Were small sites hit by Panda?

[nicole.healthline]

It seems that primarily large sites were hit by Panda, but does any one know of / own a small site that was hit by Panda?

[RyanKent]

All sites were potentially affected by Panda, large and small.

Panda is a group of algorithm changes rolled out over time. Each change had the potential to affect a percentage of websites directly. Even if a site was "panda-proof" they were still affected because they would have moved up in rankings as other sites were penalized.

As an example, take one of the questions asked of Google's Panda testers..."would you trust this site with your credit card information?" Google would present a group of people various sites then ask the question. Users would say yes or no. Then Google would algorithmically review the sites to locate commonalities between the sites which received a yes or no response.

If Google determined users trusted sites with a visible SSL badge more then they would adjust their algorithm to boost sites with a visible SSL badge. This change would affect all sites, large and small. Either a site has a SSL badge or it does not. Panda is a group of many such changes.