ Inbound Marketing for Small Business

The most insideous aspect of Pnguin, if true, is that it penalizes sites for inbound links from what Google considers suspect websites. No problem, except that it is a perfect blueprint for competitors to engage in negative SEO practices.

Not a good thing for the Internet.

As you noted, it appears that the SERPS are now full of less than useful sites for many search terms. I may have an axe to grind, as one of my sites was whacked.

The site in question is full of highly useful, on target, and original content, which for the last 2 - 3 years ranked at the top of Google. Not so much now, but at least there is much less useful content occupying it's previous spot.
Posted by Steve @ Inbound Marketing for Small Business on May 5, 2012 12:06 PM
From: John

Good advice, but I cracked under the pressure and went ballistic in nuking potentially questionable links from my own related domains. I even went so far as to send Google a Penguin feedback form pointed to a search query that has turned to junk. I know, I know, that is like asking for way too much scrutiny, but they need to see how awful some of these results have become. I care as a webmaster, but also as a searcher, and I don't mind as much if I'm being outranked by good info.

For the query in question, only about 2 of the top 10 results had relevant (and up to date) information - and suddenly there is a whole network of one-page domains built from unreadable, spun content that are ranking in the top 20. Somewhere on page 3 is my URL that used to be in the top six, as well as the other sites that used to rank by virtue of providing more info than a thin sales/landing page. It's like Google accidentally decided to reward the people who ignored every bit of advice and flaunted the quality guidelines.

Keep calm, carry on, and wait until Google realizes their mistake? Great advice, and I wish I could afford that, but the IRS just cleared me out on the 17th! Oh yea, it also probably helps if you've kept active in the meantime, instead of coasting along on momentum...
Posted by John on May 5, 2012 1:34 PM
From: Ryan Healy

I haven't noticed a big change on my business blog yet. I haven't really checked my other sites.

As Steve pointed out, the most insidious part of the Penguin update is the ability to conduct negative SEO campaigns against competitors.

It's already being done, and, from what I've read, it actually works. That seems crazy to me.
Posted by Ryan Healy on May 5, 2012 3:05 PM
From: Bogdan

This update got down 2 of my sites. After days and days and days and days ... of research, i think i found what was the problem. It was "keyword stuffing", by mistake.
I hope they will bring my sites back.

@Steve: one of my site have links from 2 sites, that google i think they consider suspect. I can't manage to get that webmaster to take my link down.
Is there a way to tell google not to take in cosideration that links?
Posted by Bogdan on May 8, 2012 4:04 AM
From: Derpina

Penguin is targetted at low quality link profiles just as panda was targetted at the low quality content, both the updates were not actually about 'spam(as we know it)' but practices that are legal but not of good quality!
Posted by Derpina on May 10, 2012 7:18 AM
From Fred...

I'm still tracking my tweaks and will report results when I have enough data. Some things I may not report in a blog post, but only to my email list, so be sure to sign up.

Bogdan - I would not worry about 2 sites... it takes many more than that to rock the cart. Build more good links and you'll be better off than worry about removing a few bad ones.

Derpina - that may be what they were targeting, but Penguin in particular has hurt a lot of quality, valid sites for no consistent reason.
Posted by Fred Black on May 15, 2012 3:24 PM
From: Dan

I have not been personally affected by Penguin but I was under the impression its targeted at black Hat SEO - guess I was wrong. I'm reading more and more about people returning to Bing/Yahoo for better results but Still 99% of my traffic comes from Google so until they lose their monopoly I guess we all have to play the game.
Posted by Dan on May 25, 2012 8:01 PM
From: Tiago

From what I heard, here in Brazil the Penguin did not bring major changes such as the Panda. I do not particularly have been very hurt by either of them (thank God), yet I'm being more cautious and distributing the 'power' of my sites and if any are derrrubado by Google others can keep some stability until I can recover .
Posted by Tiago on May 27, 2012 3:05 AM
From: Lindz

Penguin update is really disappointing. I can't understand how they can devalue very basic grey hat techniques such as Footer links and profile links.

But allow spammy blog networks and heap of other black hat SEO techniques untouched. Basically all first page ranking websites for our target keyword have spamming back links.
Posted by Lindz on June 12, 2012 2:00 AM
From: Business Proifles

Many sites lost good amount of traffics to their site after this updation from Google
Posted by Business Proifles on June 12, 2012 5:17 AM
From: Ren Scott

We recommend not chasing the algorithm, and to create sites that are user-friendly, first and foremost, and that offer share-worthy content. It seems like this is the direction that Google is taking and that it will continue to take.
Posted by Ren Scott on June 14, 2012 10:45 PM
From: khaled@prestations réseaux

I have 2 web site with totally original content( in france), and with only blog comment on high PR blog and links directory for build linking and i hadnt noticed any change.

Posted by khaled@prestations réseaux on June 19, 2012 9:22 AM
From: maryembatool

I care as a webmaster, but also as a searcher, and I don't mind as much if I'm being outranked by good info.
Posted by maryembatool on June 20, 2012 7:47 AM
From: Zankhana

This is a good read. Thanks.
Posted by Zankhana on June 21, 2012 10:52 AM
From: mark

thanks for this useful post. I think Bing is very good and a possible replacement of Big G.
Posted by mark on June 21, 2012 4:51 PM
From: Dennis

Yeah these updates are really unpredictable, one of my sites didn't move an inch while another sank deep for no apparent reason. But the one that sank hard is now going back up without me doing anything at all :S

Dennis
Posted by Dennis on June 28, 2012 9:50 AM
From: Maxim Dsouza

I have really had the pain with this penguin. One fine day, all of a sudden my traffic dipped a lot and I was wondering what went wrong. I was not aware that google had run an update. I had to face the effects of having duplicate content on the site. The penguin hit us real bad and it took more than 2 months to recover.
Posted by Maxim Dsouza on June 29, 2012 12:51 AM
From: Sune

Luckily the update hasn't affected my main blog much, but I think everybody will just have to be so much more careful in the way they market their blog and build backlinks. My main rule has always been to write for my readers, not for search engines, and to keep all links as natural as possible. So far, I think my strategy has been working for me - but you never know what will happen with future updates from Google!
Posted by Sune on June 30, 2012 1:52 PM
From: Nate

Google Penguin is really a pain. My websites was gone in the first page and it's really frustrating because I made a huge hard work on those sites and Penguin buried them deep. But, I did not change my SEO strategy, still hoping that Google will reconsider. I don't want to use spammy stuffs. I'll stick to clean strategies. I agree with what you said - "SEO is a process of patience".
Posted by Nate on July 5, 2012 3:14 AM
From: Carl Potts

The BLOOPER algorithm (Back Link Over Optimisation Penalty Exterminates Rankings) causes me concern so with my back link program I'm going to go for a slow & steady link building campaign, hopefully this will allow me not fall foul of Penguin
Posted by Carl Potts on July 7, 2012 11:32 AM
From: Matt @ Inbound Marketing DFW

This is why content marketing is the safest platform to build your online presence on, it will never go out of style to the search engines. The people who got hit in the update were mostly those trying to force SEO unnaturally, either from link farming or keyword spam.
Posted by Matt @ Inbound Marketing DFW on July 13, 2012 1:37 PM
From: Brandon

It looks to me that Bing now operates like Google did before Panda and Penguine updates. Some of my sites are at the number one page on Bing using the old SEO methods and they are not in top 10 pages on Google.
Posted by Brandon on July 16, 2012 7:41 AM
From: k2bsolutions

The thing I found not true is that you do not need to post everyday to have traffic - in fact my traffic has built since I went to once or twice a week only!
Posted by k2bsolutions on July 16, 2012 8:05 AM
From: Tatsiana

Is Bing really better? As for me I don't feel the difference. BTW, Google gives much more wide results. I mean types of content.
Posted by Tatsiana on July 18, 2012 8:01 AM
From: Ryan @ Dumpster Rental

I haven't noticed a big change on my business blog either, but will keep an eye out.
Posted by Ryan @ Dumpster Rental on July 18, 2012 2:30 PM
From: Terri Domains

I think we'll see fluctuations with Penguin just as we did with Panda. You've got plenty of webmasters screaming about the poor results even after Penguin, plus you have the whole outrageous factor of site owners being able to hurt their competitors. I think google will tweak penguin until they are happy with the results.
Posted by Terri Domains on July 19, 2012 8:33 AM
From: John Watson

Both updates were answers to the demand for higher quality content and better practices in link building. I agree with Derpina, the updates weren't just to target spam but legit loopholes and strategy as well.
Posted by John Watson on July 20, 2012 3:28 AM
From: Arobe binta

Google updating it's algorithm and now it's getting more priority on content. I observe that niche keywords get more priority here. Website's keyword density is more powerful than meta and title tag. This article really good. Thanks
Posted by Arobe binta on July 20, 2012 2:55 PM
From: David

For sure Penguin and Panda created a minor mess but we eventually moved over to the humor side of things despite getting side wacked into infinity - we stopped saying we have a Google Panda problem but instead a PEST CONTROL issue ! :) Roll out the pest spray!
Posted by David on July 24, 2012 3:34 AM
From: Ben

Wow, it appears I still have a lot to learn about how search engines work - I am just starting out with this SEO stuff and it is a lot more complicated than I had thought (I was lead here by another site). I suppose if it wasn't, everyone would be doing it...?

I will be bookmarking this site for suture reference! Thanks for the relevant information.
Posted by Ben on July 24, 2012 6:28 PM
From: Alfred

Thanks for the info, I'm new to SEO and trying to create back links so this article helps A LOT! Thank you again
Posted by Alfred on July 25, 2012 1:38 AM
From: Magic Webs

You're totally right. SEO needs patience especially with the different demands of Google. Just have to look out for updates on Penguin to conform with what Google wants.
Posted by Magic Webs on July 25, 2012 2:59 AM
From: mathew

LOL so true. They say only 1% was hit by the last update, well i was hit 40% O_O unlucky me
Posted by mathew on July 26, 2012 7:04 PM
From: Kate McGinnis

I hate google penguin! It's messed up so many different features. Completely unnecessary.
Posted by Kate McGinnis on July 26, 2012 11:29 PM
From: Harry

Does this mean that I had a low quality linking strategy? Did notice quite a few changes around this time.

Guessing I will need to change my strategy slightly.

Thanks Fred!
Posted by Harry on July 28, 2012 10:40 AM
From: Mazhar

Google is just so un predictable, my traffic went down from 10000+ to around 3000, I guess Social Media will be the way to get things right after Penguin update.
Posted by Mazhar on July 30, 2012 3:37 PM
From: Nicholas Blanchard

Very good article. I recently have just began understanding SEO so for me I don't think Penguin will be a big deal. I have no habits to unlearn or time wasted. I am starting to look into the way bing works for SEO because it does seem to be gaining headway.
Posted by Nicholas Blanchard on July 30, 2012 5:11 PM
From: Tony

I like the above information here and grasp a lot of nice information here.
Posted by Tony on August 3, 2012 6:12 AM
From: Meenakshi

Hey my friend you are right, Google did same to same to me he makes my #1 website to down at #300.
It's really hurts my business.
Posted by Meenakshi on August 6, 2012 6:45 AM
From: David

I have managed to not be too affected by Panda. I have always been careful not to use my main keyword in my link backs too often. Not that I knew this would happen, but I tried lots of different variations so that it would appear a lot more natural. For the bots and also readers alike.
Posted by David on August 7, 2012 7:43 AM
From: zam zam

I really felt the ferocity of this penguin google, until now I still do not have the right solution
Posted by zam zam on August 8, 2012 12:57 AM
From: Dan Hartnett

Are we risking so much now on one website. I recently set up 2 new websites similar to my main site just for this reason. I have spent the last 3 years building my main site up and I am terrified if any thing happens to it.

I remember when I changed thing around on my main site a year ago and I fell out of my the google index for all my search quires but it was all back to normal a week later (phew!!!!!!!!!!)

But back to my main statement are we placing so much emphasis on one website placing all our eggs in one basket !
!!!
Posted by Dan Hartnett on August 8, 2012 9:28 AM
From: Seduzione e Attrazione

Panda and penguin had a strange effect on my sites. Panda improved, slightly, my rankings. Penguin brought them back to their original positions.

I don't know why obviously.

From what I saw, however, a lot of white hat, hard working SEOs that provide real value have been penalized, while black hatters lives have been simplified.

My solution: I do what I've always did: I generate traffic directly, from Social Media and other content sites, by creating quality content. Any extra organic traffic is nice and good ( but I can live well even without it ).
Posted by Seduzione e Attrazione on August 9, 2012 4:15 AM
From: Chris k

I too see wholesalers wayyy more often now since the update. Searching for a number of products gave me a majority of wholesalers instead of sellers of the actual product. I didnt have my site up and going until after the update so not sure how it would have affected me. This is my first site and first experiences with SEO and my site is a PAIN to even find so far.
Posted by Chris k on August 12, 2012 8:54 PM
From: John Fox

It is said that there are few updates again earlier in August. Most website owners claimed that it increased their PR, though most have noticed the Google dance once again. I somehow understand those who are plagued by the two zoo attacks because as they claim "quality" is highly subjective. However I still belive that these changes in algo are just tweaks to provide viewers more quality searches (I'm keeping my hopes high).
Posted by John Fox on August 13, 2012 12:33 PM
From: Rika Susan @Juicing

Fred, you are so right in your last comment about Penguin in particular hurting a lot of quality, valid sites for no consistent reason.

My site was badly hit. It provides original quality content written by myself (no spun stuff) and I do nothing black hat. My site disappeared from the listings from the most part. To top it all, Google now lists totally unrelated pages from my site for particular keywords.

Makes no sense whatsoever. It has now been a few months and nothing has changed.
Posted by Rika Susan @Juicing on August 18, 2012 9:34 AM
From: jalil

very nice post it really helps me a lot. keep it up
Posted by jalil on August 19, 2012 8:20 AM
From: JZEEK

Great advice, I cracked under the pressure and went ballistic in nuking potentially questionable links from my own related domains. I know,that is like asking for way too much scrutiny, but they need to see how awful some of these results have become. I care as a webmaster, but also as a searcher, and I don't mind as much if I'm being outranked by good info.

For the query in question, only about 2 of the top 10 results had relevant (and up to date) information - and suddenly there is a whole network of one-page domains built from unreadable, spun content that are ranking in the top 20. Somewhere on page 3 is my URL that used to be in the top six, as well as the other sites that used to rank by virtue of providing more info than a thin sales/landing page. It's like Google accidentally decided to reward the people who ignored every bit of advice and flaunted the quality guidelines.
Posted by JZEEK on August 20, 2012 4:42 AM
From: john

You're wright, penguin did not hit all sites. My site also is intact, with same page rank
Posted by john on August 22, 2012 1:35 PM
From: Kalin @ Mobile marketing

Many screams were heard after the Penguin. Lots of comments, blog posts and so on.
Google actions are more than normal. Their philosophy is to provide the most useful content and websites to the public. And that is why they are number one and keep their ranking.
So there is nothing to afraid from if you are doing things right way.
Posted by Kalin @ Mobile marketing on August 24, 2012 8:02 AM
From: sreedev

Penguin is a really big pain. i am scared to SEO my page
Posted by sreedev on August 27, 2012 6:05 AM
From: Andrew Simpson

really interesting and a useful post, It is really painful for seo expert with Google penguin update.
Posted by Andrew Simpson on August 27, 2012 6:56 AM
From: Priyank

Hello Fred,
Nice article. I assume these updates are intended to increased search engine intelligence. I feel this is difficult battle to keep up with because spammers are using ingenious ways to trick the system. At the end of the day I guess we all lose. In any case, I can't get myself to use Bing, it's useless.
Priyank.
Posted by Priyank on September 6, 2012 9:38 PM
From: Arsh @ iphone 5

Its always said in cricket if you are facing a new player then just keeps your basics right same thing applies in SEO keep the basics right and no penguin or panda would be a pain for you.
Posted by Arsh @ iphone 5 on September 7, 2012 12:51 AM
From: Willem @ I'Praves wallets and bags online

Haha serious, the pinguin and panda does no good for all the hard work. But, nevermind there are allways new ways!
Posted by Willem @ I'Praves wallets and bags online on September 8, 2012 5:00 AM
From: Brad

yeah penguin has hurt me as well. im not exactly happy with the results ive seen.
-Brad
Posted by Brad on September 11, 2012 1:46 PM
From: Ted Hall

I'm still trying to get a handle on how to best pursue SEO. There seems to be a lot of basic principles all over the web that talks about how to optimize code and getting sites to link to you, but how do we know how the google algorithms actually work with certainty? Do they publish this information? I am looking for a reliable source that describes how things really work. Not just best practices, but step-by-step instructions for delivering real results. Like, how do we even know what changed with the Penguin update and what should we do as a result? So much of this seems to be a black art to me...
Posted by Ted Hall on September 13, 2012 12:40 AM
From: Ukash Bozdurma

This is good information about of google. I heart somethink about of penguin update in Turkey. I only want to know . It was finish or not ? . Thanks. Sorry about of my english..
Posted by Ukash Bozdurma on September 18, 2012 3:11 AM
From: Rahul Shayar

This Penguin update is atrocious. My sites that have been up for years on the first page have been clobbered yet I have noticed a trend. There are thousands of fake sites that are now at the top for the keywords I was looking for. It seems what this update has done is rank sites like walmart, JcPenny, facebook, and others higher but has also helped the spammy sites that have EMD to the number 1 position as well. A few other bloggers I know have been killed by this update and they are seeing the same thing. Google is now ranking the sites that advertise on adwords higher while killing others. I thought a monopoly in the US was illegal but it seems when you are Google it is fine. It has turned into a pay to play situation
Posted by Rahul Shayar on September 18, 2012 2:46 PM
From: sewa ac

In my opinion, there is now problem about penguin or panda update..Since I do white SEO technic..I'm in the right way. Penguin and panda update is for spammers not for me..
Posted by sewa ac on September 19, 2012 12:12 AM
From: CM&A Online Advertising

I think for the end users, Panda and Penguin will be a good thing in the long run. White hat should be able to adapt.
Posted by CM&A Online Advertising on September 20, 2012 5:30 PM
From: Jakir

Fred, what you posted in this Great Article is really praiseworthy. Moreover, I like best your representative method. You tried to make us understand clearly as to how Penguin performs.
Posted by Jakir on September 20, 2012 7:17 PM
From: Brian

I dont know enough about seo, but I hope to learn and google is just another gateway to controlled information.
Posted by Brian on September 24, 2012 6:25 PM
From: Carl

My personal site did quite well post Penguin I am being very cautious about where I comment /link using strictly white-hat methods
Posted by Carl on September 25, 2012 6:36 AM
From: insurance conversion

My site has been affected of google panda and penguin. It was on the first page rank 2 and went down to page 2 and now not in top 100. I am now careful on how to build backlinks in my site.
Posted by insurance conversion on September 28, 2012 7:50 AM
From: Kurt Michael

I still don't understand how Penguin is work, one of my website jumped from PR0 to PR3 and another one from PR4 to PR1. I'm a little confused
Posted by Kurt Michael on September 29, 2012 2:52 AM
From: Andrew picker

Google update should not be very close and if update take long time it good for the website owner and critical algorithm strategy is not good enough for marketing of a website.
Thanks to all
Posted by Andrew picker on September 30, 2012 2:15 PM
From: suratebi

The more Google tries to crack down spammy and creepy website. The more things get worse. Overall Penguin updates are just fine as they also devastated some innocent too.
Posted by suratebi on October 1, 2012 10:04 AM
From: zakaria khan

Penguin Strategy in very important to understand to improve SERP in SEO world and consider some issue and bug for a website and if we need to improve website in SEO world we have to understand whats going on in Latest Update in Google Algorithm.

Posted by zakaria khan on October 1, 2012 4:31 PM
From: Powell

We recommend not chasing the algorithm, and to create sites that are user-friendly, first and foremost, and that offer share-worthy content. It seems like this is the direction that Google is taking and that it will continue to take.
Posted by Powell on October 9, 2012 2:29 PM
From: Nick

It looks to me that Bing now operates like Google did before Panda and Penguine updates. Some of my sites are at the number one page on Bing using the old SEO methods and they are not in top 10 pages on Google.
Posted by Nick on October 9, 2012 2:35 PM
From: Tommy @ Curious Consciousness

My sites have not been affected at all. As long as you follow the Google guidelines, and create good content you shouldn't be punished... And Bing is not giving me the search results I want. Google is way superior in every way.
Posted by Tommy @ Curious Consciousness on October 15, 2012 9:05 AM
From:

My site has been affected by google penguin and until now my site has not yet been recovered. There is another chance on how to recover my website?
Posted by on October 17, 2012 7:46 AM
From: Elysse Parsons

Thank you for this. I've been very confused about this Google Panda thingy. I was wondering why my sites are suddenly down the ranking when I'm doing everything right and more. I hope everything will be okay. I hope it won't be too long. Thanks so much.
Posted by Elysse Parsons on October 17, 2012 10:32 AM
From: Ted

Nice article! Thank you for writing it. I am new to SEO and did invest some money into google SEO. To be honest, I didn't see a lot of results. Maybe Bing is the answer.
Posted by Ted on October 18, 2012 1:34 PM
From: Azim Mondal

This Is Very useful. I even worked in SEO of our company site. and Got bad result.
Posted by Azim Mondal on November 9, 2012 12:07 PM
From: connor wilson

If i've learned anything about SEO is that it's a slow process, dont give up!
Posted by connor wilson on November 9, 2012 3:46 PM
From: Luka Paunovic

I was first when someone type "hosting" in my country, but now I am on third page, just because of google penguin...

Posted by Luka Paunovic on November 9, 2012 6:13 PM
From: Kit Peters

I think some decent sites will unfortunately be negatively affected as google weeds out the spam.
Posted by Kit Peters on November 25, 2012 10:06 PM
From: Fyord

I don't mind the constant changes Google bring in, there's sooo much abuse by people doing seo that its killing the search engine results, they need to fight back.
Posted by Fyord on December 2, 2012 6:00 AM
From: Betrand

The penguin update is doing damage to marketers and buyers as well. I also realized that using Bing sometimes help for results but not all the time. In some cases Google gives useful results to users.
Posted by Betrand on December 3, 2012 11:10 AM
From: Nitin Vaghela

I am with you. One of my client earn $3000 per month through Google Adwords but now its not earning anything from it. Google has removed his all keywords from search. Google is one of the most popular brands on internet. Its have monopoly for many things. In world all are using it so we have not any other way to go for, so I suggest you do everything SEO related activities on Google. For good traffic and ranking do more and more marketing on Google Plus and also add +1 button on your site because in internet Google plus is one of the most effective now for Google search ranking.
Posted by Nitin Vaghela on December 7, 2012 4:57 AM
From: Lorien

Building your SEO efforts always require consistency. Yes, some sites will be negatively affected by Penguin, but the trick is to always stay updated with Google's changes and ensure that your site complies, use it to your benefit :)
Posted by Lorien on December 7, 2012 7:03 AM
From: Adeniyi Samuel

Google Penguin has really caused pain to many webmasters, even to those who blog the right way.
Posted by Adeniyi Samuel on December 15, 2012 8:39 AM
From: Taniya Roy

Wow this blog is awesome,I have read it before, I never found the perfect article like this blog provides us.thank you so much. I really love your blog.
Posted by Taniya Roy on December 26, 2012 4:43 AM
From: Nick

It seems Penquin hit alot of websites hard. Just don't give up!
Posted by Nick on December 28, 2012 2:28 AM
From: bangla

i have a website. before update Penguin my keyword in first page of google search. but this time my url doesn't exist in google search. now what can i do??
Posted by bangla on December 28, 2012 10:55 AM
From: shane watson

if seo is handled in a white hat way making links appear as natural to search engine then the effect of penguin is too less else prepare for weird results from google stay safe go natural
Posted by shane watson on January 11, 2013 6:05 AM
From: Tyler tongkatali

I never have seen a big change in my business weblog but. I never have really examined my different other sites.
Since Steve pointed away, the most insidious element of the Penguin update is the ability to run unwanted Search Engine Optimization advertisments against competitors.
It's already being done, and also, from what I've research, it in truth works. Which tends crazy to myself personally.
Posted by Tyler tongkatali on January 19, 2013 2:36 PM
From: Judge Michael Buck

Penguin is a very meaningful decision of Google, because before that many people who only know link building say them self SEO expert. But now SEO have a worth like a professional field...
Posted by Judge Michael Buck on January 20, 2013 9:19 AM
From: John

I hate the new algorithm of Google (Penguin) , because since it realized I lost 80% of my website traffic and I didn't know what to do .
Posted by John on January 24, 2013 8:14 AM
From: Mohsin Hassan

I think for the end users, Panda and Penguin will be a good thing in the long run. White hat should be able to adapt.Thanks & Nice Sharing.
Posted by Mohsin Hassan on February 16, 2013 7:34 AM
From: Antisocial Carl

Penguin kills traffic, it's a pain.
Posted by Antisocial Carl on February 20, 2013 11:04 AM
From: Richard Peter

Thanks for the enlightenment views on panda and penguin please share your enlightenment views on google zebra too as i found your approach to useful
Posted by Richard Peter on February 22, 2013 11:09 PM
From: Jerry

I think that these updates are fair to legitimate and authority websites. Sometimes too much SEO can manipulate SERP even if the content does not make sense.
Posted by Jerry on March 5, 2013 11:27 PM
From: linda

I may well have google suspected that it is about getting people to click on their advertising, now that people get poor results in their searches
Posted by linda on March 10, 2013 10:32 AM
From: jakob

Thank you for sherring. I hope that this updates frome google will help me to rank for my good quality content. I Wil try to do som white hat SEO :-) If there are some one how can give me some good tips fo that you are more then welcome :-)
Regads jakob

Posted by jakob on April 18, 2013 10:33 AM