Google Panda Update Timeline<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n Panda Version<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n	\n Released Date<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n	\n Brief summary<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 1.0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n February 24, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Affects 12% of U.S queries. Penalizes sites with Thin content, content farms and high ad-to-content ratio.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n April 11, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Rolled out internationally. Affects 2% of U.S queries worldwide.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n May 10, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n No impact data released. Serene impact with meager tweak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n June 16, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n No impact data released. Focused to improve scraper detection.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.3<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n July 23, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Minor impact. It incorporated new signals that help differentiate between higher- and lower-quality sites<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.4<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n August 12, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Rolled out internationally for all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Impacts 6-9% of queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n September 28, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Impact unknown. Some sites experienced fall in rankings while Google owned sites ranked higher.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.5.1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n October 9, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Impact data unknown. Relatively minor updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 2.5.2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n October 13, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n	\n Impact data unknown. Minor tweaks.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n October 19, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Unnoticed update. Anticipated to fix sites unfairly punished by original panda update.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n November 18, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Minor update. Impact less than 1% of all searches.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n January 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Minor update. A mere data refresh of the algorithm without any algorithmic changes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n February 27, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n A data refresh in the Panda system making it more accurate and sensitive. Impact unknown.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n March 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Impacts about 1.6% of queries. Targets low quality websites.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n April 19, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Impact data not available. Appears to have been fairly routine update with minimal impact.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.6<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n April 27, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Implications of this update were unclear and seemed to be relatively minor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.7<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n June 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Affected 1% of all search queries worldwide and <1% in the U.S.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.8<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n June 25, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n A data refresh, no new algorithm signals updated. Impact unknown.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.9<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n July 24, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n	\n This Panda refresh impacted ~1% of queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.9.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n August 20, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n A minor Panda refresh affected less than 1% of search queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda 3.9.2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n September 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n A mere refresh that impacted less than 0.7% of queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda #20<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n September 27, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Major update. Affected 2.4% of English search queries and 0.5% of non-English queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda #21<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n November 5, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Minor compared to Panda #20. Affected about 0.4% of the queries worldwide and 1.1 % in the United States.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Panda #22<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n November 21,2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n	\n Affects 0.8 % of English queries. Seemed minor update as compared to Panda #20.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Google Penguin Update Timeline<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Penguin version<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n \n Released Date<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n \n Brief summary<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Penguin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n \n April 24, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n \n Webspam update later dubbed as Penguin. Impacts 3.1% of English Queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Penguin 1.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n \n May 25, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n \n First Penguin algorithm data refresh. Affected <0.1% of English searches.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Penguin #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n \n October 5, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n \n Minor Penguin data update, impacting 0.3% of Queries.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Google Panda Update Timeline Panda Version Released Date Brief summary Panda 1.0 February 24, 2011 Affects 12% of U.S queries. Penalizes sites with Thin content, content farms and high ad-to-content ratio. Panda 2.0 April 11, 2011 Rolled out internationally. Affects 2% of U.S queries worldwide. Panda 2.1 May 10, 2011 No impact data released. Serene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panda-and-penguin-timeline","tag-google-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1894,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/1894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/blog-seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}