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This sounds like the case. Google is getting aggressive with its Panda updates, and as a previous commenter noted, the HN homepage is just links. Since that tri
by joepawl 13y ago
This sounds like the case. Google is getting aggressive with its Panda updates, and as a previous commenter noted, the HN homepage is just links. Since that triggers Panda, it's a good bet that Google went a little overboard (not unprecedented).
- Roedou 13y agoThe Panda update definitely pushed lazy/low-quality pages down the SERPs, but doesn't tend to deindex pages. Also: while the page doesn't have any of its own unique content, it presumably still has high engagement and low bounce rate.
- joepawl 13y agoThat's a good point. Hadn't thought the issue through that far.
- mahranch 13y ago> the HN homepage is just links. Since that triggers Panda To be more specific, Panda is triggered by low quality/duplicate content. 'Penguin' is triggered by spammy/bad backlinks. I'm not saying you're wrong (a page of links would look pretty low quality to google's algo), I just wanted to add on for clarity's sake.
- joepawl 13y agoYes, I see where I was unclear. It's not the links themselves, but the lack of original, robust content.