[0o0]

Like many of you my websites took a spanking from the Penguin update and a lot of my sites have lost traffic for all their broad and longtail keywords. I am happy however that one of my biggest money site is now regaining original positions for some, but not all my keywords. The site has had little backlinking done since 2009, but has links from some blog networks using spun content like ALN.

I am now ranking again for my target keywords which were linked from spun content. The one thing that seperates this site and my other sites which have lost virtually all their traffic, is that it has a more diverse range of backlinks. The others I had got a bit lazing by ranking purely using blog networks alone because of their previous ranking power. Anyone else notice any improvements?

Edited by 0o0, 28 April 2012 - 12:31.

[ckc1227]

I went from 1 to 14 for my main keyword, and now it has come back to 10-11, so I guess that's some improvement. Every other keyword for my interior pages are nowhere to be found though, and I don't see them coming back anytime soon.

[AdamWB]

Not to burst your bubble, but I'm highly confident that things aren't done bouncing around yet. When panda came out it took a long time for things to eventually settle to a stable level, depending on your phrases.

[Pete15]

Nope I am noticing nothing.

Has anybody blasted more links to their sites, with completely random anchor texts, to see if this is helping? Probably too early to ask as results usually take time, but though I would throw it out there anyway

[heyman]

Nope I am noticing nothing.

Has anybody blasted more links to their sites, with completely random anchor texts, to see if this is helping? Probably too early to ask as results usually take time, but though I would throw it out there anyway

I got a bookmarks package that I'm using just URLs as the anchors that I'm pointing to every page on my site. Using it as a test of sorts to see if the site gains any.

[Theo]

I agree Penguin is not done yet.
Most of my sites dropped 4-6 pages
and have not recovered. Only 2 had links from PBN 's...

[Pete15]

I got a bookmarks package that I'm using just URLs as the anchors that I'm pointing to every page on my site. Using it as a test of sorts to see if the site gains any.

Cool, keep us posted
I am going to 301 a site to a new domain to see if that works out.

[thepresence]

DIversity is key with backlinks. If they all come from one location, this is unnatural and that nasty little Penguin will sniff you out. Also, diverity is also key with anchor text. The same anchor text will also arouse the pesky Penguin. This is why The SEO System has worked out so well...it's built in randomizer tasks you to create inbound links with diverse anchor text in a variety of locations.

[Jubei]

Got some rankings back too although I did tinker with the keyword density and titles. Lets hope the rankings stick.

[_Richard]

Nope I am noticing nothing.

Has anybody blasted more links to their sites, with completely random anchor texts, to see if this is helping? Probably too early to ask as results usually take time, but though I would throw it out there anyway

Well I am not blasting but I am testing a couple of sites. Both have moved up a couple of positions but nothing substantial yet.

DIversity is key with backlinks. If they all come from one location, this is unnatural and that nasty little Penguin will sniff you out. Also, diverity is also key with anchor text. The same anchor text will also arouse the pesky Penguin. This is why The SEO System has worked out so well...it's built in randomizer tasks you to create inbound links with diverse anchor text in a variety of locations.

There is no evidence that I have seen that Penguin has anything to do with looking at where your links come from. This has always been an issue (or at least for years) and is nothing new. That is why we have had all these networks and linking plans with a huge amount of IP diversity. Now anchor text percentages are another thing there is evidence that this was affected by penguin and a lot of people are testing that right now.