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HubPages, one of the big victims of Google's Panda update announced that it is making some changes aimed at getting back in Google's good graces to bring its content back up to a b...

Google Panda Update Winners, Losers, and Future Considerations

So the controversial Google Panda update is now live throughout the world (in the English languag...

Google Does Guest Post for Panda Victim HubPages

HubPages was one of the big Panda victims from based on the often-cited Sistrix report. The company never...

EzineArticles Tells Authors How to Get Accepted Post Panda

If you've been keeping up with the fallout from Google's Panda algorithm update, you'll know that EzineArticles has...

Quora vs. eHow: Where’s the Better Quality?

Ok, the title is a trick question. There's no concrete answer to this. You'll find a mix of quality across both Quora and...

Decreasing Google Dependence: A Growing Trend

John Citrone, editor at the online writing community Xomba.com, says Xomba saw Google's Panda update coming, an...

Google Panda Update: Lack of Consistency on Quality?

We’ve been talking with a lot of people who have had their sites impacted...

Demand Media Redesigns eHow with Quality Control Feature

Demand Media has launched a redesign of eHow.com. The company says it's putting more focus on better quality content. A Demand Media r...

Will Google Fill In Its Own Search Gaps, Demand Media-Style?

Last year, a Google patent application was released for "...

Suite101 CEO Writes Open Letter to Google’s Matt Cutts

Google basically called out Suite101 as the poster child site of what its "Panda" algorithm update was aimed at. Reports have found the site to be one of the hardest hit, and while...

Retrevo Says Google Update Pushed Bigger Brands Up

Consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo was among those sites hurt by Google's recent algorithm update. The company tells us that bigge...

AdSense and Its Relationship to Search Rankings

Many of the lower quality sites Google targeted with its algorithm update...

Google Algorithm Update Casualties Speak

Last week, Google launched a major update to its algorithm, which was...

Calacanis on Google Algorithm Aftermath and Impact on Mahalo

As previously reported, Mahalo is reducing its staff by 10% as a r...

Google Algorithm Update to Get “New Layer” to Help “Falsely Caught” Sites

As we discussed in another article, Google's recent algorithm update aimed at content farms...