Google Panda Update Winners: Video, News, Blogs

Since Panda has been in effect, globally now, many sites have complained that they rank lower.

Yet some sites have benefited from this last algo that Google has launched. We haven’t seen  much of a difference here at Secure Hosting Hawaii, though we do seem to be ranking a wee bit higher. Here’s the  latest in who benefitted from Panda, according to SearchMetrics…

SearchMetrics’ data analysis continued

by Chris Crum

As we reported earlier, the latest data from SearchMetrics shows Google properties like YouTube and Blogger making search visibility gains in the UK as a result of the global roll-out of Panda. Similar trends for these properties are most likely occurring in other countries as well.

While these aren’t the only Google properties making gains, these two in particular seem to be indicative of a larger trend from the update. Video sites and blogs/news sites seem to be doing better. Here are some of the gainers listed in SearchMetrics’ top 100 winners list:

– youtube.com – 18.93% visibility increase

– telegraph.co.uk 16.98% visibility increase

– guardian.co.uk – 9.73% visibility increase

– bbc.co.uk – 5.46% visibility increase

– yahoo.com – 9.47% visibility increase

– blogspot.com (Blogger) – 22.8% visibility increase

– dailymail.co.uk – 12.72% visibility increase

– dailymotion – 17.8% visibility increase

– ft.com – 16.17% visibility increase

– independent.co.uk – 21.53% visbility increase

– readwriteweb.com – 152.46% visbility increase

– thegregister.co.uk – 13.47% visibility increase

– itv.com – 22.38% visibility increase

– cnet.com – 14.21% visibility increase

– mirror.co.uk – 24.87% visibility increase

– mashable.com – 22.61% visibility increase

– wordpress.com – 18.62% visibility increase

– techcrunch.com – 40.72% visibility increase

– time.com – 55.24% visibility increase

– metacafe.com – 6.45% visibility increase

– reuters.com – 36.82% visibility increase

– thenextweb.com – 3.85% visibility increase

– zdnet.co.uk – 34.04% visibility increase

– vimeo.com – 18.85% visibility increase

– typepad.com – 43.86% visibility increase

That’s to name a few. There are more.

Some porn sites are among the top 100 as well. Sites like (NSFW): youjizz.com, perfectgirls.net, keezmovies.com all made the list.

SearchMetrics is offering their lists of top losers and winners in the UK for download here. Sistrix, whose data we’ve referenced a lot regarding the U.S. Panda update, also has their version of European data out.