"But I thought "Penquins" were suppose to be cute, fuzzy, warm, and harmless animals?" 

Google has changed some of their algorithms for SEO and SERP results.   It's a new algorithm update being referred to as Penguin.  When did all this happen?  Was your site hit?  Has your page(s) gone down in the search engine results?  Has this Penguin been spotted on ActiveRain and some of your blog posts?  If so, you'd want to know about it right?


How can you tell if you were a victim of Google’s Penguin and what can you or should you do if you were?  This is an interesting topic and will definitely leave you with a better understanding of how Google is now ranking and indexing websites and pages and how the Penguin plays into it all.

Does keyword density really matter?  Do meta-tags, titles, and back links really even make a difference anymore?  What if you don’t use keywords, links, SEO techniques, or any other technical traditions of the SEO underworld, will you still show up in Google? How are you suppose to keep up with all this SEO technobabble stuff and changes?

If you’re like me, then you’ll want to know...

Google is getting much smarter, much better, and much more efficient at finding ways and implementing tools and programs that keep the SEO Gods trying and guessing. My advice is to forget all that “gaming & black hat SEO stuff” and just focus on providing your readers, clients, and subscribers with great value-added and useful content.

Google Penguin Explanation Video if you’re interested, and How to Protect Your Site.

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2012
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Hi Brad - Thanks for posting this - the video was very informative. I'm guessing if we just do what we're doing as well as possible, and don't try to mess with out-gaming the algorithm, we'll be okay. I hope.

 

11:39am • #5
583,938 Points 104 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

I like that advice. If everyone had concentrated on good, useful content from the get-go, we wouldn't need all these changes. I'll just be happy if they ever quit delivering "link farms" when I'm looking for content.

1:33pm • #6
628,898 Points 7 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Brad ..You always have they best content .. Happy days are when you post ..

2:25pm • #7
548,345 Points 3 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Brad, thanks for this information... now I am totally confused ;-)

3:06pm • #8
681,117 Points 316 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Tim - you're welcome!

Dick - you will be OK, just focus on quality content, traffic cultivation, contact conversion, and clients for life sending you referrals once a week that yo can BLOG about!!  :-)))))

3:30pm • #9
681,117 Points 316 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

BTW - Didi you all see the invisible frosty mug of cold root beer he's holding in his hand in the image above? lol~

3:31pm • #10
404,985 Points 15 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Called Shot Master

Good evening Brad. I chased Google around for years before I realized while I was Google friendly I was loosing customers. Finally I built my site for them and it has been way better, even in the Google Zone.

5:45pm • #11
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Hi Brad - Google is always searching for great information.  However, I know some people who have had problems because other people have taken exact replicas of much of their websites and/or posts and they have lost ranking through no fault of their own.

6:10pm • #12
1,522,217 Points 162 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I noticed my page rank slipped about a week ago.  Still looking at what may have happened but since the phone is still ringing which is what's important.

6:15pm • #13
MAY
11
2012
396,963 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Im sure they do this so people dont keep trying to trick their system. Probably a good idea, but not easy for the individuals that are just trying to get found on Google without spending a lot of money on an SEO team. Thanks for sharing Brad.

8:09am • #14
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2012
486,374 Points 3 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Staying focus on providing excellent content, and doing the best you can in being a local expert, is without doubt the best way to go, as agents we get so distracted looking for that magic bullet to score SEO ratings/juice,

4:05pm • #15
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13
2012
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Brad, this was very informative and especially the last part about building your brand and how we will be competing more with the bigger brands. One more reason why posting on ActiveRain is smart business.

Sharon

7:43am • #16
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16
2012
330,867 Points Outside Blog
 

thank you very much for the informative and interesting post. I get so much out of the active rain network. Wow i love all this stuff really learning the posts as well.

8:30am • #17
MAY
18
2012
346,621 Points 29 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Trying to understand the ways google ranks pages is, to me at least, an exercise in frustration. I totally  agree with you - if you build interesting content, they will come.

4:46am • #18
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The Google Algorithm Penquin Attack

Good morning Brad -

Excellent information my friend and much appreciated.  I too found my site slipping then talked to a webmaster to find out about the Penguin deal.  It seems when I get things in order well they're not.  Changes are a constant and a full time job just keep on top of them.

Hope you enjoy a great weekend.

John

6:51am • #19
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19
681,117 Points 316 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I feel lucky or should I say blessed to have missed the penquin and his antics on the web. My sites and blogs all seen to be doing ok at this point, I'm going to keep my head down and just keep focusing on good content and trying to provide great value to my friends, subscibers, and visitors.  :-)

11:12am • #20
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21
471,635 Points 15 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

These Google guys are certainly crafty but at least they are good intentioned.  They just want us to create good, high quality content thats useful and interesting.  So...... the change is good.  

5:08am • #21
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26
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Brad,

Great Post. Thanks for the heads-up. It just shows us that there is soooo much to keep track of, that we need to stay focused on the job at hand... Real Estate. Grateful that there are Agents out there keeping us informed.

Thank You,

Rita and Mike

11:27am • #22
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Brad, you always have good content. Thanks so much for keeping all of us up to date!

6:16am • #23
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thanks for the insightful post as always. Panda and Penguin...too funny

9:23am • #24

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