Google Panda Algorithm Update
Several Dashboard Spy readers wrote in asking about a drop in their site visitor stats from the Google search engine late last month. It turns out that with some digging through their Google Analytics stats, we found that they were in fact hurt by the recent Google Panda/Farmer algorithm update.
Take a look at this screenshot of a Google Analytics account. It shows the traffic segmented into US traffic from only Google search engine. Note that on February 24th, the date of the algorithm change, there was a significant drop in referrals from Google. This clearly indicates that the site was hurt by the update.
For exact, step-by-step instructions on how to tell if your website has been affected by this update, see this very informative article:
