As the Farmer/Panda update continues to confuse and hurt some webmasters, we still do not have a solid answer on how to escape this update.
That being said, we had our fair share of fun reporting on the update. But here is a new one.
A webmaster came into the Google Webmaster Help forums complaining that his site tanked due to the Google Farmer/Panda update. People were telling him that the reason his site was impacted was because it had a lot of low-quality content taken from third-party sources. He didn’t want to hear it.
So Googler, Wysz who started the Google Panda support thread where Webmasters can come and complain and since then, has given webmasters one tip on how to rescue their site from this update, came in to slap down this webmaster.
Wysz said in short, “Scraping content from another source without adding value violates our guidelines.” But the way he documented it was pretty funny, at least to me.
I call that, Google Smacks!
Our ongoing coverage and stories on the Content Farmer/Panda update:
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Status Check: Google Panda / Farmer Rebounds & UK MigrationComing Soon: Panda/Farmer Update At Google UK
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What’s Your Name? Farmer Or Panda?
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Poll: Were You Impacted By The Google Farmer Update?
Google Farmer Update Support Groups
Google’s Farmer Update Live: 12% Of Google’s Results Forever Changed
Google Warns Of “Big Changes Here Very Shortly”
Correction: Google’s Scraper Algorithm Now Live, Not Content Farms
Google’s Content Farm Algorithm Harm You? Categorize Your Site To Fix It.
Confirmed: Google’s Content Farm Algorithm Live! Sites Are Dropping!
Google’s Next Target: Content Farms & On Page Spam
Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.
