| Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 10:37 AM | I've read the FAQs and searched the help center. My URL is: http://bit.ly/4upaq3 Ok, so, I'm 90% sure that we were hit by Panda earlier this year based on the timing. I'd like to be 100% sure though. So um, that's our traffic below... Drop in traf |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 11:31 AM | Here's a list of all updates : Take your pick:-) http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-change |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 11:40 AM | Also Above the Fold and Links : /link-to-us page and the /indie-resources and the backlink profile unnatural. |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 11:42 AM | Yes, thanks. I often check that particular seomoz resource. However, I was hoping that other experienced SEOs might chime in to confirm that this type of drop in traffic (as seen in the graph) looks to be a Panda penalty, based on the timing of the |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 11:49 AM | travler, I'm glad you're actually taking the time to look at the site. Above the Fold - you mean adsense ads with not enough unique content.... would you mind sharing with me specific pages where you are seeing this? Backlink profile unnatural - Our |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 11:51 AM | Well I don't think that all data centers would/ could be updated immediately / overnight but from the timing it looks Panda. And with the site's ongoing Penguin issues and Above the fold issues, any changes to fix the Panda that might have bounced yo |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 11:58 AM | Well, we're spending 90% of our time focusing on ways to get more unique content on the site and remove pages that are deemed low-quality. All this to get us out of Panda. So, I guess I wanted to be re-assured that we're working on the right thing. |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 12:01 PM | http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/ to see what little content there is on the home page. And on the page ending in /fans/adam-schragin/blog/cover-remix Backlinks on https://www.majesticseo.com/ --Checking Historic, root domain (no http www etc) sh |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 12:05 PM | Decidedly unnatural. If I go to your site, land on an artist review page, like the article then I am likely to post that link with different anchor text altogether. Most likely something along the lines of Great article on hootie and the blowfish h |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 12:29 PM | Right. And we actually have all sorts of external links just like the one you mention where they'll link to a review we did of their band with anchor text "here", or "madeloud", or "hootie and the blowfish review".... we've got all of that, because |
| Re: Panda, no? | mcgids n#l | 12/30/12 12:33 PM | lol nice drawing. picasso. |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 12:54 PM | We actually had a face to face meeting with an adsense rep about any possible ad related issues on the site. I would have to believe that we are good here now. Ah, but the blog page you mention, idk, I might need to deal with that one. But most of |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 12:55 PM | Yes. Good one. |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 1:06 PM | Adsense and google serps are quite separate with their own objectives. And the links I saw on Majestic were 1000/day and around 700 the next which seemed rather a lot all at one go. But let's see if someone else has ideas. And if it is indeed Panda, |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 1:29 PM | Well, to be quite a bit more transparent... I have bought zero backlinks and am using the strategy I write about here, almost solely, to get backlinks - http://www.whatshuang.com/free-advertising/how-to-build-great-legitimate-backlinks-for-your-websi |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 12/30/12 1:58 PM | This method isn't actually white hat. You say in the article, "All we ask in return is a link back to MakeLoud". But the quality guidelines, when describing linking schemes say that one example of a link scheme is "Excessive link exchanging ("Link |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 2:27 PM | Marie, thank you for your input first off. It is actually not a link exchange. And, as an experienced SEO, you know that what I am doing is not what Google is referring to with the "Excessive link exchanging". I'd also add that the users that are |
| Re: Panda, no? | StevieD_Web | 12/30/12 4:03 PM | Yep, you sure are. You are GREAT for Adsense. But, sorry to burst your bubble, this forum is NOT about Adsense rather we are here to support websites for SEARCH issues, and for SEARCH your ad count is excessive and inappropriate. Go ahead and liste |
| Re: Panda, no? | StevieD_Web | 12/30/12 4:05 PM | ah, no we don't know that. Excessive link exchanging is a relative term and relative issue. Amazon and CNN are held to a different standard than Bob's Pizza simply because their link profile can support stupid far better than Bob's Pizza. I suspec |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 4:14 PM | My original point was Panda by date given, and likely by now some of the Panda issues have been addressed. But a number of pages are thin on content or have content posted years ago (out of date?). And if traffic is still down, then look to links, a |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 4:20 PM | Sure would like to see these pages you are referring to. I def think the ads may be the issue. Um, what do you mean exactly by "inappropriate"? Are you being Retargeted with porn ads or something? |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 4:28 PM | travler, thanks for your help. I don't think 100% of the Panda issues have been addressed. If we were to test the ads above the fold and just turn off all ads... would we then be waiting on a Panda Refresh to see if it worked? As far as thin conte |
| Re: Panda, no? | mcgids n#l | 12/30/12 4:35 PM | i dont think the page layout algorithm is part of panda. |
| Re: Panda, no? | mcgids n#l | 12/30/12 4:37 PM | sorrie that was incorrect.... yes, you will need to wait until next refresh. |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 4:37 PM | Ads / little content any type above the fold is Page Layout Algo - I noindex any pages with thin content but leave the pages in for users if merited, On the links again: You can have people link back to your site using your pre-made links /graph |
| Re: Panda, no? | mcgids n#l | 12/30/12 4:39 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 4:43 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 12/30/12 4:59 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 5:12 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Free2Write | 12/30/12 5:21 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 5:59 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 12/30/12 6:28 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/30/12 6:56 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Free2Write | 12/30/12 8:34 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Steve - | 12/30/12 9:29 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/31/12 5:26 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 12/31/12 5:40 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 12/31/12 5:51 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Webnauts | 1/3/13 5:33 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 1/3/13 5:47 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 1/3/13 6:30 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Webnauts | 1/3/13 8:24 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Jyoti Burujpatte | 1/4/13 12:02 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 1/4/13 11:27 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 1/4/13 11:34 AM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | steaksauce | 1/4/13 1:15 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 1/4/13 1:23 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 1/4/13 1:28 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | Marie Haynes | 1/4/13 1:32 PM | |
| Re: Panda, no? | travler | 1/4/13 1:35 PM |