Expedia Still Under Google Penalty Two Weeks Later?

Feb 3, 2014 - 8:32 am 23 by

expedia logoTwo weeks ago, we reported that Expedia may have been penalized by Google for unnatural links. But I am surprised to see no recovery reported by SearchMetrics yet.

Rap Genius had a penalty that lasted 10-days but it has already been 14-days and no change in rankings at Google for Expedia's terms?

The SearchMetrics charts at least show no recovery:

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I still see them on page three for [hotels] and some other keywords.

Forum discussion at Hacker News.

 

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