"Mayday" Google Algorithm Change Affects Long-Tail Searches

Are you seeing declines in long-tail search traffic? Google's Matt Cutts confirms in this video posted to the Google Webmaster Help blog, that the recent "Mayday" algorithm change is real, and it's permanent. Dubbed "Mayday" by webmasters because it was first observed in early May, it has some website owners signalling SOS due to lost traffic, especially for long-tail terms.

As to what the algo change was, specifically, and how site owners can stay in Google's good graces for long-tail...