I was delighted to see that BoozeMonkey was upgraded to PR5 over the weekend, and not the least bit upset to see some other sites in the same sector reduced to PR1.

However, what we have gained on the homepage ranking, we seem to have lost on the internal pages: very little by way of pagerank anywhere else on the site, despite a wealth of information provided by the winemakers themselves.

We clearly have a lot to learn about Panda before our wine community finds favour with Google.

realy helpful

i am also victim of panda updates and i lost my 75% of traffic, thanks for your sharing and hoping that i got my site back fast.

I have been following WebProNews for all my Panda related updates. Great initiative, Chris. While I don’t have anything awesome to talk about Panda, but I have left my share of thoughts on my blog.

People are getting seriously chewed up by this. Also the quality of searches across the board has dropped significantly.

The annoying thing about this new update is that we all have to refocus our energy on rebuilding our SEO. For us (http://www.webprojectuk.com) this has not been a massive problem but we do feel for the sites owners who have lost most of their hard work. Trading conditions are still very though in UK and the last thing companies need is to waste time on re-building their search engine rankings. Maybe these big global companies should rethink their strategies and stop punishing honest and hard working individuals who provide the backbone of our economy

Thanks for this round-up Chris. I’ve referenced several of these in my writings since Google’s Panda update, eg, “Google Panda Update: New Advice Directly From Google.”

One post readers have found particularly helpful is “SEO Copywriting Tips: 23 Questions Google Says SEO Copywriters Should Keep in Mind When Creating Content (Post Panda).” It can be found at http://www.seowritingjobs.com/google-panda-update-seo-content-writing-guidelines.

Again, thanks for this roundup. I’m bookmarking this page to for more ideas to write on about content creation “post Panda.”

I kind of got beat up on the Panda update. I don’t believe is was because I got penalized as that some unknowns suddenly got boosted above my sites. I’ve consistently ranked at the top several spots of my important keywords for years. My focus was to provide the best treadmill reviews in the industry. This included visiting manufacturers and constantly being in touch with the players.

Unfortunately that is not enough. You have to play the linking game. Several of the sites that now rank above me are playing that game. And what is frustrating is Google is rewarding them for bogus links on blog sites, useless posts on blogs and listings on worthless paid directories.

The majority of my competitors have around 2,000 or less backlinks. One site that suddenly got a boost has over 42K backlinks. About 99% are bogus blog links. From my perspective this last update has not resulted in improved search results. Google’s readers are not finding the best information on treadmills. What they are finding are sites that are spamming the system. So today, rather than writing more content for my site, I have to waste my time finding worthless links in order to complete.

It was bound to be the case that there would be losers and winners following the update. Essentially it is a constant chasing game where site & business owners are constantly having to change in response to changes made by google and the other search giants.

Like the saying goes, keep calm & carry on.