Panda 2.2 Full Recovery In Action
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I have had several new clients come to me after Panda and Panda 2. Lots of audits. The client who had the worst problems, and has since corrected the worst issues based on my audit just bounced back in an epic way, and while it could be a short-term thing, I don't believe that's the case - it's just too big of a jump back - full recovery.
I'm curious to find out if anyone sees a similar recovery on your sites.
FYI the biggest problems (most of which have been resolved now) include:
- Content organization - it was a mess of a site
- Extreme over-use of ads on the page and in the content
- Topical focus - there was so much going on across every page of the site that confused Google
- Major site speed issues
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They were running several ad networks feeding ads everywhere - the system was choking on it. Then there's the fact that it's a Drupal site, set up with default native taxonomy, causing serious data extraction bottle-necks.
Both issues had to be addressed. It's still slow, but much better.
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HI Alan,
Great to hear. Could you expand on your experience with the site speed and how you improved it? Was it server side or due to site content? Location of server?
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it's actually hit a higher level of traffic than pre-May-Day. Hard to tell on that chart but amazing if it holds.
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Great news, Alan. Keep us posted if this holds. Looks like traffic is about up to normal.
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