richardg

Thanks for the feedback, backend is customized PHP framework. Mostly jQuery on the front with AJAX on most pages. The videos are from standard youtube RSS feeds.

Yes, I believe people still do. RSS is about content and providing information. Everybody needs information, everybody needs something new - so it is here to stay.. I'm assuming by RSS you mean the content, not the technology. In fact, got a site that uses youtube RSS feeds to show videos and create playlists.

My surge started on May 19 and it abruptly ended, actually plummeted last July 8. I still got first page results in Bing and Yahoo..

I guess my site was hit by Panda too.. I said guess because all of us are guessing since Google does not bother to inform us. Like you, searching for a keyword, previously lands you in the first page - now it's on the 4th/5th page.

Try searching your site on Bing, Yahoo and see..

videowatchr.com uses Google video search and the youtube API to show youtube videos. So of course, it will have duplicate content.

If you use an API, you are getting someone's content most likely, does that make you a content farm? How about if you use an RSS feed?

Google should publish guidelines on this Panda - so we're not guessing.

I suspect I got hit by Panda too... we should know what are the basis for their classification or else, we're all in the dark. Asked here in HN but nobody answered so I'm guessing. The only clue I have is that after the "Panda hit" I'm on the 4th/5th page on the results on Google but still on top on Bing and Yahoo..

I'm using lijit.com - it's worth a try

Yes, it should. your the 2nd to comment on the comments. Will update the site later on.

Site is back now but different domain - http://ireadhn.g-webtech.com/

Nice work. Good to know people are working on this kind of stuff. Will check out the code.

Made a one-page site for an HN reader too but just for the web. Been planning to roll out a mobile version too but got few responses/comments.

It's http://ireadhn.g-webtech.com/

Got to temporary take down the site. hosting issues

nice site.. got a site like this too - shows youtube videos.

mine uses server side to process the RSS feeds from youtube and get video details.

http://videowatchr.com

Will do. Thanks for the input.