Google EMD update

18 Oct 12 8:44 am

Well said Paul :)

I also agree that you do not have to lose hope on your current sites status even though they are high affected. Thing is (and like Sam already said), Google EMD update is not "flawless" that even high quality content sites are also affected.

What I think is, Matt and Google people still needs to configure a way that would not affect sites that are really trying to get to G's standards but are also affected with this latest update.

However, we would not want to let our hopes on that alone. Thus, like Paul said, there are plenty of alternatives than Google. It would be time to look at these and as much as possible, come up with methods that will get you direct traffic rather than concentrating in ranking on Google alone.

Mary

19 Oct 12 10:08 am

Hi Deepak,

About your questions:

For Q #1: Yes, you may need to vary your keywords. There are actually a lot of ways to do this like for example your keyword is Dog Training. You can:

- add another word/phrase at the front or at the end of your keyword- DIY dog training; dog training tutorial videos
- add location- Philadelphia dog training- dog training Canada
- change the placement of your keywords or perhaps insert a keyword/phrase in between- dog Canadian training; training a dog
- replace your keyword with a synonym or something similar- puppy training; canine training

For Q #2: If the video is 3 years ago, so don't mind watching it :) Focus on what gurus and experts say now. Based on their experience and knowledge, they knew what to do and they are sharing these with you. So yes, if a lot were affected, then perhaps as early as now, do the necessary changes so you avoid being in this kind of situation.

I hope that helps!

Mary

19 Oct 12 2:24 pm

Hello Deepak

Marys anchor text variations are exactly what you should be doing when building your links but don't be concerned about the links within your site. In order to rank well for a good keyword phrase you will typically need a large amount of external links from other sites. The links within your sites should be descriptive and direct to encourage visitor activity.

I just watched the video and I would say that it is pretty much still correct with just a few exceptions.

Matt states that the size of a site does not matter if it does not have a good link structure with links going to all the pages. You should threat each page of a site as if it is a site on its own. If a site has 1000 pages but only has links to the home page then google may not even recognize that the pages are there.

When I said that a site should have 50-70 pages, I was talking about quality pages with links going to them as well as the home page not just pages of fluff to bulk up the site. Google does now see the size of a site as a ranking factor but only at certain levels. In a nutshell, a site with only 5 pages with some links to each page will generally rank lower than a site with 50 pages with links going to each page.

I believe that this all comes down to the diversity of the links, as the links to each page will be different. Also the more pages you have makes for more possibilities of other people linking to you.

There has been some talk about Google seeing mini sites (10 pages or less) as being of poor quality just because they do not offer as many pages of information. With Googles push towards site and link quality, this may soon no longer be the case but I still believe that if nothing else 50 + pages of quality content looks better to the visitor and encourages more natural links being built to your site from other sites.

Whew that was a long post!
Never Give Up!!!
Paul

23 Oct 12 9:27 am

Welcome Deepak :)

All the best!

Mary

23 Oct 12 9:38 pm

Hello guy,
One of my friends (also Internet marketer) was very hard hit by this update. He is already improving his rankings by, firstly, redoing and improving content and, secondly, involving more in social media. It seems to be working now.

25 Oct 12 4:32 pm

Hello all

I agree with Mary.

As I stated above, you should treat each page as an individual website and the links going to each page will effect only that page unless the links are from undesirable sites such as hate or illegal websites.

Never Give Up!!
Paul

28 Oct 12 2:41 pm

Hello lpelser.

More than likely yes.

Google is creating new updates all the time, sometimes several per month. Some are more drastic than others.

You may want to do a search for lattest google updates and see if you can find one that came into effect the same date as you where hit.

I wouldn't panic about this though, sometimes when Google does an update there can be some temporary effects. Your site may recover on it's own but this is hard to say for sure.

Check back here if you find out anything, I would like to know how this turns out.

Never Give Up!!!
Paul

27 Nov 12 12:01 pm

lpelser wrote:My site bounced back today after I lost my rankings about a month ago. I could not find any reason for my serp drop but looks like I am back, for the time being anyway. Who knows what Google has up its sleeve. It is rather difficult to address a problem if you don't know what it is. I did not do anything special but bounced back anyway.

Good luck with the Google monster everybody :)

Lourens.

Wow that's a relief Lourens. :)

Mary