Comments on: Google Update Penalty Recovery: Lessons from My Corn Sheller Site https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/ Building Internet Businesses With Affiliate Marketing One Night At A Time Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: MicroSourcing https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3387 Wed, 23 May 2012 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3387 Matt Cutts and SEOMoz have some good advice on recovering from Penguin. It really a  matter of cleaning up after bad links and low quality content.

]]> By: sanjay41 https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3386 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:49:28 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3386 Can you post any tips and tricks on how to come back after your site got hit? Because mine was hit too and now my site was buried waay back in the SERPs.

]]> By: MattjDake https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3385 Sat, 05 May 2012 06:52:17 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3385 Hey Mark, that’s rough… I’ve been hurt myself, and my site hasn’t used many “tricks” like blog networks at all. My traffic was at just under 3000 visitors per day and then suddenly dropped to under 1000. My site is buried on the second page for my main keyword and not at all for others.

This whole year things like this have been going on seems like.

]]> By: LorettaOliver https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3384 Sat, 05 May 2012 06:08:03 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3384 My cross stitch site has been dropping in traffic recently and it irks me, over the past 3 months I’ve gradually dropped for all of my best keywords. And I have a natural linking profile on that site, it’s nearly 10 years old. Some days I think Google just doesn’t like me. 

]]> By: masonworld https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3383 Fri, 04 May 2012 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3383 In reply to chazzbro.

 @chazzbro  I have heard if you report that to Google (if that is really their issue) that reporting helps.  However, I am having a hard time believing one click caused them to email you.

]]> By: chazzbro https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3382 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3382 In reply to masonworld.

@masonworld the worst part is..i DID click on one of my own ads. But only to get the URL to block an advertiser I didnt like. 9 years in the program…and I get treated like a criminal. *sigh*

]]> By: masonworld https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3381 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3381 In reply to chazzbro.

I hate to hear that @chazzbro — especially that part about invalid clicks.  That was the first thing that happend to me — my account was banned 2 weeks later with no additional warning or communication.  I really REALLY hope that does not happen to you.

]]> By: masonworld https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3380 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:11:51 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3380 In reply to chazzbro.

I hate to hear that @chazzbro — especially that part about invalid clicks.  That was the first thing that happend to me — my account was banned 2 weeks later with no additional warning or communication.  

]]> By: chazzbro https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3379 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:06:34 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3379 You may not be whining, but I am. Its a crappy update…and penalized many of my most populat and most naturally-linked sites. The evidence is that Google is selling out and preferring the big dogs whether or not the sites are relevant. Not to mention that I received an invalid clicks warning overnight.

]]> By: masonworld https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3378 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:48:39 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3378 In reply to ShaneEubanks.

 @ShaneEubanks I agree with you — I saw a post over at MicroSiteMasters that correlates 60% matching anchor text (money keyword anchortext matching) to lost ranking.  Sites with less than 60% matching anchors were not impacted.  Correlation is not causation, but that is pretty strong anecdotal evidence.  
 
Hard to get real backlinks to a site on corn shellers.  LOL

]]> By: ShaneEubanks https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3377 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:44:27 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3377 What I’ve noticed more than anything lately is that the latest Google updates are very “anchor text” based. I saw shifts in rankings on aggressively targeted keywords while the same page that was linked to still ranked high for other terms.
 
Keep in mind the page linked to was the same…..so it has the same backlinks, page authority, etc….it’s just that it dropped for aggressively targeted keywords.
 
I know this isn’t the only thing going on, though, and different sites are seeing different issues but that’s something consistent I’ve seen.
 
My suggestion is to try and get some higher quality links with varied anchor text…and figure out ways to get social shares…I know, easier said than done, right? 😉

]]> By: masonworld https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3376 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:39:36 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3376 In reply to cloudklein.

 @cloudklein Thanks.  Should be tonight (of course I said that last night too.  Been pretty busy.

]]> By: cloudklein https://www.latenightim.com/google-update/#comment-3375 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.masonworld.com/?p=4816#comment-3375 Wow what a nose dive. Sucks. Looking forward to your next podcast Mark!

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