google update zoo : panda – penguin
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In this presentation, Bill Hartzer covers the Google Panda update, engagement factors, social signals, and more of the latest Search Engine algorithm updates that everyone should know. We will also discuss how to effectively adjust your overall SEO strategy.TRANSCRIPT
Google Update Zoo : Panda - Penguin
Presented by:Bill Hartzer
Overview• What is Google Panda?
– Google Panda History
• Were You Hit by Panda?– Recovering from Panda
• Google Panda Vs. Penguin
• What is Google Penguin?– Google Penguin History
• Were You Hit by Penguin?– Recovering from Penguin
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What is Google Panda?• Ranking factor added to the Google algorithm
• Filter designed to identify ‘low quality pages’.
• Provides better rankings for high-quality sites
• Doesn't run continuously due to analysis processing
• Updates every 4 to 7 weeks
• Named after Google engineer Navneet Panda
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How Google Panda Was Developed
• Google Engineer came up with questions.• Sent questions to human quality testers who rated sites
– Rated based on quality, design, trustworthiness, speed, and whether or not they would return to site
– Google came up with definition of “low quality”• Launched Personal Chrome Site Blocker extension earlier.
– Allowed users to specify sites they want blocked from search results
• Compared data from both sources (Raters and Chrome Blocker), and had 84 percent overlap, indicating on right track
• Came up with Classifier to indicate Low Quality vs. High Quality Sites, to be used mathematically in Google Panda.
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Google Panda History• Rolled Out to US sites around February 24, 2011
– http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-more-high-quality-sites-in.html
• Rolled out to Globally to all English language Users around April 11, 2011– Also began to roll out data from sites that users block
• Latest update Panda #20 — September 27, 2012- 2.4% of queries affected, overlapped EMD update
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Google Panda Update History• Panda/Farmer — February 23, 2011
• Panda 2.0 — April 11, 2011• Panda 2.1 — May 9, 2011• Panda 2.2 — June 21, 2011• Panda 2.3 — July 23, 2011• Panda Goes Global (2.4) — August 12, 2011• Panda 2.5 — September 28, 2011• Panda "Flux" — October 5, 2011• Panda 3.1 — November 18, 2011• Panda 3.2 — January 18, 2012• Panda 3.3 — February 27, 2012• Panda 3.4 — March 23, 2012• Panda 3.5 — April 19, 2012• Panda 3.6 — April 27, 2012• Panda 3.7 — June 8, 2012• Panda 3.8 — June 25, 2012• Panda 3.9 — July 24, 2012• Panda 3.9.1 — August 20, 2012• Panda 3.9.2 — September 18, 2012• Panda #20 — September 27, 2012
See the Google Algorithm Change History:http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-
change
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Were You Hit by Panda?
• Look at Web Analytics• Sites affected had traffic loss starting in February, 2011.• Google Analytics for your site (Web Trends, Omniture,
etc.)• Google Trends for any site (http://trends.google.com)
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Recovering from Panda• Make sure all content on site is “high quality”
• Review Google’s List: 23 Questions to assess quality– http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-guidance-on-building-high-
quality.html
• Identify and remove least-visited pageson site via your web analytics
• Take out the trash, so to speak.
• Prevent Pogosticking from SERPs.
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Panda vs. Penguin• Panda focuses on sites providing a bad user experience
– Sites with low quality content
• Penguin focuses on spamdexing and link bombing.
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What is Google Penguin?
• Google: “algorithm change targeted at webspam.”– http://insidesearch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/another-step-to-
reward-high-quality.html
• Goal is to “decrease rankings for sites that violate Google’s Quality Guidelines”.– http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?
hl=en&answer=35769#3
• Examples:– Keyword Stuffing, Over Optimization– Unusual linking patterns (outgoing links)
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Google Penguin History
• First reported 4/24/2012
• Updated May 25, 2012 (Penguin 1.1)
• Penguin #3 — October 5, 2012- impacted 0.3 percent of queries
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Were You Hit by Penguin?
• Panda April 19, Penguin April 24, Panda refresh 4/27– Search Engine Journal: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/penguin-or-
panda-how-to-determine-which-google-algorithm-update-impacted-your-website/43751/
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Recovering from Penguin
• Perform a full SEO Audit of web site– Identify and fix problem areas on site that violate
Google guidelines (keyword stuffing, over optimization, etc.)
• Review Google Webmaster Tools for messages, suggestions
• Perform full link analysis of site– Download links from Majestic SEO, SEOMoz Open
Site Explorer, a hrefs, etc.– Review anchor text, clean up links to site
• Work on Authority, Trust of your site
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Thank YouBill Hartzer
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Bill Hartzer, Director of SEOTwitter: @standingdog and
@bhartzerFacebook:
Facebook.com/StandingDog