Time lag between algorithm changes and results?

[jfmonfette]

Hi everyone,

We had pretty good organic traffic growth for the past 3 years. Some people in our organization think that we were probably affected positively by the algorithm changes (Panda, Penguin,...).

When I plot the dates on a chart I think Panda had no effect, but we had big gains starting five months after Penguin 1.

Do you think the effect could have come that much later ?

Thanks

[BeanstalkIM]

It seems to me that this is more just decent SEO getting rewarded over time.  Knowing when your site jumped up would help though.

[jfmonfette]

It grew steadily over time, but it started being really good in September 2012.

[BeanstalkIM]

One can never write off an algo change of course (especially given that there were 3 Panda updates from late August though September) but if so it was probably a case of you having good content (congrats) and solid links from domains that held their value through the updates and being rewarded during this period via the decline of others.

Or one could simply say, "We have good content and links from good sites so our rankings improved."

[jfmonfette]

Thank you Dave for taking the time to answer. Have a good weekend !

[BeanstalkIM]

My pleasure and keep up the great work.

[mark_baird]

I would agree with Dave, it sounds like your just doing things the right way.