Google shows different
versions of updates to Panda algorithm, starting in 2011 and now the algorithm
changes in 2012.These have many blogs and websites, allowing circulation of
more than 50% fall in a short period of time. This is actually a good move by
Google because it drops the classification of spam and useless sites that are
filled with keywords and valuable information with little or no. This creates a
need where webmasters and bloggers to look for websites better and more useful
to improve the world of the Internet and increase the quality of web pages. So
what are some of the reasons why you are affected by the update Google Panda?
- High bounce
rate
- Low time on
site
- Low site
speed (loading time)
- Small
content - Less that 200 words
- Keyword
stuffing - More than 5%
- Selling
links
- Improper
site structure
- Lots of
broken links
- Bad site
navigation
- Low quality
content
- Too many
ads
- Pop-Up ads
These are just some
of the reasons why a website may be affected by the update Google Panda. But
how to ensure that your blog is affected by Google Panda or not? Here are some
ways you can check if your blog or site is affected by the updates to Google
Panda:
Google Webmaster Tools Warning
Sometimes, Google issues warnings via Google
Webmaster Tools, so if you have received warning from the webmaster tools team,
you can be 100% sure that there is something wrong with your website.
Do
A Simple Site Search
Do a simple search in
Google site to see if all your pages are still indexed, or any posts are
removed from the engine due to updating panda. Go to Google and type "Site: yourdomain.com", for example
- "Site: techboss24.blogspot.com".
If you see that the number of pages indexed in
Google is approximately equal to the number of posts you have made, then you
probably have not been affected by a penalty panda. But when you see a huge
difference in the number of posts made by you and the number of posts in the Google
search index, then you probably affected by the update Panda.
Make sure that you correct your pages that have been
de-indexed. Here are some things that you can do to ensure that you correct the
de-indexed pages -
- Make the
content more informative and increase the quality
- Remove
unnecessary use of keywords
- Remove
links to bad neighborhoods, or at-least make them a "nofollow"
link.
- Link to relevant inner pages of your blog so
that bounce rate reduces.
Check
Page Speed
You can use the Google Page
Insights tool to check whether your web pages load fast
or not. If your web pages are slower than most other sites then you will
probably get a penalty as Google does not like slow loading web pages.
Here are some tips to increase page speed -
- Remove unnecessary Java
Scripts
- Remove
unnecessary widgets and tools
- Do not have
too many images on your web pages
- Do not have
too much CSS coding
So these are some of
the ways to Check Google Panda Penalty, if you know of any other methods,
please comment.
