Google Webspam Update a.k.a. Penguin Update

[HTMLBasicTutor]

The update released by Google on April 24/12 now has a name: Penguin.

The Penguin Update: Google’s Webspam Algorithm Gets Official Name

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Danny Sullivan (Search Engine Land) has posted some recovery tips for this update: Penguin Update Recovery Tips & Advice

Struggling to know what to do in the wake of Google’s Penguin Update? Judging from all the comments and forum discussions we’ve seen, plenty are. We’ve got a little initial advice from Google on the topic, mixed with our own.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

WebProNews has also posted tips:

These tips have been available the whole time

Google Penguin Update: 12 Tips Directly From Google

[Cricket]

I still think they should have named it, "Titanic".

[Czorny]

I'll wait and behold, and start to arrive at any conclusion in a month or two. First of all, none of my sites dropped outta' index. Second, being patient is natural for buddhists. Third, being an IT worker, I've never seen anything of that scale working well at the moment of release and later on. And I don't really think I'm ever going to, to be frank)

[bookinturkeytours]

Name itself gives the tip for success,hold the egg on your feet and move very very cautious)))))

[snakeair]

How about the Matt Cutts update for a name. Anyways, i'm glad we got rid of the Panda for now.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Danny Sullivan seems to be right on top of this:

Was your site hit by Google’s new Penguin Update that targets spam? Are you not guilty as charged? Google’s got a new feedback form for that, as well as a method to report spam that should have been caught.

Penguin Update Peck Your Site By Mistake? Google’s Got A Form For That

[seoservicesplus]

Google Web Spam algorithm impact 3% search results according to google. But mostly sites lost top ranking and many irrelevant still on top 10 listing.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Originally Posted by seoservicesplus

Google Web Spam algorithm impact 3% search results according to google. But mostly sites lost top ranking and many irrelevant still on top 10 listing.

Have you personally observed this? or are you just parroting what you have seen other people say?

[Shaun.p]

Webmasters around the world may feel some relief now. As 'Panda' will not steal their sleep anymore.

Will wait for the effect of 'Penguin' though.

[Manish Pandey]

OMG! Not again. LOL

[seoservicesplus]

Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor

Have you personally observed this? or are you just parroting what you have seen other people say?

I have lost completed site listing in google search engine, before update my keywords have top 10 position. And my site traffic goes down 50%. Google mention, Web spam updates impact 3% results and it not parroting.

Thanks

[steveschmidt85]

Well everyone is saying its been launched on 24th April. But if you will read here it was posted on 24th April only http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...h-quality.html

"In the next few days, we’re launching an important algorithm change targeted at webspam. The change will decrease rankings for sites that we believe are violating Google’s existing quality guidelines"

Here they are saying in next few days. So What about this?

[G10]

IMHO, I say wait for the update patch they are going to release for this as I have noticed many webmasters who's sites are not spammed or badly designed, getting hit and the complaints are coming in thick and fast to Google.

There are many small pockets of hate campaigns due to the damage they have caused websites and some of them are reputable. Google are huge but the total is by no way as big as the sum and they probably need to do more groundwork before releasing these.

Just my 2 cents..

[Brave7]

It seems like much more than 3% were affected by this update. There is a lot of talk about this update, and really some query results from google is still irrelevant.

[aira]

Originally Posted by Cricket

I still think they should have named it, "Titanic".

Definitely sounds cool to say something like "My site feels like it really hit an iceberg"

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Bruce Clay Blog's take on the update:

...While we could continue to give tip after tip of how to avoid the penalties of Google’s algorithm updates, the safest route is to simply stick with White Hat SEO (if you’re unsure of what that means to Google, look to its SEO guide); always trust your instinct on things that seem if-y; and be proactive about the maintenance of your site – including looking at things that may seem out of your control, like inbound links.

And none of this is really new news, which is why I’m not going to get into a lengthy post here. But if you want more insight on what Bruce believes is spammy in the eyes of Google and the new algorithm updates, he offers insight in this recent video:
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Penguins and Pandas: A Black and White Issue

[commoditytrainer]

After doing some of mine own research, after this update, Google apparently is ranking sites with a low volume exact and partial match keywords, and a high volume of branded keywords.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Sorry Aaron Wall created too long of a title.

SEObook's post:

Google recently launched their webspam Penguin update. While they claim it only impacted about 3.1% of search queries, the 3.1% it impacted were largely in the "commercial transactional keywords worth a lot of money" category.

The Google Penguin Update: Over-Optimization, Webspam, & High Quality Empty Content Pages