Yet another Panda question

[A_Q]

Hi Guys,

I'm just looking for confirmation on something.....

In the wake of Panda 2.2 one of my pages has plummeted in the rankings whilst other similar pages have seen healthy improvements.

Am I correct in thinking that Panda effects individual pages and doesn't tar an entire site with the same brush?

Really I'm trying to see if Panda is the reason in the drop on one page or whether it could be something else. The page in question has dropped 130 positions - not just a general fluctuation.

Thanks in advance for your responses!!!

[ReneReinholdt]

I do believe that the common consensus is that the panda affects the entire domain if it penalizes pages then some of that penalty will rub off on the rest of the domain.

My advice take the penalised pages down while you rework them. That should solve your problem.

[A_Q]

Thanks, I'm kind of leaning towards the problem not being panda related.

Has anybody ever experienced such major drops for any other reason?

[ReneReinholdt]

There could be quite a few reasons, there is no short answer for that.

could you show us 2 examples? 1 page that has been penalized and one that haven't?

[A_Q]

I'd love to but it is a bit sensitive. There is no difference between the coding of the too pages or the structure. The only difference is the on-page content and perhaps some internal links.

[ReneReinholdt]

have your checked for duplicate content on site and off site or if the page is getting indexed with 2 different url's?
The second page could also be poor quality content meaning, almost no text ex..

But it is kinda hard to point you in the right direction without more info

[A_Q]

yeah all content is good and original. There is a canonical in place to avoid duplication - very confused - maybe it will just sort itself out!

Thanks for your help

[ReneReinholdt]

hmm without more info it's hard, like hip-shooting on one hand, blindfolded. But maybe you could check the bounce rate ex. in Analytics to see if your visitors also find the content good. (If they feel like browsing on after they read the landing page.)

Just because you find it high quality doesn't mean that your users or google agrees

[KeriMorgret]

Elias, as a pro member, you do get one private Q&A question a month. You can submit your question with URL details to private Q&A and only SEOmoz staff members and associates can view the question, and it won't appear in any searches or indexes or be visible to anybody besides the staff and associates.

[Thos003]

Did you add any links to that particular page?  I have seen a handful of links with similar anchor text published at the same time kill a ranking.