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(Side note: navigation.) Hazards: Sites without a mobile-friendly version of the page, or with poor mobile usability, suffered. Winners: Responsive sites and pages with an existing mobile-friendly version benefited. 2014 ALGORITHM UPDATES October 2014 – Penguin Update 3.0 For more information on this update, please see the Penguin section below. September 2014 – Panda Update 4.1 For more information on this update, please see the Panda section below. July 2014 – “Pigeon” Local Search Algorithm Update The update dubbed Pigeon shook up the local organic results in Google Web and Map searches.
Google told Search Engine Land that it had made an update to its local ranking signals to provide better results for users. Dubbed “Pigeon,” these updates improved distance and location Denmark Email List ranking parameters (“near me”), and incorporated more of the ranking signals used in Google’s main web search algorithms. Google said it probably wouldn’t detail any more changes to the local search algorithm in the future. Hazards: Local businesses with poor on- and off-page SEO suffered. Winners: Local companies with accurate NAP information and other SEO factors in place gained rankings. Learn more: How Do I Rank Higher in Google Local Search? Bruce Clay’s Checklist for Local SEOs June 2014 – Payday Loan Algorithm Update (3.0) Google confirmed that the third iteration of the “Payday Loan” algorithm that targets heavily spammed queries was rolling out.
May 2014 – Payday Loan Algorithm Update (2.0) Google confirmed the second iteration of the “Payday Loan” algorithm, impacting about 0.2% of English queries. May 2014 – Panda Update 4.0 For more information on this update, please see the Panda section below. February 2014 – Page Layout Algorithm Refresh Google announced a refresh of its page layout algorithm. Its impact was not given. 2013 ALGORITHM UPDATES October 2013 – Penguin Update 2.1 For more information on this update, please see the Penguin Update section below. August 2013 – Hummingbird Hummingbird was announced in September (although it had been live since August). Hummingbird was essentially a complete overhaul of its algorithm (not an added-on update) and was the beginning of semantic search as we know it today.
Google told Search Engine Land that it had made an update to its local ranking signals to provide better results for users. Dubbed “Pigeon,” these updates improved distance and location Denmark Email List ranking parameters (“near me”), and incorporated more of the ranking signals used in Google’s main web search algorithms. Google said it probably wouldn’t detail any more changes to the local search algorithm in the future. Hazards: Local businesses with poor on- and off-page SEO suffered. Winners: Local companies with accurate NAP information and other SEO factors in place gained rankings. Learn more: How Do I Rank Higher in Google Local Search? Bruce Clay’s Checklist for Local SEOs June 2014 – Payday Loan Algorithm Update (3.0) Google confirmed that the third iteration of the “Payday Loan” algorithm that targets heavily spammed queries was rolling out.
May 2014 – Payday Loan Algorithm Update (2.0) Google confirmed the second iteration of the “Payday Loan” algorithm, impacting about 0.2% of English queries. May 2014 – Panda Update 4.0 For more information on this update, please see the Panda section below. February 2014 – Page Layout Algorithm Refresh Google announced a refresh of its page layout algorithm. Its impact was not given. 2013 ALGORITHM UPDATES October 2013 – Penguin Update 2.1 For more information on this update, please see the Penguin Update section below. August 2013 – Hummingbird Hummingbird was announced in September (although it had been live since August). Hummingbird was essentially a complete overhaul of its algorithm (not an added-on update) and was the beginning of semantic search as we know it today.