Comment on Tell HN: The front page of Hacker News has been deindexed from GoogleparentComments−aidscholar13ySounds like overaggressive spam detection.−joepawl13yThis sounds like the case. Google is getting aggressive with its Panda updates, and as a previous commenter noted, the HN homepage is just links. Since that triggers Panda, it's a good bet that Google went a little overboard (not unprecedented).−mahranch13ythe HN homepage is just links. Since that triggers PandaTo be more specific, Panda is triggered by low quality/duplicate content. 'Penguin' is triggered by spammy/bad backlinks.I'm not saying you're wrong (a page of links would look pretty low quality to google's algo), I just wanted to add on for clarity's sake.−joepawl13yYes, I see where I was unclear. It's not the links themselves, but the lack of original, robust content.−RoedouOP13yThe Panda update definitely pushed lazy/low-quality pages down the SERPs, but doesn't tend to deindex pages.Also: while the page doesn't have any of its own unique content, it presumably still has high engagement and low bounce rate.−joepawl13yThat's a good point. Hadn't thought the issue through that far.
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Sounds like overaggressive spam detection.
This sounds like the case. Google is getting aggressive with its Panda updates, and as a previous commenter noted, the HN homepage is just links. Since that triggers Panda, it's a good bet that Google went a little overboard (not unprecedented).
To be more specific, Panda is triggered by low quality/duplicate content. 'Penguin' is triggered by spammy/bad backlinks.
I'm not saying you're wrong (a page of links would look pretty low quality to google's algo), I just wanted to add on for clarity's sake.
Yes, I see where I was unclear. It's not the links themselves, but the lack of original, robust content.
The Panda update definitely pushed lazy/low-quality pages down the SERPs, but doesn't tend to deindex pages.
Also: while the page doesn't have any of its own unique content, it presumably still has high engagement and low bounce rate.
That's a good point. Hadn't thought the issue through that far.