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Matt Cutts Calls Google Penguin a Success

JillO asked 4 years ago
I’m sure that lots of webmasters out there would disagree,,,

It’s been a few weeks since Google’s Penguin update… And in a recent interview with SearchEngineLand, Matt Cutts reviewed the good, the bad & the ugly with the update.

To get details on the interview, Google Penguin Impact Explained

Bottom line, Cutts feels that Google Penguin overall was a success. As a “good thing” as many sites dropped in rankings, may site rose in rankings.

What are your overall thoughts? And for folks that were hurt by Google Penguin, how is the road to recovery going for you?

3 Answers
domino answered 4 years ago
Penguin hit me hard in all niches. It wasn’t a success in my opinion! I mean, just look at some of the sites ranking now. Someone noted on another forum how when it rolled out you could type “make money online” and it was a blog with zero content ranking #1. I’m sure there are many, many examples of this. In my niches, mostly sites that are terribly built and with poor content rank.

Elisha answered 4 years ago
Yes I agree in some cases it is bad however it is also important that the sites with less content and less value to the users ranking because they have back links from some PR sites … It was good for me when i saw a huge increase in my traffic.

It has impacted the jobs of so many link builders I know those who have lost their jobs because of these changes and hard work for webmaster to get their link removed from the so called low quality site.

ixian answered 4 years ago
If your website was a glossy magazine how would you get it off the news stands and into readers hands? If you spent a fortune on advertising it would work but your ad spend would only be worth it if your readers found your content interesting in the long term.

I’ve never been a fan of artificial link building because in the long run it has no value, it is just annoying background noise.

Information is king, not content.