johnhh - 9:20 pm on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0)

We have been hit with traffic loss ( again ) since 28 August, something must be brewing. UK based.

Should you all just quit tracking positions and keywords and their SERP updates?

No I don't think so, all information is useful, you just have know how to use the data. It also gives you a general feel about other sites, what's hot and what's not.
Oddly for the phrases we check we have moved up a bit in general, so confused to explain traffic loss. Don't see much difference in the serps, except telephone directory sites seems to appear strongly since Panda for our key phrases, which is not what the search is about.

Feels like being under attack, so checked for content stealers today, amazing , pages and pages of our own ( expensive to produce ) unique text and photos appear on what must be thousands of sites. To DMCA or Cease and Desist that lot would take years.