{"id":5024,"date":"2016-01-15T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constant-content.com\/blog\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2018-06-22T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T18:05:11","slug":"panda-now-part-of-googles-core-algorithm-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constant-content.com\/content-writing-service\/2016\/01\/panda-now-part-of-googles-core-algorithm-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Now Part of Google\u2019s Core Algorithm \u2013 What it Means"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let\u2019s step back in time to late January 2011 when a panda was still just a lovable creature who snacks on bamboo and occasionally gets startled by baby panda sneezes. It was a simpler time that came to an abrupt end on the 23rd<\/sup> of February, when the meaning of the word \u2018panda\u2019 changed forever and now haunts SEO professionals all over the world.<\/p>\n

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Initially, the Panda update was called the \u2018farmer<\/a>\u2019 update by industry experts based on the belief that Google was only targeting content farms with poor quality content. Google rectified that misconception by naming the algorithm update \u2018Panda\u2019 after the engineer Navneet Panda who developed the technology to make it possible for Google to create and implement the algorithm.<\/p>\n

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In fact, the algorithm\u2019s target was much broader than mere content farms. It was all sites (yes, it is a site wide score) that it deemed to be \u2018low-quality\u2019 or \u2018thin.\u2019 This included sites containing large ad-to-content ratios, affiliate sites and content manufacturers to name a few.<\/p>\n

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But, it was not applied as fairly as many would have liked. Some well-known sites with low quality content were downgraded (e.g. Mahalo) while some were not (e.g. Demand Media). Google\u2019s spam team then had to actively work to tweak the algorithm to help good sites caught in the \u2018clean-up.\u2019 Twelve percent of ALL sites were affected and as this happened after (and as a result) of the Caffeine update that enabled Google to index more sites far faster than before, that was a lot of sites.<\/p>\n

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Fast Forward to Today\u2026.<\/p>\n

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What we know about the Panda algorithm:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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  1. \u00a0It is now part of the core algorithm<\/a> allowing Google to take content quality into account and adjust rankings accordingly more now than ever before. It means that we will likely not have confirmation of another Panda update in the future as it is now baked into the main algorithm.<\/li>\n
  2. While it has been integrated into the core algorithm, it has yet to be updated, so any changes to sites are not due to any impact of Panda as it is not yet in real time<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Gary Illyes confirms on Twitter that they are working on making PENGUIN real time, but not Panda yet \u2013 if ever. So when core algorithm updates are run, it does not mean that Panda has been applied.<\/li>\n
  4. If a site has exceptional content on a few pages it may still rank relatively well, despite a hit by Panda.<\/li>\n
  5. Overall quality and unique content that most importantly ADDS VALUE to the human users and the overall search results, is what webmasters need to focus on creating and providing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    If you think about it, point 5 is not new. We\u2019ve been told that this is Google\u2019s intention for its human users consistently for years.<\/p>\n

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    Why is Google Implementing Panda<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Google is a corporate entity responsible to its three key stakeholder groups:<\/p>\n

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    1. Employees<\/li>\n
    2. Customers<\/li>\n
    3. Shareholders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Providing high quality content that keeps users coming back to use the engine is what drives a significant portion of Google\u2019s revenue. If the results were full of spam and duplicate pages, searchers would switch to another search engine, revenue would decrease, shareholders would be unhappy and people would lose their jobs.<\/p>\n

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      So, it\u2019s not hard to understand why Google proactively strives to deliver the most relevant, updated, valuable content to its users.<\/p>\n

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      Bottom line: <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Don\u2019t panic! Just focus on providing the best content you can. Quality content transcends any algorithm update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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      (For those of you interested in a full list of all Google (known) algorithm updates, Moz has a great resource<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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