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(Entry was posted by Marco Ruiz on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 10/22/2014).

Penguin 3. update.

Real question, does this update actually affect most searches? Like if I run a soccer news site with Adsense do I need to do anything. "Google has confirmed that it updated its Penguin filter on Friday. Penguin targets sites deemed to be spammy, especially those found in violation of Google’s guidelines about linking".
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  • Marco Ruiz: Real question, does this update actually affect most searches? Like if I run a soccer news site with Adsense do I need to do anything
  • Joust Consulting: Google has confirmed that it updated its Penguin filter on Friday. Penguin targets sites deemed to be spammy, especially those found in violation of Google’s guidelines about linking.
  • Tony McCreath: It targets websites which in turn can affect search results as they may no longer appear in them.

    As long as you're a good boy and don't get hit you have nothing to worry about. In fact you should gain as the naughty boys get removed.
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:18:03 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/penguin_3_update +Marco Ruiz

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