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    Google penguin penalty(s), please help

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    • MaartenvandenBos
      MaartenvandenBos last edited by

      Hi MozFans,

      I have got a question out of the field about www.coloringpagesabc.com.
      Question is why the rankings and traffic are going down down down the last 4 months.

      Costumer thinks he got hit by google penguin update(s).

      The site has about 600 page’s/posts al ‘optimized’ for old seo:
      - Almost all posts are superb optimized for one keyword combination (like … coloring pages)

      • there is a high keyword density on the keyword
      • titles and descriptions are all the same like: <keyword>and this is the rest of my title, This is my description <keyword>and i like it
      • internal linking is all with a ‘perfect’  keyword anchor text
      • there is a ok backlink profile, not much links to inner pages
        -  there are social signals
      • the content quality is low

      The site to me looks like a seo over optimized content farm

      Competition:
      When I look at the competition. The most coloring pages websites don’t offer a lot of content (text) on there page. The offer a small text and the coloring pages (What it is about :-))

      How to get the rankings back:
      What I was thinking to do.

      • rewrite the content to a smaller text. Low keyword density on the keyword and put the coloring pages up front.
      • rewrite all titles and descriptions to unique titles and descriptions
      • Make some internal links to related posts with a other anchor text.
      • get linkbuilding going on inner pages
      • get more social signals

      Am I on the right track?

      I can use some advise what to do, and where to start.

      Thanks!!</keyword></keyword>

      Maarten

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        Probably a Panda problem.

        The site has thin content:  Lots of the pages have close to zero content.

        The site has duplicate content:  Content was stolen by your client or others stole it from him.  Look here.

        ==============

        The title tags need work:

        <title>woody-coloring-pages-002 - Coloring Pages ABC Kids Fun Pagetitle>
        

        ==============

        The site has a huge intellectual property problem.  There may be DMCA's against the site.  Rankings could be reduced by the Emanuel Update.

        ==============

        Potential Penguin problems:  The site solicits "link exchange" and "link partners".

        ==============

        My advice to client would be to abandon this site unless he has rights to the images.

        <title>woody-coloring-pages-002 - Coloring Pages ABC Kids Fun Pagetitle>
        
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