Penguin Update

AlgoSleuth : Find Which Google Panda Update Affected your Website

April 23, 2013

Google panda is now integrated into search engine algorithm, and there will be no official update for upcoming Panda updates. So far, there has been total 25 Panda updates, along with various Penguin updates, EMD updates and few more updates. If your site organic traffic went down in last past two years, your first step is to find out which algorithm update affected your website, and once you have figured out which algorithm update affected your ...

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Exact Match Anchor Text Internal Links SEO : Bad or Good?

April 15, 2013

If you remember, long time I reviewed a plugin call SEO smart links, and I explained what are the benefits of using this plugin, and why you should use it. After Penguin updates, one of the most common questions I have been asked is: Is using SEO smart link plugin SEO safe? Since you will be creating exact anchor text internal links on your blog, and number will be too much.. Is it good or ...

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Paid Links and SEO : Will Your Website Be Penalized?

March 13, 2013

Paid links are considered as the easiest way to get your website quickly ranked in SEPRs; but only if you have good funds with you to spend on your SEO campaign. However, it is against the natural SEO which affects organic search results. And, it’s unfair with other website owners who either don’t have that much SEO budget or believe in natural SEO. Google launched Penguin update, which penalizes webmasters who build backlinks by buying backlinks. ...

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How to Avoid SEO Penalty for Over Optimization

February 1, 2013

We have talked about SEO Over optimization earlier, and probably this is the right approach from Google, to discard those Websites, which are misusing known SEO tricks to stand out in Google search. We all know, there are many known signals to rank #1 in Google, and anyone can use it to rank higher in search engines. For example, backlinks with anchor text will help any webmasters to improve their keyword ranking,but how about if you ...

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Why You Should Never Buy BackLinks : An Experiment

January 18, 2013

Backlinks are inbound links that are directed towards your website or blog. It’s a known fact that backlinks plays a great role in the ranking of your site in search engines. While number of backlinks are certainly important, their quality is at least as important if not more. Google Penguin update – details, and recovery tips. If you are unaware of backlinks, and why they are important, go ahead and check this post. A simple search for “buy ...

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SiteWide BackLinks : Good or Bad for SEO?

November 14, 2012

Since Penguin update, the way we get backlinks has changed a lot. Unlike old times, where quantity of backlinks matters the most, today it’s the quality and relevance of backlinks which matters the most. I remember the time (2 years back), when I keep getting paid sidewide backlinks opportunities from many webmasters. But after Penguin hammered down any kind of spam looking backlinks, one of the most common SEO question asked : Is Sitewide backlinks worth or ...

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How to Remove Spam Backlinks using Google Disavow links Tool

October 17, 2012

Google Disavow links tool is one of the most awaited and talked feature after Penguin update. Before I talk about this latest addition from Google Webmaster team, lets do a Time-travel. Back in April, When Google launched Google Penguin update, which is one of the major update after Panda algo change, it storm the whole SEO blogsphere and it cleaned the link spam by Private blog networks, bulk link buying or link spam in any ...

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Google Panda 20th Update : 2.4% English Search Impacted

October 10, 2012

Last week I talked about Google exact match domain update which was launched on 28th September 2012 and surprisingly at the same time, Google also rolled out a major Google Panda update. According to SEL, this major panda update happened on 27th September 2012 and almost 2.4% search engine queries for English language is impacted with this update. This is the 20th iteration of Panda update and changing the name convention for Panda updates, it’s call ...

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