Google update affects 11.8% of queries

[stan100]

Didn't see it anywhere else yet, it's pretty recent as far as an official Google release goes:

Official Google Blog: Finding more high-quality sites in search
Google Forecloses On Content Farms With “Farmer” Algorithm Update

But in the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to our ranking—a change that noticeably impacts 11.8% of our queries—and we wanted to let people know what’s going on.

This update is designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites—sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful.

Officially, Google isn’t saying the algorithm change is targeting content farms. The company specifically declined to confirm that, when I asked. However, Matt Cutts — who heads Google’s spam fighting team — told me, “I think people will get the idea of the types of sites we’re talking about.”

Anyone affected?

 

[blogspotter]

Of course, Everyone is affected!
Why else do you think there are so many retarded threads with topics like Oh Noes My sitezzzz Dancezzz
PS: I didn't say every website...

 

[stan100]

To be fair, those threads are usually on the front page every week of the year.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

I loved the update.

 

[bmorecali]

To be fair, those threads are usually on the front page every week of the year.

this is pretty damn true, especially this year

 

[blogspotter]

I loved the update.

On the contrary.. Not that it impacted me much, but It will have a major Impact on my link building campaigns.

ahmmm "eHow's new Curation layer"

 

[Spades]

A handful of my relatively thin sites took a 30-40% hit yesterday and I thought "What a shitty ass Wednesday..." I stand to be corrected. Fuck.

 

[poisonsembrace]

Some of my squidoo and ezinearticles (unique content) took a hit but my money sites are sitting pretty. Jokes on you again Google!