Internet Tidbits

Internet Tidbits

On September 28, Panda 2.5 hit the Internet. However, with this run, it looked like some of the first Panda losers are beginning to see some positive results. As to the losers, it looks like that this round of losers with the News and Press Release sites. Whoa. How do you change that?

However, there are still many trying to recover from the first Panda, and the tweaks they have made, seem to have not seen any improvement to their traffic. I learned simple tweaks and Panda do not mix. In fact, some of the original losers, were able to improve their site's situation by massive cleanups.

Former losers were HubPages, EHow and EzineArticles, are no longer on the loser list. In fact, HubPages, has hit the winner list this time around.

HubPages started making big changes after the first Panda update. They made massive changes to their policies, as well as, putting writers on notice to update their hubs to comply or risk having their content unpublished.

In addition, they have made each writer responsible for their own success or failure on Hubpages. How did they do that? HubPages,  put each author under their own subdomain. Which makes them more responsible for it's success or failure. If you don't know anything about subdomains you can check my website about domains and subdomains. By creating subdomains they theorized, each writer would rise or fall according to their own merits. Currently, that seems to be the case. Since HubPages are now on the winner list, you can assume that it is working. But will their success continue? Only time will tell.


Just as  a side note for everyone, Panda usually runs every 4 to 6 weeks, so for those that did not fair well with Panda this time around, you have some time to make some improvements.


Amazon Affiliates

Amazon affiliates, Amazon is inviting all Californian Associates whose accounts were closed by Amazon to re-enroll if they are eligible. Once re-enrolled, the associates account will immediately become active. I don't think you can fear them closing you down,again. Why? If you read my last post you would know that they will be opening facilities and distribution centers in California.