I’ve exhaustively covered the Google Panda changes since February through the eyes of the webmaster.

99% of the time, I echo the feelings demonstrated in the forums and as you can imagine, the fault always is on Google and not the webmaster. They blame Google for their site being downgraded in Google. They blame Google for their money issues. They blame Google for their family issues.

The truth is, Google is that dominant where it can make or break businesses and people.

But is Google to blame for striving to make their search results better?

A WebmasterWorld thread tells a sad but strong story of one 10+ year old webmaster who made his living off of free Google results and then all of a sudden, lost most of it because of the Panda update.

Who does he blame? Himself.

He ends his story saying:

You may disagree with him but it is important for me to not just rant at Google for the “issues” Panda has caused them. I need and should highlight threads, no matter how rare they are, of the opposing view.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

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