What google calls Penguin 2.0 is going live today. This is built by the spam team.
http://searchengineland.com/penguin-4-w … ive-160544
by Ben G 12 years ago
I'm curious to hear if there are any hubbers, who saw a big drop in traffic after the most recent Google Panda and Penguin updates, have fixed their issues and are getting good traffic again yet?I think it would be good for us all to know what changes brought about your renewal of traffic, since...
by Andrew Orrell 12 years ago
Ok, so since the Penguin update I have sat here listening to lots of Hubbers complain of loss of traffic. Now we're not talking a little fluctuation in numbers, we are talking 80% gone overnight! For people who use Hubpages as a form of income, this is a serious issue. Up until...
by Gail Mallo 11 years ago
PR Rank, Is it still relevant even after Google Penguin?Do you think Google's PR Rank still works? The corporate blog I manage is still 1/10 but we're already the top rank for my target keywords. Must be Google Penguin!
by Writer Fox 10 years ago
It's official: Google Penguin Update 3.0 was released late Friday:https://www.seroundtable.com/google-pen … 19313.htmlhttp://searchengineland.com/google-rele … ear-206169It usually takes about a week for the release to be updated in all Google data centers, but webmasters have already...
by Dorsi Diaz 12 years ago
Just great. Another Google update around the corner. Picked this up today. Don't know if this has been posted yet but certainly worth knowing about. Yuck. I lost 75% of my traffic last time."Take this as your official warning: the next Google ranking update is going to be big!The warning comes...
by Deidre Shelden 12 years ago
Any ideas why my traffic dropped 20% since the April Penguin update?I have not been able to deduce the reason for this drop, especially since that Google update was aimed at 'black hat' SEO practices. Looking for suggestions from those more knowledgeable than I. Thanks!
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