Is the Penguin algorithmic penalty on a page basis or a site basis?

[darkgreenguy]

Just wondering if there has been any clarification of whether the Penguin algorithmic penalty is on a Page basis or a Site basis?  In other words, is it all or nothing?

[tdorseyjr]

In my experience, page. Certain keywords/pages were hit hard whereas others were not affected. Tom

[A_Q]

It seems to be a combination of page and search query.

[VictorVC]

I think Elias is right about the query. I have a page that still ranks but my "primary" keyword is nowhere to be found anymore. It may have been deemed "over-optimized".

[VivaArturo]

From my sites it is only pages that are over optimized have been hit, pages that were not highly optimized or not optimized at all are now ranking

[rayvensoft]

I will just add my 2 cents.  Based on the changes I saw in my websites  it seems like it is based on the page, not the site.  While some pages have disappeared from the rankings, others seem to be unaffected.  Ray.

[JustDucky]

The penalty varies widely by page.   The penalty appears to hit certain keywords associated with individual pages.