While Google's Panda updates did help define "better content" through a user-focused lens, with Panda's future as part of Google's primary algorithm, it seems an opportune time to help redefine exactly what is "awesome frickin' content.
Panda has already been subsumed into the core algorithm and Penguin will follow. While traffic metrics probably fall more under Panda than Penguin, the lines between the two are increasingly blurring to a point where the two will shortly become...
April Fools Pranks 2011 - Bamboo Update Restores Sites Dropped by Google Panda Google Apps Levity Algorithm Created in partnership with legendary improv comedians from Chicago's Second City Communications, the Levity Algorithm is carefully tuned to...
After Blocked Sites launched, Google said it was using data from this feature, as well the Chrome Personal Blocklist extension, as a ranking signal as part of the Panda algorithm. Remember Google's search feature that let you block websites?
Panda and Penguin, Google's major algorithmic updates targeting thin content and unnatural linking practices respectively, have forced us to evolve. The biggest change over the last 12 months has been that Google has closed the gap between where...
Google Panda will soon evolve from monthly (or so) manual refreshes to a constant part of Google's real-time algorithm, according to Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts. Now if Panda hits your website for having "low-quality" (thin) content...
Panda is Google’s algorithm aimed at surfacing high-quality sites higher in search results. You can expect another Google Panda update to roll out this Friday or Monday, according to Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts.
These are low quality pages that shouldn’t, in a post Panda world rank for anything, but in some cases they still do, so they keep trying. If you’re working with a site that relies on this type of tactic trickery in order to survive, then perhaps...
For webmasters attempting to reshape an SEO strategy that failed in 2012 due to Penguin and Panda, re-engaging SEO cocitation is a smart move. These factors are all gaining traction in the Google algorithm as Google evolves and becomes smarter at...
I receive a lot of calls from companies that have been hit by Panda or Penguin, and both algorithm updates have been fascinating to analyze. I always explain Panda as a much deeper algorithm update at this stage than Penguin, and there could be a...
Upholding quality content on the web has been a priority for Google for some time, and is reflected in its Panda algorithm update, among other initiatives like its human quality raters. Back in the day, the “gatekeepers” of information were the...
I learned about Google’s algorithm named “PANDA” that hammers poor quality content on the internet. I was amazed at how much they retained, including information about Google, Facebook, Panda, Penguin, social media, etc.
By now, everyone in the ecommerce search engine world – including digital marketers and content writers – knows about the Google Panda update or, worse, has been directly affected by it. Panda changed the rules – prioritizing text content over...
MJ: Google's Panda really hit a lot of site owners hard and some are in the mindset that they now need to be "content mills". To me, it seems like both Google and Bing are working toward the “algorithm of the future” which weights many more factors...
A trilogy of rapid-fire algorithmic updates included Penguin, Panda, and Exact Match Domain updates, plus more than 65 other Google updates from August and September 2012. With no means to correct the situation, many felt Google was unfairly...
More Panda releases, Penguin, The EMD update, top heavy ads, and the DMCA update all mark a shift in capabilities for Google. Many have suggested that the initial Penguin algorithm included some adjustments for anchor text mix, but I think the...
In-content is still the best type of links, but the key is when you’re doing guest author links, post-Penguin and Panda and all those updates, it’s not necessarily about, “Hey, here’s bio links. Whether they get a, you know, for a specific feature...
Yes, I'd forgotten its name, but for most of 2012, I regularly thought to myself, "with what's happening with Panda, what people really need now is that longtail keyword tool developed by that PR company.
Google’s Penguin and Panda algorithm updates put an end to the effectiveness of old, unnatural and manipulative tactics that worked well temporarily. In the wake of Panda and Penguin, many webmasters and small business owners have come to realize...
While we must be aware, and understand, things like Google Panda/Penguin and other major changes in the algorithms, if we focus on doing “good marketing”, all other things should fall in line, and major algorithm changes shouldn’t be a concern.
