Complete Guide to the Google Panda Update: 50+ Articles & Resources

Have you been searching and searching for more information the Google Panda Update, formerly known as the Google Farmer update? Search no further! The following is a timeline of articles, videos and resources about the latest Google algorithm change. More than enough to satiate your curiosity and help in your research!

February 24, 2011

• Finding More High-Quality Sites in Search (Google Blog)
• Google Forecloses On Content Farms With “Farmer” Algorithm Update (Search Engine Land)

February 25, 2011

• More Google Algorithm Changes: the Farmer Update (Search News Central)
• Hard Data From The Farmer Update (Abbamont)
• Google Breaks Up With Content Farms (Adotas)
• Google Clamps Down on Content Factories (Wired)
• Websites to Google: ‘You’re Killing Our Business!’ (CNN)

February 26, 2011

• Google Farmer Update: The 300+ Sites Affected (Google Spreadsheet)
• Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change? (Search Engine Land)
• Google Kills eHow Competitors, eHow Rankings Up (SEO Book)
• Google Revamps to Fight Cheaters (Wall Street Journal)
• Google Farmer Update: Quest for Quality (Sistrix)

February 27, 2011

• Google Farmer Update Slaps Google Shopping and Google Maps Competitors (Growmap)

February 28, 2011

• Google Farmer Update – Self Diagnostic Kit (Andy Beard)
• Whoa, Google’s Farmer Update Helped EHow? (Adotas)
• Google Farmer Update Support Groups (Search Engine Roundtable)
• Google’s “Farmer Update” At Search Engine Land’s SMX West Conference (Search Engine Land)
• My Thoughts on the Newest Google Algorithm Update [w/ Results] (Stay on Search)

March 1, 2011

• The Role Manual Reviews Played in The Farmer Algo Update (Make Money Online)
• The Farmer Update Harmed Codependent Site Owners (Search Engine Journal)
• Google: We’re Working to Help Good Sites Caught by Spam Cleanup (Wired)

March 2, 2011

• Google Trying To Minimize Collateral Damage From “Farmer” Update (Search Engine Land)
• Google’s Best Weapon – Fear by Example (Make Money Online)
• Google: We’ve Made No “Significant” Changes To The Farmer Update (Search Engine Land)
• How Did The Top Local Sites Do In Google’s Farmer Update? (Local SEO Guide)
• Is Article Marketing Still Effective After the Google Farmer Update? (Stay on Search)
• More Farmer Update Winners, Losers: Wikihow, Blippr & Yahoo Answers (Search Engine Land)
• Really Google? Penalizing Good Sites To Get Some Bad Ones (Search Engine Watch)

March 3, 2011

• TED 2011: The ‘Panda’ That Hates Farms: A Q&A With Google’s Top Search Engineers (Wired)
• Google’s “Farmer” Update Confirms my Article Marketing Theories (Internet Marketing)
• Google’s Farmer Update: Analysis of Winners vs. Losers (SEOmoz)
• Where, Why, When & How To Benefit From Google’s Farmer Update (Search Engine Land)
• Google Speaks More About The Farmer Update, AKA Panda Update (Search Engine Land)
• Google “Farmer” Update – Before and After (David Naylor)
• Was Google Too Hasty with the Farmer Update? SEO’s Discuss Good & Bad (Search Engine Roundtable)
• Google Accidentally Label Your Site As A Content Farm? Get Help Here (Search Engine Roundtable)

March 4, 2011

• What’s Your Name? Farmer Or Panda? (Search Engine Roundtable)
• Why Google’s Panda Algorithm Update Dropped Sites (Search Engine Watch)
• PPC Data On “Farmer” Shows Traffic Quality Improvement (Search Engine Land)
• Google to Save the Innocents Hit by “Farmer Update” (Search Engine Journal)
• Google’s Farmer Update Plants User Behavior Seeds (Search Engine Land)
• Google “Panda” Algorithm Update – What’s Known & What’s Possible (Web Pro News)
• Google Farmer/Panda Update (Video from Search Engine Roundtable)

March 5, 2011

• Analysing the Google Panda / Content Farmer update Comments Feed (Blogstorm)
• Your Site’s Traffic Has Plummeted Since Google’s Farmer/Panda Update. Now What? (Search Engine Land)

March 6, 2011

• Recent Google Changes – Were You Affected? (Affiliate Blog Online)

March 7, 2011

• Google Farmer Update Strategy (MichelleMacPhearson)
• Hot At Sphinn: Google’s Farmer Update, How It Should’ve Worked & SEO Help For Affected Sites (Search Engine Land)
• How To Fill the Farmer (Panda) Update Void (Vertical Measures)
• I’m Hit! Get Your Google Rankings Back After Farmer/Panda (Search Engine Roundtable)
• Farmer Update Rogue’s Gallery (Local SEO Guide)

March 8, 2011

• Google Panda Update: Say Goodbye to Low-Quality Link Building (Search Engine Watch)
• Google Panda Update: Lack of Consistency on Quality? (Web Pro News)
• Google’s Code Change Shifts Billions from Losers to Winners (CNN)

March 9, 2011

• The Farmer/Panda Update: New Information From Google (Search Engine Land)

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