I found this website with a list of all the Google updates in the past couple of years. If you track your traffic you can organize it in which "era" it did well and which "era" it dropped. There are also links to explain what each update focused on. Hope it helps...
http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-change#2012
Thanks Mayre - Here's the quake that hit me: Panda 3.7 — June 8, 2012 (Exact date) traffic fall by 50%. My traffic has now come back up to around 80% of June 7th values. Let's see if there are any specific reasons linked on that post. Thanks again
I read this evening that the next few Penguin updates are going to be "jarring and jolting" for webmasters and SEO's. For those who were affected by Penguin, it could be a bumpy ride. Didn't it affect links and spammy seo?
Matt Cutts: "You don't want the next Penguin update."
"we're still in the early stages of Penguin where the engineers are incorporating new signals and iterating to improve the algorithm. Because of that, expect that the next few Penguin updates will take longer, incorporate additional signals, and as a result will have more noticeable impact. It's not the case that people should just expect data refreshes for Penguin quite yet."
http://www.seroundtable.com/google-peng … 15577.html
I wonder if any HP staff went to the conference in SF yesterday.
I can sum up our writers' lives in two words...
I feel like Google coming out with statements like that is a little mean. It's like they want everyone shaking in their boots.
Yesterday a Google rep and I met because they wanted to beta test some things on my food blog. Although this was a totally different department I did talk to her about how very unpopular the company was becoming with the writers I knew - and I cited some examples... including hubpages... I don't know if it will do any good but I tried.
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 Marye Audet 13 years ago
Because I have been high profile for my earnings I wanted to be transparent and let you all know that between Oct 2011 and today my HP earnings per day have been basically cut by 60% on average. I have learned to accept that there are going to be ups and downs and prepare for the inevitable downs....
by Carolee Samuda 12 years ago
When Panda hit I was a newbie so was not affected directly. Buy When the Penguin swooped down on us I was badly affected. I though those hubs that were doing great would never fully recover. The hubs I saw taking off and earning me money were new hubs. My best performers pre-penguin were...
by Paul Deeds 14 years ago
After the longest stretch in memory without an update to the site (nearly 3 weeks), we've just deployed a new release. The biggest change is the addition of a map capsule, which as the name would suggest allows you to include Google Maps in your hubs, for instance see Livelonger's hub on the...
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!
by Doc Wordinger 13 years ago
Can anyone share any advice for ways to check the number and location of webpages that are linking back to your hubs? I know there are quite a few commercial products available but as a small-timer, I'm currently trying utilise free resources.In the past, I used 'Yahoo! Site Explorer' to check...
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