When did the New Google Algorithm Come into Force in the UK

[MattBB12]

On March 3rd, the hits on my UK site crashed to 40% of the previous number. I am guessing it may be down to the google algorithm change:- http://wisestartupblog.com/seo/google-algorithm-change-february-2011-losers-winners/5081

However, I am aware this happened on 25th Feb in the US. Do you know when it happened in the UK. Could it have suddenly started affecting me on March 3?

[rishil]

Hi Mathew, a bunch of UK SEOs are keeping an eye out on the UK Roll out of the Panda update - however there isnt any hard evidence to prove that it has been rolled out. Infact, since Mahalo still ranks in the UK, I would say that itdef hasnt been rolled out. I would look beyond the algo change to investigate your traffic loss, UNLESS your traffic loss was from outside the UK?

Have you run an analytics segment analysis where your traffic is from normally and if its lost out regionally?

[perfectweb]

It's a good question. I don' think it has hit here (UK) yet - but I wish it would hurry up There's quite a few sites ranking higher than me that I think will be hit by the algorithm, so I'm hoping it hits soon!

[MattBB12]

No, I'm not using Blackhat.

I have done some analysis and the pages with unique content haven't been hit at all and the ones without unique content have been hit more than 60%. That is why I think it may be a content issue.

[petrakraft]

I just read today in that article: http://searchengineland.com/lessons-learned-at-smx-west-googles-farmerpanda-update-white-hat-cloaking-and-link-building-67838:

International Roll Out

Matt confirmed that the algorithm change is still U S. only at this point, but is being tested internationally and would be rolling out to additional countries “within weeks”. He said that the type of low quality content targeted by the changes are more prevalent in the United States than in other countries, so the impact won’t be as strong outside the U.S.

[Goetzman]

My friend from the UK thinks it did indeed get rolled out, I personally can't say to if it really did, they could be testing the waters.... how fast it'll get to other countries? I don't think anyone knows. It would make sense tho if they are experimenting

Are you using blackhat tactics?

This is discussed quite well in a the new york times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/technology/internet/26google.html?_r=2&src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fbusiness%2Fmedia%2Findex.jsonp

[Andy.Drinkwater]

As far as I am aware it hasn't arrived over here in the Uk as yet - what some sites in the UK are seeing is that some of their terms are being hit in the US though.

Regards,

Andy