Google Panda Slaps Tight On UK Tech Sites, Revolutionizing The Playing Turf

By STAFF Reporter

May 03, 2011

SEO is an inexact science and in recent times, owing to mushrooming web-pages, and exponential growth in Internet technology, search engines have been facing lots of problem in indexing pages. In fact, the ground reality is, search engine has become increasingly irritating because of unwarranted websites top the chart. Just type “SEO” on Google, and it will present you 576 million results, and ironically most of them do not have specific information on it.

Search engine optimization is a big business and frequently Google (who has the monopoly over Internet domain) when alter its ranking algorithms – which they do often – most websites catch sneeze under the diseased term called “metrics”.

The latest algorithm metrics nicknamed the “Panda Updates” has passed a shock wave much into the crowd of SEO marketers. This results a drastic change in their websites ranking and of course profit.

Many prominent UK tech sites have suffered from this recent “Google dance”, dropping their rankings drastically, demoting the sites because of unscrupulous means of writing contents and other several factors. The update has also affected on the European Commission, Microsoft-owned Ciao, which will virtually vanish from search results because of downgrading.

On the other hand, many sites such as Google’s own YouTube as well as other tech sites such as Techcrunch and Mashable and newspaper websites such Mirror and The Independent gets benefited with the Panda Update.

How often Google algorithm play its part?

You can expect future sweeping and effect could be drastic because Google more often change in its algorithm several times a year. Most of the times changes are subtle and affect on websites are long term rather short term jerks.

Basically backlinks are the strongest way to promote your sites. These are a sort of “vote of confidence” and search engine looks for how many actually vote for you.

The recent Panda Update dismisses those sites, which are made by tools such as autoblogging or for the sole purpose of using AdSense. A site with overflowing ads actually ranks low and gets a severe slap by the Panda.

To Make Panda Happy

• Do not link to low quality sites. It’s better not to be linked with poor quality site than get a backlink from a low ranked site. Google considers it as a matter of negative relationship.

• Focus backlinks from high quality sites of your niche. Directory and article submission are also worthy but of high quality.

• Its better to focus primarily on content because in recent algorithm it has been experimented that a good quality, genuine content will rise to the ladder easily rather than high quantity though scrapped from other sites. Also, attach a blog to your site; blogs are the best way to keep your site fresh. Moreover, Google gives special attention to blogs. 

• Best to build your brand and to know and to be known is Social Media. It is the best way to share your value.

Based on the research it is found that the Google algorithm is accurate at pinpointing sites quality. Therefore, if you have the conviction your site is of high quality, it will surely be impacted with the Panda.

When Panda will not be impressed with you?

1. Duplicate content is the worst enemy of Panda. This can be applied to a page, a site or in worst cases both. Even poorly rewritten content is also an irritation for Panda.

2. A high percentage of pages with low quality and duplicate content.

3. Inappropriate adverts can also put your site on the low pedestal.

4. Black or grey hat SEO technique such as a page is optimized with different keywords and not matched between page content and search queries.

5. Unwarranted use of heavy-duty keywords during on-page SEO.

6. High bounce rate.

7. Minimum time stay.

8. High percentage of boilerplate content.

9. Low or no quality inbound links.

10. No mention or links from social media or other high rated sites.

The Losers:

Losers from Google's 'Panda' UK update
domain	New Search Visibility	Old Search Visibility	difference	loss in %
source: Search Metrics
moneypage.com	25	39231	-39206	-99.94
pricedash.com	127	55141	-55014	-99.77
njobs.org.uk	92	30693	-30601	-99.7
voucherstar.co.uk	126	38748	-38622	-99.67
osoyou.com	96	26668	-26572	-99.64
zath.co.uk	161	39768	-39607	-99.6
shoppingvouchers.co.uk	134	30056	-29922	-99.55
discountshoppinguk.co.uk	491	66270	-65779	-99.26
just-food.com	293	39282	-38989	-99.25
webdevelopersnotes.com	583	54948	-54365	-98.94
netvouchercodes.co.uk	1935	152376	-150441	-98.73
pocket-lint.com	2128	165956	-163828	-98.72
killerstartups.com	869	52717	-51848	-98.35
wakoopa.com	1334	71525	-70191	-98.13
aceshowbiz.com	907	46188	-45281	-98.04
everydaysale.co.uk	3822	175800	-171978	-97.83
hotfrog.co.uk	1124	44863	-43739	-97.49
phonesreview.co.uk	864	33418	-32554	-97.41
electricpig.co.uk	1678	60882	-59204	-97.24
kgbanswers.co.uk	1009	31427	-30418	-96.79
biznut.co.uk	3865	118715	-114850	-96.74
shopsafe.co.uk	1064	32359	-31295	-96.71
themecraft.net	1163	34070	-32907	-96.59
cylex-uk.co.uk	2010	56744	-54734	-96.46
whosdatedwho.com	2314	60476	-58162	-96.17
itproportal.com	1245	32533	-31288	-96.17
autopartstrader.co.uk	1162	30282	-29120	-96.16
screenrush.co.uk	1093	27930	-26837	-96.09
techworld.com	1400	34923	-33523	-95.99
qype.co.uk	5307	126801	-121494	-95.81
wikio.com	1819	43194	-41375	-95.79
couponsnapshot.co.uk	1845	41463	-39618	-95.55
airfaresflights.co.uk	4100	89924	-85824	-95.44
suite101.com	1658	35957	-34299	-95.39
techeye.net	1879	38828	-36949	-95.16
computerweekly.com	1733	35299	-33566	-95.09
justtheflight.co.uk	2500	50806	-48306	-95.08
associatedcontent.com	2239	44158	-41919	-94.93
radioandtelly.co.uk	2539	49276	-46737	-94.85
dooyoo.co.uk	14654	282837	-268183	-94.82
hunkymalestars.com	1638	29970	-28332	-94.53
visit4info.com	2092	36365	-34273	-94.25
ciao.co.uk	20723	335697	-314974	-93.83
ezinearticles.com	3577	56704	-53127	-93.69
savoo.co.uk	4047	56118	-52071	-92.79
soccerlens.com	2216	29481	-27265	-92.48
fanpix.net	3340	43163	-39823	-92.26
twenga.co.uk	5690	71095	-65405	-92
reghardware.com	6133	72206	-66073	-91.51
aboutbritain.com	2877	33327	-30450	-91.37
wikio.co.uk	10627	114833	-104206	-90.75
markosweb.com	12844	136590	-123746	-90.6
reviewcentre.com	68096	648704	-580608	-89.5
pcwb.co.uk	3447	31890	-28443	-89.19
trustpilot.co.uk	3868	35230	-31362	-89.02
articlesbase.com	4139	36568	-32429	-88.68
voucherhub.com	9756	84783	-75027	-88.49
comparestoreprices.co.uk	5658	48219	-42561	-88.27
xomba.com	4050	33916	-29866	-88.06
promotionalcodes.org.uk	31992	262717	-230725	-87.82
worldtravelguide.net	6245	47922	-41677	-86.97
idealo.co.uk	5846	44100	-38254	-86.74
yourcounty.co.uk	5094	37145	-32051	-86.29
freedownloadscenter.com	6349	45040	-38691	-85.9
hubpages.com	26099	182704	-156605	-85.72
voucherseeker.co.uk	9086	62342	-53256	-85.43
buzzle.com	7113	47319	-40206	-84.97
mahalo.com	31609	166781	-135172	-81.05
play.com	305883	336067	-30184	-8.98
techwatch.co.uk	12341	56793	-44452	-78.27
computing.net	11689	50721	-39032	-76.95
vouchercodes.com	21481	91535	-70054	-76.53
soft82.com	8747	37062	-28315	-76.4
londontown.com	10315	41456	-31141	-75.12
shopping.com	15402	59608	-44206	-74.16
broadbandgenie.co.uk	11156	43181	-32025	-74.16
wisegeek.com	21680	83584	-61904	-74.06
flightmapping.com	13086	47787	-34701	-72.62
ehow.co.uk	33402	120596	-87194	-72.3
brothersoft.com	90625	295898	-205273	-69.37
yourdictionary.com	20625	60991	-40366	-66.18
discountvouchers.co.uk	65751	178428	-112677	-63.15
techradar.com	49761	116832	-67071	-57.41
myvouchercodes.co.uk	289948	661560	-371612	-56.17
answers.com	142129	310111	-167982	-54.17
pcadvisor.co.uk	39730	85628	-45898	-53.6
ehow.com	93902	201781	-107879	-53.46
shopzilla.co.uk	40470	86937	-46467	-53.45
fairinvestment.co.uk	43728	92214	-48486	-52.58
money.co.uk	25726	53588	-27862	-51.99
buyyourcar.co.uk	41542	85021	-43479	-51.14
mobileshop.com	35495	69436	-33941	-48.88
mydeco.com	34252	63063	-28811	-45.69
reevoo.com	38253	65519	-27266	-41.62
squidoo.com	52450	81811	-29361	-35.89
about.com	543243	760583	-217340	-28.58
passport.net	94318	122568	-28250	-23.05
softonic.com	184838	225647	-40809	-18.09

The Winners:

Winners from Google's 'Panda' UK update
domain	New Search Visibility	Old Search Visibility	difference	Percentage
source: Search Metrics
ebay.co.uk	1469346	1034302	435044	42.1
techcrunch.com	174797	124220	50577	40.7
national-lottery.co.uk	292053	209357	82696	39.5
econsultancy.com	186175	135804	50371	37.1
thisismoney.co.uk	234717	180377	54340	30.1
siteslike.com	175869	140279	35590	25.4
mirror.co.uk	275876	220937	54939	24.9
blogspot.com	1006719	819832	186887	22.8
mashable.com	295137	240714	54423	22.6
itv.com	345470	282300	63170	22.4
metro.co.uk	181507	149271	32236	21.6
independent.co.uk	471896	388280	83616	21.5
mozilla.org	146282	122471	23811	19.4
youtube.com	8856696	7446902	1409794	18.9
vimeo.com	168979	142182	26797	18.9
wordpress.com	331836	279738	52098	18.6
laterooms.com	150533	127297	23236	18.3
dailymotion.com	577590	490328	87262	17.8
soundcloud.com	150998	128569	22429	17.5

Twitter Revolution: Bin Laden Raid Tweeted Live

By ONE Liners Agency
TUESDAY, May 03, 2011

The U.S. force raid on Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was tweeted live, unknowingly, by an IT consultant in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Sohaib Athar, living in Abbottabad where bin Laden was killed, tweeted initially before the assault that a overhead helicopter was hovering. He added that the helicopter may not be of Pakistan government.

Athar was not aware that he was tweeting about the biggest milestone of U.S. war against terrorism until Barack Obama announced on national television that Laden is dead.

At 1 a.m. local time Athar posted his first tweet. He said, "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)."

Next he tweeted about a loud sound of as explosion which is now known to all about the U.S. forces blowing up their damaged helicopter.

Athar tweeted, "A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S."

While the assault was in progress, this IT consultant also drew information from local friends in the area who were online at the same time.

He said in his tweet, "The few people online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not Pakistani..."

He continued, "People are saying it was not a technical fault and it was shot down. I heard it CIRCLE 3-4 times above, sounded purposeful."

According to the US officials, the raid was for 40 mins. Athar tweeted two hours later that still a military presence is there in the area.

Athar's biography in Twitter describes him as: "An IT consultant taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops."

Facebook Decides To Share Green Technology

By MALILA Harris

WORLD NEWS/ TECHNOLOGY NEWS - Facebook, a revolutionary social networking giant, also works for the betterment of global climate. The own-developed green technology of social network’s facility in Prineville, Oregon is believed to spend 38% less power than existing centers. In a recent announcement, it has decided to share the design secrets with rival organizations for the more fruitful climate control initiative.

The design technology behind its new efficient data center is said to help other organizations to minimize their power consumption. However, irrespective of Facebook’s claim, some environmental groups have censured the firm over its green credentials.

The new innovation is named as Open Computer Project where the company will reveal its technical specifications and mechanical drawings of the building and its servers.

"It's time to stop treating data centres like Fight Club [do not talk about them]," said Jonathan Heiliger, the company's vice president of technical operations.

The announcement from the social networking site has given a push to other giants like Google, Twitter and Amazon for revelation of their own designs.

According to environmental organization Greenpeace, the total global energy usage of Facebook will have reached 2 trillion kw/h by 2020.

The Prineville plant has built a customized facility with a whooping cost of $188m (£117m) designed in environmentally friendly specifications. One of the unique innovations is the use of outside air for cooling instead extensive use of air conditioning. Those machines are also made to maximize the new cooling system.

Moreover, Facebook has stripped all paints, logos and stickers to save at least 6 pounds of material per server.

How to Jailbreak iPad and iPhone: Hackers Community

Finally, now you can jailbreak your iPad/iPhone, after a long wait, to allow third-party applications. After jailbreaking your dedicated device of Apple, you can download apps and can customize everything on the iPad or your iPhone. You can even multitask. You get complete freedom of the device.

The latest jailbreaking tool for iPad and iPhone is "Spirit". It brings freedom to all the devices of Apple that runs firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2. The hacker community has named this jailbreak as "userland" jailbreak i.e. exploiting a security weakness in the OS.

How to jailbreak:

01. First, make sure that the latest version of iTunes are being run, 9.1.1 version. Sync the device to back it up. For iPad, OS 3.2 is necessary.

02. Next, download Spirit jailbreak for PC or Mac. You can get it from the homepage of Spirit.

03. With the help of USB cable, connect the iPhone, iPod Touch or your iPad to your computer.

04. Now, run the jailbreak app. For Windows users there is a slight difference. You need to run it as an administrator. Just right-click on the .exe file, then from the menu select "Run as Administrator." If still it does not work-out, run it in compatibility mode.

05. Click on the Spirit jailbreak button.

06. Automatic rebooting starts.

07. After rebooting is done, "Cydia" app installation is seen on the desktop and you can access third-party apps from here.

It's so simple. Now, your iPad or iPhone has been hacked.

One thing to note here is that the Spirit jailbreak is not a "carrier unlock". It is just a jailbreak.

There are other jailbreak programs too for iPads. Few of the favorites are Notifier, SBSettings, Backgrounder and FullForce. Few of these don't have their own website, but you can get them in Cydia containing description as well as screenshots.

South Korea create robot Island

Seoul - South Korean government was designing Robot Land, a research center and recreation facilities fully contain the robot. That said, this is the park's first robot in the world.

Quoted from Cnet, Friday (19/2/2010), this robot island territory would be opened in Incheon, one of the largest cities in the country Ginseng. Cost of manufacture is said to reach U.S. $ 560 million.

According to the website Robot Land, the park will display all of this robot nuanced forms of entertainment robots. For example the famous robots exhibitions and reconstructions of the atmosphere like a robot movie 'Minority Report' or 'I, Robot'.


In fact, the cashier had planned to show the form of robots. There is also a research center of the robot and robot competition arena. The visitors seemed to be feeling like being on the planet Robot robot when entering this Land.

Robot Land Construction will begin this year and is expected to be completed in 2013. There will target 2.8 million visitors per year and 18 thousand jobs created thanks to Robot Land.

Robot Land may be one arena to show off South Korean robot technology. Besides Japan and the United States, this country is one of the leading robot makers.