Thread: 2 Good Post Penguin Posts From the Blogosphere & a Few Other Tips

I'm sure everyone has read up on all the info reagrding the Stupid Penguin update. There is a lot of information about how to "fix it" and tons of WSOs taking advantage of the situation. I bought a few and returned them as they were all re-hashed information (typical)...

At any rate, I generally agree with the two articles below and they coincide with what I've seen and analyzed about my sites that were and were not hit...

http://worldclassmedia.com/marketing...-info-graphic/

http://www.untwistedvortex.com/battl...enguin-update/

I would mainly stress press releases, directories, and videos as well as +1 and other social media signals. Another thing would be to make sure you have some sort of google authorship badge/microdata on your site linking it to your site's g+ "personality". I wouldn't spam the hreview microdata too hard right now like stars and reviews, unless it's legit.

In the end, there will be another update and more after that, so... who knows! But, obviously, just building sites with good content for the user (as G would say) isn't enough... Ultimately, webmasters are going to have to diversify their traffic generation methods. This means more work, but relying on organic seo is no longer prudent.

Thoughts?

I have been trying to gather as much information as I possibly can, so more articles like these are appreciated! Thank you!

Ultimately, webmasters are going to have to diversify their traffic generation methods. This means more work, but relying on organic seo is no longer prudent.

I read a very good post by the Pot Pie Girl about her divorce from Google that basically outlines this strategy. Sorry to say that I don't have a link, but knowing it is out there it can be found if interested. She had a very good analysis of the original Panda update and is right on again, I believe.

You probably meant this one...

http://www.potpiegirl.com/2012/04/th...p-with-google/

Pot pie girls is an Amazon beast... I've only bought one of her products, but if anything, she knows Amazon and from this point on, it's going to be more of that for me...

Actually it was the one linked in the first sentence of this post. I am not a regular at her blog, but she comes up in conversation from time to time. She seems to be a wise young lady.

This one: http://www.potpiegirl.com/2012/04/th...-go-of-google/

...and she's semi-good looking in IM standards...LOL...just sayin'...


It's also interesting that both those posts were made pre-penguin....