Google announced that the expected 'kinder and gentler' Panda update was rolled out on July 16th and wrapped up on about July 28th. This was a true update, not a data refresh, and was designed to soften the impact that Panda had on sites which were in the grey area on content quality.
Matt Cutts, Distinguished Engineer and Head of Webspam at Google, said:
"We are looking at Panda and seeing if we can find some additional signals, and we think we've got some to help refine things for sites that are kind of in the border zone, the grey area a little bit. And so, if we can soften the affect a little bit for those sites that we believe have got some additional signals of quality, that will help sites that were previously affected – to some degree."
Hubpages.com didn't fair well under the new update. Site-wide traffic fell 38% from the beginning of the update until its conclusion and has fallen more since then.
But your individual Hubs on your subdomain can still rank high for their keywords in search results, and I have evidence from my own Hubs that this is true and many other writers here will tell you the same thing.
But you must learn the lessons of the Panda algorithm and follow its precepts to the letter. Google's perception of quality has nothing to do with how many tables, maps, quizzes or original images are on your Hubs. If you lost traffic to your Hubs and your position on search results slipped during this update, Google Panda determined that something was wrong with the quality of your Hubs and that your competition is better.
Excellent info, thanks for sharing. I hope things can get turned around for HP, but I did not get the hit I guess so many others did - at least not that bad. I also tend to make up for it with social media shares/pins and the like on my popular hubs. I'm still going in and doing a lot of updates though. One of my own websites took a bite this time too probably from not updating it enough... sigh. It's always a battle with the rabid panda.
WriterFox: And this is probably why HP is attempting to do the Editor's Choice thing...get the best of the best all on their domain to show Google that some of us here have what it takes. Problem is, this will not help writers' subdomains, which is why I think it is a bad idea!
I think it's a terrible idea too, and I opted out. But there's something else about a possible motive. Read my post at the bottom of this thread and tell me what you think:
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/115372?page=5
by Nell Rose 11 years ago
Why does our hub traffic drop so dramatically when they do a Panda update?Can someone explain exactly what happens in simple terms and why? thanks!
by Ellen 12 years ago
1. Relevance to search query2. Quality of content3. User experience4. Relevance to search query5. Authority of author (I hope Hubpages gets rel="me" working.)6. Relevance to search query7. Who's linking to you8. Relevance to search queryBut BESIDES that. Here's some useful stuff.READ...
by Paul Edmondson 10 years ago
There was a tweet from Matt Cutts announcing a multi-week algorithm update that will last through the week of July 4th. I haven't heard if this is the Panda softening or something else...Just a heads up that it's rolling out.
by WoodsmensPost 12 years ago
I searched the forums and was surprised not to find this article posted anywhere.Nothing really new that we haven't heard before but nice little tidbit of info for for those Demand Media Haters. HubPages CEO on Google's Panda algorithm: SEO doesn't work!!!Posted August 23, 2011 on ZDNet
by Paul Edmondson 8 years ago
We are very pleased with the results of the domains that have launched so far. I want to give folks an update on what we are doing and how the process is working.We have about 25 domains that we plan to launch in total. To be successful for the long term we believe that we must as a...
by FaisalKhan2121 12 years ago
I say thank you Panda for helping to restore quality content to search engine results. Hubpages definitely has gotten better-- the spam is gone and the cream is rising to the top. Also, I'm making more money than I ever have in the four years I've been on Hubpages so I'm a very happy...
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