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    • AlanMosley
      AlanMosley @Keszi last edited by

      Is your site anything likes these examples,(Penguin) http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/another-step-to-reward-high-quality.html

      Then fix it up and youy should see something of a return

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      • Keszi
        Keszi @Keszi last edited by

        Seek out what could have caused it. And try to resolve it as soon as possible. 🙂

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        • TerryS999
          TerryS999 @Keszi last edited by

          my site is http://thestockmarketwatch.com/  I'm sure I have some areas where some keywords repeat a lot, but nothing blatant.

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          • GeorgFranz
            GeorgFranz last edited by

            Hi Terry,

            you are not alone... we are also affected:

            http://www.seomoz.org/q/lost-50-google-traffic-in-one-day-panic

            Best wishes,

            Georg.

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            • TerryS999
              TerryS999 @GeorgFranz last edited by

              Hi Georg,

              I'm about to start making t-shirts, "Kill the Penguin" 🙂

              Terry

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              • Keszi
                Keszi @TerryS999 last edited by

                Instead I would invest in resolving the issue 😉

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                • GeorgFranz
                  GeorgFranz @TerryS999 last edited by

                  😄 I would buy one 😄

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                  • Keszi
                    Keszi @TerryS999 last edited by

                    Careful, there might be people around from the Green Peace Organization 🙂

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                    • TerryS999
                      TerryS999 @TerryS999 last edited by

                      lol, good point.  : adds fine print 'no real penguin harmed while making this t-shirt' :

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                      • Keszi
                        Keszi @TerryS999 last edited by

                        Ok this way send one to Romania 🙂

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                        • GeorgFranz
                          GeorgFranz @TerryS999 last edited by

                          Here is the penguin:

                          http://www.seo-stories.com/post/21985421183/google-called-the-25th-april-2012-ranking-update

                          😄

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