Google Panda and Google Penguin Updates 2018

Google Panda Vs Google Penguin

For those who deal with SEO and blogging, Google panda and Google penguin should not be something new to them. Ever since these updates were introduced, there has been strong buzz on how to develop the perfect search engine optimization plan, so that websites have their dues in rankings. Moving forward, here is a close take Panda and penguin, the two most discussed Google updates, and the difference between the two.

	Attributes	Google Panda	Google Penguin
1.	The Idea	.Penalize websites of low quality and those with low quality content. .This is the first introduced in 24th February, 2011 with the name of Farmer Update in USA.	websites that violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and use  black-hat SEO techniques
2	Update of Date	February 2011	April 2012
	Update	Farmer Update	Over Optimization Penalty.
3	Number of updates	Panda had over 24 updates till March 2013, last being on Jan 22, 2013. Panda 1.0 – February 24, 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 2.4 – August 12, 2011 Panda 2.5 – September 28 – October 13, 2011 Panda “Flux” – October 5, 2011 Panda 3.1 – October 19, 2011 Panda 3.2 – January 18, 2012 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 28, 2012 Panda #20 – September 27, 2012 Panda #21 – November 12, 2012 Panda #21 – November 12, 2012	Penguin had just three updates since its launch in April last year. Penguin Update 1.1 (March, 2012) Penguin Update 1.2 (October, 2012) Penguin Update 2.0 (May, 2013) Penguin Update 2.1 (October, 2013)
4	Purpose	Bring the high quality and content sites on the top of search engine rankings	Bring the high quality and content sites on the top of search engine rankings
5	Surviving the algorithm change	There are no two ways about surviving Panda than to make an update in the website and get rid of all those low quality pages, content and keywords. Over-optimized pages need to be checked. Websites that have been hit by Panda need to work on brand awareness and social media networks in a new campaign. The webpage(s) that have been affected need to be isolated from those that weren’t harmed.	Black hat SEO techniques need to be abolished because Penguin is smart enough to deal with all websites indulging in these practices. Avoid excessive link building, doorway pages, keyword stuffing, and meaningless and irrelevant content. Creating content for other blogs and websites and socializing content. Relevant use of keywords and absolute refrain from all kinds of stuffing.
6	Google released any tool to recover ?	NO	Google introduced A new tool called “disavow links tool” – see the  Google webmaster central blogpost
7	How do The algorithms affect a site?	It is possible that an entire site is affected through panda. Usually single pages of a website are not targeted in the algorithm. Panda doesn’t look for think contents but the overall content, so in websites where little original content and more duplicate or thin contents are present, those are likely to be fully penalized	Penguin generally affects one part of the website on a page and keyword level. Unless spammed for too much keyword usage on the entire, Penguin doesn’t damage the entire site.
8	Does a recovery request help?	No, because the changes are overall.	No, unless a manual warning is issued, and even in such warnings, recovering is next to impossible.
9	Does manual removal of links needed?	No, because content is more important here.	If time permits and one wants to avoid relying totally on Disavow tool, then definitely manual link removal is helpful.
10	By when sites can recover?	If the duplicate and thin content has been done away with, then probably by the next refresh.	Should take time in recovering as refreshing is not frequent. Google has announced an update but with no date specified.
11	Detailed tips and tricks to recover	Tips to recover from Google panda	Tips to recover from Google penguin
12	When is the next update ?	No idea	4th penguin update going to happen soon in the month of May, 2013. source : Matt Cutts Twitter