When Google released its most recent modification to the Panda algorithm, Panda 4.0, on May 20th, one of the sites reportedly hit hardby the update was the large press release distribution company, PR Newswire.
The company’s answer to recover from the algorithmic penalty is to “take action” against press release spammers through new internal quality guidelines for press release submissions....
Via Jeff Domansky
PR Newswire tackles news release spam after Google Panda slap.
* WHAT WE READ *
Breaking news: PR Newswire was used by spammers to disseminate low quality content with "questionable" SEO tactics. The change in the Panda algorithm forces the company to take a deeper look at what is flogged daily to "millions of journalists". I would appear that it was neither PR nor News. Just wire.