Google penguin update? Why?

[madtteam28]

Hello all.

I am here to know that what exactly a penguin update is? What it includes? and Why it is in existence?

Please don't put one line reply. Describe it full.

[righteous]

Hi, penguin is about off page seo like link building, if you create many links on same anchor text, or your backlink profile contains bad domains then you will be hit by penguin update, its important to reduce spam from web

[madtteam28]

Thanks Righteous. Is it just for anchor text or backlinks? Please explain what penguin update is for? and for which off-page tasks?

[aarontaylor]

A penguin is an algorithm that was introduced by Google to fight spam on the web.. It is very harmful for any kind of websites.. The recovery takes very long time.. The google penguin recovery service helps you to recover your site from penguin attack and improve site ranking..

[AvniShergill]

Penguin Update is all about variation in your anchor text links. The importance of this technique was to reduce the spam. So its advisable to use anchor text with some variations there are different type anchors like you can use the brand name, keyword, website url, and combinations of any two types.

[jamesnixon487]

Penguin update is to eliminate websites having spammy and irrelavant back links.

[godwin]

Following on the heels of Panda, the Penguin update was announced by Google as a new effort to reward high-quality websites and diminish the search engine results page (SERP) presence of websites that engaged in manipulative link schemes and keyword stuffing.

[nicksamson]

Following on the heels of Panda, the Penguin update was announced by Google as a new effort to reward high-quality websites and diminish the search engine results page (SERP) presence of websites that engaged in manipulative link schemes and keyword stuffing.

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[jesica]

Google launched the Penguin Update in April 2012 to better catch sites deemed to be spamming its search results, in particular those doing so by buying links or obtaining them through link networks designed primarily to boost Google rankings.

[vjvysakh]

Penguin(2012) update primarily focuses on link spamming. It designed to target websites that use low quality link schemes to rank high in google SERPs. Link exchanges are detected and removed by penguin update.
Link scheme: By using any links to manipulate Page Rank in google search results is considered to be link scheme. It also includes behavior that manipulates links to your site or outgoing links from your site.
Comment Spamming: In blog and websites add link in comments. Comment spamming detected by response getting by the comment.
Wiki spamming: webmasters taking links from Wikipedia for their websites. These kind of problems are denied by moderator.

[godwin]

Following on the heels of Panda, the Penguin update was announced by Google as a new effort to reward high-quality websites and diminish the search engine results page (SERP) presence of websites that engaged in manipulative link schemes and keyword stuffing.

[GeethaN]

Following on the heels of Panda, the Penguin update was announced by Google as a new effort to reward high-quality websites and diminish the search engine results page (SERP) presence of websites that engaged in manipulative link schemes and keyword stuffing.

[dombowkett]

Google penguin update is required to those websites which are using spam link-building techniques.

[nicksamson]

Following on the heels of Panda, the Penguin update was announced by Google as a new effort to reward high-quality websites and diminish the search engine results page (SERP) presence of websites that engaged in manipulative link schemes and keyword stuffing.

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[nikki shah]

Enough answers are given, I think @admin should close the thread now!!