atlrus - 2:46 pm on Jun 11, 2012 (gmt 0)

As of the "secret," there is none that "winners" are 100% sure of. As much as "losers" don't know why they are losing, "winners" don't know why they are winning. Of course there are some assumptions, but hey you never know.

So true.

I think that there are really no "winners", more like "non-losers". The past few Google updates have all been about punishment of one thing or another, thus once Google has identified the "losers" - their place must be re-occupied by someone else. That's in contrast with the Google updates of the distant past, when it was more about rewarding than punishing.

Unlike netmeg and a others - I actually had to increase the number of websites. P&P knocked down a couple of very old and clean websites of mine, while promoting quite a few "questionable" ones (also mine), a perfect indication that the algo is now a throw of the dice. I just can't afford to bet it all on a couple of websites which could become collateral damage in the next update.