Winners & Losers From Google’s Webspam Update

Winners & Losers From Google's Webspam Update

Winners & Losers From Google’s Webspam Update

Yesterday, Google rolled out a new search algorithm it says should better prevent webspam from polluting its search results. That’s already produced changes. Who won and who lost? Searchmetrics has done a quick analysis . Winners include names like Poynter, Spotify and The Verge. Losers have some surprises like Cult Of Mac and Digg. But those “losers” might really not be losers, as I’ll explain more. The Winners Among the winners are big brands and news sites. Spotify, The New York Observer, music site NME, Men’s Health, Poynter, The Verge, Stack Overflow and Marvel are just some of the easily recognizable names that jumped out at me. Here’s the full list of who was judged to have gained visibility in an initial study of 50,000 keywords, for 5 million domains, to see who went up or down in the first 100 results compared to last week: The Losers Who was hit hardest? First t...

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@CloudVenturesGr » 17 May '12, 11am
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] via @sengineland Very interesting and why i now subscribe to these guys
@justthinktv » 10 May '12, 5pm
#Google Panda Update 3.5 has been Live for some time now… take a look at the Winners & Losers. [link] #SEO
@DonalynSoltez » 08 May '12, 4pm
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@ImRealAlex » 05 May '12, 8pm
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@FirdausHaque » 04 May '12, 2pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners and Losers from this Panda Release. [link] via @sengineland #SEO
@justincampbell » 02 May '12, 9am
@giantbomb Congrats, you're a winner [link]
@seotweetz » 02 May '12, 7am
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@OmarKattan » 02 May '12, 5am
Pands 3.4 losers: Sites using databases to aggregate Info. Press portals & aggregators. Heavily-templated sites. [link] #seo
@StrangeLoops » 01 May '12, 6am
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live in case you missed it: Winners & Losers [link]
@seosgsoubix » 30 Apr '12, 7pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live Winners & Losers: ... for most of the changes on the lists This was confirmed by the he... [link]
@MetricROI » 30 Apr '12, 6pm
Websites like Digg, Last.FM and NexTag have taken a hit thanks to the new #Google update - [link] ^OZ
@cryderja » 30 Apr '12, 12pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] cc: @0boy
@accelonline » 29 Apr '12, 9pm
Whoa, Google. More Panda updates released last week. Was your site affected? [link]
@alexvega » 29 Apr '12, 5pm
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@SeriesBolsillo » 29 Apr '12, 10am
Futoncritic (-33%) y @vulture (-23%) perdieron posicionamiento tras la nueva actualización de Google [link] #seo
@LauraSeoSM » 29 Apr '12, 10am
Los sites más afectados por el Panda/Penguin fueron bases de datos, verticales y de diseño complicado [link] #SEO
@fernandot » 29 Apr '12, 9am
RT @eduo: Algo de los tortazos de google al "SEO" y webspammers: [link] [link] TIPS para mejorar: [link]
@eduo » 29 Apr '12, 9am
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@niraj11122 » 28 Apr '12, 8am
new google panda update returned higher-quality sites in search results [link] and [link]
@YogeshGautam » 28 Apr '12, 6am
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] #SEO #SocialMedia
@timeforcake » 27 Apr '12, 4pm
RT @nateriggs: Google's Panda Update 3.5 Is Live -- [link]
@seotweetz » 27 Apr '12, 12pm
RT @ChadLuckie: Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers - Appshopper 53% drop Really?!?! [link] via @sengineland #SEO #Search
@ChadLuckie » 27 Apr '12, 12pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers - Appshopper 53% drop Really?!?! [link] via @sengineland #SEO #Search
@tricia_ang » 27 Apr '12, 3am
Were you affected by Panda 3.5? Check out winners/losers [link]
@siddlal » 27 Apr '12, 2am
Google confirms Panda update rolled out on 19 April. [link] loses 35% traffic. [link] #seo
@askppc » 27 Apr '12, 12am
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link]
@ajalsup » 26 Apr '12, 9pm
Not comprehensive, but interesting data - Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] via @sengineland
@MatthewForzan » 26 Apr '12, 9pm
Here's an intresting read. Massive changes! | Winners & Losers From Google's Webspam Update [link] #seo
@sebamoreno » 26 Apr '12, 9pm
Panda Update 3.5: Ganadores y Perdedores [link]
@ConcertoMates » 26 Apr '12, 7pm
Who moved up and down in Google rankings after recent search tweaks. (Hint: huzzah @NetworkWorld) [link]
@cantorjf » 26 Apr '12, 6pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] FYI @kikocorsentino
@wylerlawrencebu » 26 Apr '12, 6pm
RT @KevinFrye1: Heads up - Google algorithm change launched yesterday! [link] via @sengineland
@NameTalent » 26 Apr '12, 5pm
RT @dnfblog: Winners and losers from the new Google algo update (Panda 3.5) [link]
@b_gone » 26 Apr '12, 4pm
【気になる海外記事】「Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers」 [link] #WEB戦略
@4leadgeneration » 26 Apr '12, 4pm
RT @kikolani: Winners & Losers From Google's Webspam Update [link] via @sengineland by @dannysullivan
@WadoobiePtC » 26 Apr '12, 3pm
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@thesocialfirm » 26 Apr '12, 3pm
RT @jaredethompson: Panda Update 3.5 is live [link] #SEO
@MartinHughes6 » 26 Apr '12, 3pm
RT @SEOAware: Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] via @sengineland
@matthewgerry » 26 Apr '12, 2pm
Great for @NMEmagazine.com, confused about @paidContent losing out. The recent site changes to blame? [link]
@GTAPMAs » 26 Apr '12, 2pm
Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers - GM - [link]
@seotweetz » 26 Apr '12, 1pm
RT @Mike_McGinley: #SEO Alert! Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] /via @sengineland
@Mike_McGinley » 26 Apr '12, 1pm
#SEO Alert! Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] /via @sengineland
@Media_Naranja » 26 Apr '12, 1pm
Wow, this is inspiring! How We Managed to Benefit from the Panda Updates [link] via @SEOmoz
@seotweetz » 26 Apr '12, 1pm
RT @GizAClick: Panda Update 3.5 Is Live: Winners & Losers [link] via @sengineland #SEO
@EdDooley » 26 Apr '12, 1pm
Google roll out new search algorithm: see the winners & losers [link]
@CWSWEBDESIGN » 26 Apr '12, 12pm
Google has rolled out another algorithm update for their search engine. Do you know if your site is being... [link]