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Google penguin penalty(s), please help
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Hi MozFans,
I have got a question out of the field about www.coloringpagesabc.com.
Question is why the rankings and traffic are going down down down the last 4 months.Costumer thinks he got hit by google penguin update(s).
The site has about 600 page’s/posts al ‘optimized’ for old seo:
- Almost all posts are superb optimized for one keyword combination (like … coloring pages)- there is a high keyword density on the keyword
- titles and descriptions are all the same like: <keyword>and this is the rest of my title, This is my description <keyword>and i like it
- internal linking is all with a ‘perfect’ keyword anchor text
- there is a ok backlink profile, not much links to inner pages
- there are social signals - the content quality is low
The site to me looks like a seo over optimized content farm
Competition:
When I look at the competition. The most coloring pages websites don’t offer a lot of content (text) on there page. The offer a small text and the coloring pages (What it is about :-))How to get the rankings back:
What I was thinking to do.- rewrite the content to a smaller text. Low keyword density on the keyword and put the coloring pages up front.
- rewrite all titles and descriptions to unique titles and descriptions
- Make some internal links to related posts with a other anchor text.
- get linkbuilding going on inner pages
- get more social signals
Am I on the right track?
I can use some advise what to do, and where to start.
Thanks!!</keyword></keyword>
Maarten
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Probably a Panda problem.
The site has thin content: Lots of the pages have close to zero content.
The site has duplicate content: Content was stolen by your client or others stole it from him. Look here.
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The title tags need work:
<title>woody-coloring-pages-002 - Coloring Pages ABC Kids Fun Pagetitle>==============
The site has a huge intellectual property problem. There may be DMCA's against the site. Rankings could be reduced by the Emanuel Update.
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Potential Penguin problems: The site solicits "link exchange" and "link partners".
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My advice to client would be to abandon this site unless he has rights to the images.
<title>woody-coloring-pages-002 - Coloring Pages ABC Kids Fun Pagetitle>
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