I'm sure google does in-lab quality control testing of these types of program changes

March 1, 2011 - PRLog -- I have no doubt MC and company are following this thread to gauge reactions as they are being observed and reported throughout this hysterical thread. I have a feeling they have developed a reasonably good (short term) patch to address the stuff they are trying to tackle. In order for them to know for sure if they have nailed something reasonably well they would hope to single out those sites. What better way to get feedback (cost-free) than allow those sites to float to the top and then put an ear to the ground here in webmaster world. That would help them analyze their changes for accuracy and effectiveness. If the consensus is worldwide webmasters having a panic attack then they're probably sitting around their cubicles chuckling (I would be).

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Once they know that they have built an effective pattern parsing patch they will then probably flip another switch to then corral those sites and push them down in SERP's because they then know they have probably effectively identified them.

Making obsessive compulsive changes to counter this algorithm change is probably not a good idea at this time because you may then have to start chasing it back the in other direction after it settles. Rule of 70 can apply to almost everything in day to day activities. 30 percent of webmasters who know they have built their sites with users in mind will patiently ride out the storm and probably settle back on an even keel. 70 percent who have MFA sites strictly for the sake of income with little thought given to the end user will be chasing their tails and whaling about spilled milk.

And for Google staff reading this -- if my observations are wrong then you are failing miserably.

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Either way, relax, slow down, smell the flowers.

SevenCubed, your advice is good and very rational... but not easy to deal with. Many site owners pay employees or contractors who work with them, or at a minimum take care of their families with money they earn from ad or affiliate revenue. I am one of these site owners.

Our genre is home improvement. We (a team of 4 owners) write about projects we perform (in great detail, with pictures, how-tos, and we answer questions on these projects). We have 1000 articles developed over 4 years. We are friends with other small publishers who also write about home improvement and frequently highlight each other's content. We have more than 20,000 incoming links to our site (many are home improvement blogs, but none that we have ever "asked for" are spammy - these are all real blogs with real authors writing real home improvement content).

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Our rankings generally dropped 5-20 positions across the board. What has replaced us is larger sites with general information, rather than the niche, detailed information we provide. For example, we have an article on hardwood flooring that used to rank #3 for a series of terms. That article and its related articles took 40 hours to write after working the job for two weeks and taking numerous pictures. We marketed this article to several web masters who incorporated it into related content. It made sense to rank #3 (#1 and #2 were comparable, but very different articles). Numbers 4-7 aren't nearly as good as ours.

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