Results: Type Of Sites Hit Hardest By Google's Panda Update

Sep 29, 2011 - 8:49 am 21 — by

Google Panda 2.5A few months ago we asked you to take our poll on the types of sites hurt most by Panda and I wanted to now share those results with you.

We had over 200 responses and affiliate, e-commerce and how to sites were the ones that lead the pack.

Here is a chart showing them broken down by number of responses:

Google Panda Type of Sites Hurt

There were 13 other results that mostly were more specific, but overall, here is a nice chart for you.

For more of our Panda coverage, see our Google Panda category.

Forum discussion continued at Sphinn.

Note: This story was written earlier this week and scheduled to be published today.

 

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