Danny Sullivan from Google said on Twitter over the weekend that the Google core updates are not like the old or new Google Panda algorithms. He said "the core update isn't like Panda of old (and no, it's not like Panda of new, either)."
This response was in reaction to some of the tips around fixing your site after a core update and how Google and others are referencing the old Panda Google advice as a source of information.
Danny said while the core updates are not like the Panda updates, "those [the Panda post] remain very helpful to consider about how to improve content generally."
Here are the tweets in context:
While the core update isn't like Panda of old (and no, it's not like Panda of new, either), those remain very helpful to consider about how to improve content generally.
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 15, 2019
We do know that Google's Panda algorithm has been part of the core algorithm now for a few years now.
I like how Glenn Gabe summed that tweet up:
SEO riddle from Danny. Not like the Panda of old, or like the Panda of new. But is there a little Panda in it at all? But the old Panda questions are still smart to go through. Don't forget about them. 🐼 🐼 https://t.co/IRP25vU6TF
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) June 15, 2019
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Update: Some more tweets from Danny after this was published:
This isn't Panda old, new, whatever. It's not Panda. Not Panda. Not. That's why I said pretty clearly it's not Panda. Because people really should not think it's Panda. Because it's not. Not. Not. Not. It's generally improving a variety of signals to better rank content....
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 17, 2019
The old questions about improving after Panda are useful because at their core, they're about improving content -- not that they are Panda-specific. Our algorithm is designed and gets improved to better reward good content.
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 17, 2019
