Anyone seen any dramatic changes in SERPs 18th Feb?
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Hi Guys,
Wondering if there has been an algorithm update or new Panda released today? Not seen any news in Google yet however noticed fair shuffle of all results in my niche, particularly in the top 3.
The main take I've had from the brief research is that the brands in the niche have popped up a few spots and blogs / affiliate sites etc have dropped.
Results noticed using Google.co.uk
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After looking into it a bit more, at first I thought it was another panda release as others of late had been on the 18th of the month. From using a few G search operators I've stumbled across a few popular forums where people have been spotting drops of 10-40% since 14th Feb. My opinion would be that the latest algo release that featured an update that integrated Panda into standard crawls could be finding these low quality sites and chewing them up as it browses the net. If my guess is right bad news for some, great for others! Let me know your thoughts?
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I've seen some big changes. Much the same as you, brands have moved up across the board.
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no change that I can tell yet
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Over the last few days i did notice some of my new pages up a full page in a day (from position 25 to 11)
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