We remember the first Penguin Major Update on on April 24, 2012.
That was for many Webmasters and SEOs a hard slap and many Networks were de-indexed... many websites get penalitys because of the unnatural "anchor link-mix".
The searchenginewatch Blog announced on April 9, 2013 that another Penguin Major Update will come.. but is it true??? Or is it only a speculation???
Many bloggers say that will be a very BIG Update with big algo changes...
Read more here: Google's Matt Cutts On Upcoming Penguin, Panda & Link Networks UpdatesMatt said that there will be a large penguin update in 2013 that he thinks will be one of the more talked about google algorithm updates this year. google’s search quality team is working on a major update to the penguin algorithm, which Cutts called very significant.
Another Link Network Targeted
Matt Cutts confirmed that Google targeted a link network a couple weeks ago, and said Google will go after more in 2013. In fact, Matt said that they will release another update in the next week or two that specifically targets another large link network.Read more here: Did Google Just Penalize Another Link Network? SAPE LinksThere are forum thread discussions at Black Hat World and Black Hat Group that have webmasters and SEOs claiming it was SAPE. One webmaster wrote:
- Anyone that use SAPE links see huge drop in rankings today?
Many agreed, but not all.
This would not be the first link network targeted by Google. Google has penalized link networks several times over the years, most recently the BuildMyRank.com link network. As I said then, I am surprised webmasters and SEOs still use these types of networks. To build your rankings on networks of links that can be penalized in a second by Google, just doesn’t seem wise to me. It is a short sighted SEO technique that I wouldn’t want to mess with.
Here are the sources:
- Google Panda Update Coming Within Days; 'Next Generation' of Penguin in Works - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)
- Google Penguin, the Second (Major) Coming: How to Prepare - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)
- Google: Major Penguin Update Coming In 2013
- Preparing for Google Penguin?s Next Update – 2013 Checklist | SAPE.RU Network Solutions
- What you think about this all?
- Is it true? Or only a Speculate?
- What can we do? What would you do?
- Any Tips for us?
- Anyone have more sources to read?
---------- Post added 04-11-2013 at 08:17 AM ----------
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Ranking, Backlinks, & the Death Of Blog Syndication Networks