How to Recover Successfully from Penguin 2.1 - A Simplified Analysis

Penguin is a dreaded Google Algorithm that aims to diminish links that are getting an unfair advantage to a site or page. Anything that goes against the Google Webmaster Guidelines is detected and penalized by Penguin. From paid or inferior links to PageRank by passing text ads and other taboo links, its fifth update, i.e. Penguin 2.1, tackles them all. Being a version of Penguin 2.0 that was deemed to be more potent than the Penguin 1.0, its effects are thought to be deeper. It delves into the inner pages in a more ruthless manner than the previous versions. Those sites that have had their traffic hit have been a worried lot.

It is important to analyze your web-traffic over a period of time and try to pin-point the problem that could have led to a drop in rankings (assuming they have dropped). To do this, there are a series of steps that you could follow –

1. Check Google Webmaster Tools’ notifications to make sure there aren’t any manual penalties.
2. Perform a thorough link analysis for both the inbound and outbound links of your site.
3. Identify bad links and unnecessary pages.
4. Access the quality of your content.

After having done this, you can start with the recovery of your rankings. For this, SEOCopyKids is just perfect. With a team of thorough professionals who are adept at handling the most difficult recoveries, we make your road back to being on top of the charts simple. Starting with removal of all bad links manually, we use the disavow tool as a last resort. For dealing with a manual penalty, we file for reconsideration after undoing the damaging issues. Alongside, we get right down to creating the most appealing content backed by strategy and offer impeccable quality. By encouraging reader participation by means of guest blogs, comments, shares and much more; we make amazing engaging content happen.

SEOCopyKids enables you to identify, remove and edit links with exact match anchor text that could be a reason for dropped rankings. Unnecessary pages on your website could be considered gray hat as many websites use it to increase internal linking. We help you streamline your website without losing its soul. Knowing the difference between links that help and harm your website can go a long way. Trustworthy links should be gathered and mass acquired ones abhorred. Links develop when you are genuine in your efforts to garner and retain an audience. Working towards recovery is easier when you are in expert hands and SEOCopyKids is the most dependable choice.

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Getting to Know Google’s Hummingbird Search Algorithm & Recognizing its Impact

With SEO service providers and web development companies getting used to updates by Google, a completely new algorithm released after 12 years is a big deal. Aimed to make search results more valid, more precise and prompt, this algorithm is understood to focus not on individual words entered into the search engine but on the semantic meaning of the sentences. It is also an important change introduced to account for the increasing number of voice based queries. The goal is to search for results based on meaning rather than keywords. This will create some ambiguity regarding the source of web traffic with little information regarding keyword statistics. This should enable smaller websites to benefit due to meaningful results that don’t rely on keywords originating based on queries. Another angle is the commercial context of how this will benefit Google in generating more targeted advertising.

For SEO service providers, this algorithm has a few important implications. They need to understand, more than ever before, that success now lies only on identifying and focusing on the niche audience that you need to address for your particular business. Simply refreshing content is not going to be enough, it needs to go viral, be shared and given time to develop a connection with its audience in a way that they recognize its importance. Those who have been into white hat SEO have not been impacted much and in future too those who concentrate on quality content that has audience engagement shall continue to flourish. The need is to shift the focus from being exclusively on keywords to being meaningful and delivering.

SEOCopyKids is a single window solution to all your queries about Hummingbird Algorithm. With our vast experience and amazing grip on the latest tweaks introduced by Google, your website’s optimization will always be in safe hands. Those of you, who are looking for a long term partner to be by your side and ensure success, choose SEOCopyKids. Our content focuses on being interesting, sharable and linkable making it perfect for your blogs and websites. As a testament to our competence, our work has always got due results that benefit our clients.

Google’s Hummingbird Algorithm has not affected our performance and we are dedicated to making sure our services are impeccable even in future. Our success lies in understanding the basic mantra of Google searches – providing relevant answers to search queries and all algorithms and updates centre on making these answers more relevant. By creating content that is unique to the niche in which your business operates and making it likeable and engrossing, we assure you will survive many more Algorithm updates like Hummingbird, unscathed.

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Has your Website been affected by Google Algorithm Updates - 21 August & 4 September ’13?

‘What is the constant need to update the algorithm?’ you ask. Like any other company, Google needs to rake in profits. It does so by using Adwords; its paid keywords that enable you to improve your rankings. When it sticks to a particular algorithm for too long, people understand how to get better ranking without using the Adwords, prompting Google to change it. Also, it does so to enable people to get hold of the most relevant results. So, if your content is original, engaging, relevant and popular, and you website holds value for its users, you don’t have to worry too much.

On August 21 and September 4, 2013, a surge was noticed in the changes to the traffic to various websites. Many websites reported a drop of as much as 80% in their traffic. Is your site also affected? If your ratings have suddenly plummeted around these dates, then yes. Here’s a list of things that could have affected the ratings and ways to control the damage.

• Repeated content penalization – For sites that carry classified ads, shopping portals and similar websites, the content tends to be more or less the same with minor changes in the keywords. This may raise a red flag and cause your ratings to tumble owing to content duplicity.

• Stale Content Penalization – Many a times it has been seen that a website that has seen good ratings over a period of time fails to maintain the ranking owing to lack of freshness of content. Updated content has the advantage of being preferred by Google with newer content getting more importance even within the same website.

• Trusted Names & Brands – Generally established brands and names get more traffic and keep people coming back for content, products and services and thus, continue to rank well.

• New Sites wait to make a mark – New sites are not getting as much importance as the established sites as they need to prove their mettle in a competitive scenario. Meanwhile, keep adding fresh content that is of value to the visitors to ensure better rankings in time.

• Changed Keyword Preference – Many website administrators have noticed that keywords that were working well earlier have tanked but others that were not figuring in the top charts are doing much better. Try to tweak your keywords and see if that makes a difference.

• Page Quality Emphasized – Google has stressed the importance of high quality content from trusted sources time and again. If your page is well created and backed with interesting, original and regularly updated content, you shouldn’t have to worry about updates.

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