Panda Update Winners & Losers

Google Ventures-Backed RetailMeNot Climbs Out Of Its Google Penalty
What changes did RetailMeNot make to recover from the Google Panda algorithm? It is unclear but their rankings did bounce...
Report: 2014 Was A Bad Year For Lyrics Sites In Google
2014 was a bad year for lyrics web sites in Google, with 2015 looking to be even worse for this...
How Panda 4.1 Should Change Your Content Strategy
Contributor Jim Yu shares proprietary data that will help you determine how the latest Panda update might affect your site -- and how you should...
Are Games & Lyrics Sites Google Panda 4.1’s Biggest Losers?
Google began rolling out Panda 4.1 last week, a process that continues into this week, but we already have the winners and losers report from...
Panda Strikes Again: Yahoo Voices & The Yahoo Contributor Network Closing Down
Yahoo has announced another round of product cuts and changes, all part of what it calls a continued effort on “furthering our...
Panda 4.0: Redefining Site Authority
Everyone in SEO talks about it: authority. It’s the key measurement for ranking, right? But what defines authority in the eyes of each...
Did Google Panda 4.0 Go After Press Release Sites?
Nine days ago when Google released Panda 4.0 — which aims to filter out “thin” content from top rankings — we focused...
RetailMeNot Says On Google Ranking Drop: The Reports “Greatly Overstate” Our Organic Search Impact
On Tuesday, Google pushed out their revised Panda Algorithm code-named Panda 4.0. Panda is designed to remove low-quality content from...
Is eBay A Big Loser In Google’s Panda 4.0 Update? — Winners & Losers Data
Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to punch low-quality content. That’s generated both...
Google Panda Two Years Later: 5 Questions With HubPages CEO Paul Edmondson
(Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a 3-part series looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Google Panda Two Years Later: The Real Impact Beyond Rankings & SEO Visibility
(Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Google Panda Two Years Later: Losers Still Losing & One Real Recovery
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers
Last week, Google released a new update to its Panda algorithm that targets low-quality content. Who won and who lost? Searchmetrics has posted...
Infographic: The Google Panda Update, One Year Later
One year ago, Google launched its “Panda Update” designed to filter low quality or “thin” content from its top search...
Google Panda Update Costs Demand Media $6.4 Million In 4th Quarter?
Demand Media posts $6.4-million loss in fourth quarter from the Los Angeles Times reports that Google’s Panda algorithm is mostly to blame...
Google & Bing Have “Won A Major Victory” Over Content Farms, Study Says
Search engines have “won a major victory” in their battle against so-called content farms. So says the current issue of New...
Yahoo Deletes 75,000 Associated Content Articles, Moves Rest To New Yahoo Voices Site
Yahoo is cleaning up Associated Content by deleting some of the articles, moving the keepers to Yahoo’s domain and giving the site a new...
Google Panda 2.5: Losers Include Today Show, The Next Web; Winners Include YouTube, Fox News
Searchmetrics has a pretty good track record of figuring out who lost after one of Google’s Panda Updates. Among the latest victims of...
Panda’s Winners & Losers In Germany: Bing’s Ciao.de, Wikio.de & More
Google has again slapped a comparison shopping site owned by its primary search competitor, Bing, as part of its most recent expansion of the...
New York Times: Yes, Google’s Panda Update Hit NYT-Owned About.com
The New York Times Company has confirmed recent reports that its About.com property was one of the sites that suffered traffic declines in the...