Major Google Algorithm Updates: A Brief Overview
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Major Google algorithm updates include Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird, and Pigeon. Panda lowered the rank of sites with thin, low-quality content while increasing high-quality news sites. Penguin penalized sites using link schemes to boost rankings, while Hummingbird focused on user intent and providing deeper context search results. Pigeon aimed to improve local search results related to geographic location.
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Major Google Algorithm Updates: A Brief Overview
- 1. Major Google Algorithm Updates: A Brief Overview Panda Penguin Hummingbird Pigeon
- 2. Panda Lowered the rank of low-quality sites that mainly specialized in publishing thin content. Increased the rank of high-quality sites with trustworthy and reliable content, such as news outlets.
- 3. Penguin Devalued and penalized websites for using link schemes that irresponsibly pointed links toward a page in order to boost ranking.
- 4. Hummingbird An algorithm focused on user intent and providing searchers with relevant results that have deeper context.
- 5. Pigeon Geared toward local search results, among other things this update strives to serve local results that relate to geographic location.