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ukgimp

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Panda Hitting UK
« on: March 07, 2011, 12:14:09 PM »
Not that I am on the street but the word is that Panda is rolling out in the UK.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2011, 01:25:43 PM »
Hehe, my first thought was WTF?! Panda.. as in the antivirus software, a cute bear escaped the Zoo... but then it hit me; the Farmer Panda Update.

So, what are you seeing Rich? Go, bad..
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2011, 06:03:16 PM »
>Farmer Panda

Update naming wars?
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ukgimp

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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 07:42:42 PM »
I havent had proper time to look. I have always been one for accepting what comes from G and looking at it afterwards. No point changing anything initially as they always seem to loosen the thumnscrews after a while.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 08:29:04 PM »
Quote from: ukgimp on March 07, 2011, 07:42:42 PM
I havent had proper time to look. I have always been one for accepting what comes from G and looking at it afterwards. No point changing anything initially as they always seem to loosen the thumnscrews after a while.

Spot on.

It will be kinda interesting to see how it eventually effects the UK serps.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 09:30:31 PM »
I'm not seeing any change to our traffic, but have not had the time to look at other indicators. One of the US sites we run got hit and it was clear to see almost immediately - so I hope Panda has rolled out in the UK, but I'm not convinced yet. Does anyone have any concrete evidence to show it has happened? A quick look at forums and news doesn't throw up the usual flurry of discussion.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 01:14:07 PM »
if this has rolled out it hasn't touched us

makes me wonder if its yet to come still
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 02:26:25 PM »
yeah, I am seeing no more blippage than normal, and I would have expected some movement in the SERPs I watch, even for sites which aren't directly affected.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2011, 02:49:44 PM »
I've seen it hit some sites but not directly, more collateral damage from building dodgy links on US .com sites.

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Adam C

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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2011, 03:24:59 PM »
likewise seeing slightly more movement than usual in English speaking markets I look at including UK
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 09:43:43 AM »
Seen a bit of shuffling with positions the past few days but nothing major. Interestingly yesterday though I saw a huge traffic jump from Google, although not from the UK but Latvia?!  ??? Nice, but not really my target audience.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2011, 11:42:13 AM »
Seen a big change over the weekend, seemed to hit late Friday. Has anyone else noticed anything?

The first page of Google's results for my key term have seen a lot of movement compared to the previous weekend, several competitors have now dropped off the first page.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2011, 02:24:14 PM »
lots of movement friday-ish. Haven't tried checking why yet though.... looks like it could be something Farmer-esque
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2011, 10:38:39 PM »
My two biggest sites - one down around 8 positions, the other just knocked my long standing competition off of the top spot.  Both movements on Friday.  Might not be too much to do with the update though.
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Re: Panda Hitting UK
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2011, 06:23:36 AM »
I'm noticing big changes on the good side for most of my small businesses including big changes on Google Places.  All of the sites are WP sites.  Some sites as new as 6 weeks old are doing very well.  All sites clean, content rich and no black hat stuff used at all.

However, one business with also totally clean site a good few years old and has always had #1 in Google Places for his keywords edinburgh trade and trade edinburgh has gone from #1 to #25 on places but remained at #3 in the organic???
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