" Which Sites Were Hit by Google Penguin 2.1 "
Penguin 2.1 appears to have identified newer link spam – those links that were created after Penguin 2.0(Penguin 4 - Which was live on May 2013)
The following represent the culprits
Forum spam: This includes comments in forums with exact match anchor text links.
Forum bio spam: Biographies of forum users containing exact match anchor text links.
"Do follow" Blogs: Blogs that don't add nofollow to the links posted. Being listed on do-follow resource sites can absolutely send Google a signal that you are trying to game links."
Blogroll spam: Watch for blogroll links gone wrong. "Some may be fine, If you are unsure which ones are bad versus good, ask for help from a seasoned SEO."
Spammy directories: If you've used spammy directories in the past, and still have links out there, romove these links from where you can or disavow them."
Blog comment signature spam: Google seems to be targeting these links even when they're not followed
Classified websites also showing up with heavy unnatural links leading to destination websites.
Tips and Recovery Recommendations
Penguin heavily targets unnatural links. - Your new content and social activity won't trigger a recovery.
Thoroughly analyze your link profile, while keeping a keen eye on exact match and rich anchor text. That's what Penguin targets.
Remove those links if you can, and disavow the remaining links.
Don’t try and target specific URLs on a spammy domain, when you can remove the entire domain.
Make sure more unnatural links aren’t being added as time goes on.
Move fast and be aggressive. Gabe said he has seen Penguin recoveries during Panda updates, so there is a possibility of recovery prior to the next update.
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