I will discuss something important about Google algorithm updates. Google updates something every day. He confirms some updates on Twitter and the webmaster blog. And some updates can be understood by the SEO community with the help of their research and various tools. Google does not always select a name for all updates. Sometimes, it says Core Algorithm Update, sometimes with a specific name, and sometimes without a word. Below, we will discuss some significant and major updates from Google.

 Google Panda Update

Among Google Algorithms update, Google panda is the first algorithm update which is released in February 2011, which was the Google Panda update. Google Panda update mainly cleans all the spam, low-quality, auto-generated content, content copied from other websites, etc., from the search result page, which boosts the ranking quickly. To prevent the content from being spam, besides giving an excellent experience to the users.

Google Top Heavy Update

Google brought a heavy algorithm update in January 2012. This update focused on websites that are overloaded with ads and have very little content on their pages, forcing a visitor to crawl down to view the content. Downgrade websites with fewer ads and more content and rank those not overloaded.

Google Pirate Update

Google brought a pirate algorithm update in August 2012. The Google Pirate Update is a filter designed to prevent sites with multiple reports of copyright infringement filed through Google’s DMCA system. If numerous copyright infringement reports are found against a website, that site will be removed from Google’s search list.

Google EMD Update

Google brought the EMD algorithm update in September 2012. The main point of this update was that the websites whose domains match the keywords would rank better. As a result, many low-quality websites could easily get ranked just because of the domain name. As a result, many good websites were not ranked on the first page. To solve this problem, apart from Google’s domain name, Jason’s website quality is good; only their rank is guaranteed.

Google Penguin Update

Among all the Google Algorithms update, Google penguin update is more difficult for spammer. Google brought the Penguin update in April 2013. Google Penguin Algorithm Update is basically to remove all spam backlinks, purchased links, and autogenerated links from low-quality sites that boost their rankings quickly from the search results page. Moreover, suppose an individual falls victim to online fraud or has suffered from unethical practices by a business competitor. In that case, Google offers the indispensable recourse of the disavow links tool, empowering users to regain control over their online reputation and digital presence. Through which low-quality and spam backlinks can be requested for removal.

Google Pay Day Update

Google brought the Payday update on June 11, 2013. The Google Payday algorithm update mainly cleans the search result pages from all spam queries. For example, removing pornography, payday loans, and other sites from search results.

Google Hummingbird Update

Google brought the Hummingbird update in September 2013. The Google Hummingbird Algorithm Update is mainly designed for precise, quick queries and answers. As a result, if a search is made on a subject, the probability of getting a specific response is very high. The Google hummingbird algorithm quickly presents the meaning of every queried word and the corresponding answer.

Google Pigeon Update

Google introduced the Pigeon algorithm update for US English results on July 24, 2014. Local search is strengthened through this update so that the visitor can easily see the development of that area according to the distance, which acts as a local ranking parameter.

Google mobile-friendly update

Google brought a friendly update on April 21, 2015. The Google Mobile Friendly Algorithm Update essentially means that all websites that have a mobile version and are mobile friendly are boosted in their results in mobile searches. As a result, mobile-friendly websites were doing very well in Google searches. In addition, Google brings a free tool called a friendly test tool to check whether it is mobile-friendly.

Google Rank Brain Algorithm Update

In June 2016, Google introduced the Rank Brain algorithm update, a machine learning algorithm and a part of the Hummingbird algorithm, which will bring the best matching results to the search engine results page according to the user’s search.

Google Possum Algorithm Update

Google introduced the Possum algorithm update on September 1, 2016, a local pack algorithm. Many changes and updates are made to Google Maps through this algorithm update. So that users can quickly get excellent and reliable results in local search results.

Google Fred Update

In March 2017, Google came up with a Fred algorithm update, a black hat or spam backlink. However, Google did not directly say anything about the Fred algorithm update, where the emphasis is on building quality backlinks from the SEO community.

Google Hawk Update

On August 22, 2017, Google introduced the Hawk Algorithm update, a local pack algorithm. Through this algorithm update, Google brings many changes to local organic results. As a result, the local duplicate results are filtered, and the original results are shown.

Google Medic Update

On August 1, 2018, Google introduced the Medic Algorithm update, essentially a SERPs ranking algorithm. As a result, the organic rank changes a lot. One of the objectives was to filter the quality of medical or health-related content.

Google BERT Update

Google rolled out the BERT algorithm update on May 25, 2019, which positively affected SERPs’ 1-10 organic ranking results. Which is the most significant update on organic search after Rank Brain.