Google: Panda Goes Beyond Content Farms

Nov 17, 2011 - 8:48 am 26 by

Google PandaWe have written a tremendous number of stories on the Google Panda update - a tremendous. So stating that Google's Panda update goes well beyond targeting content farms is likely obvious to many but it is an important note.

A WebmasterWorld thread has one member who spoke with Matt Cutts, Google's lead of web spam, while at PubCon and he said that Matt told him that the Panda algorithm was originally aimed only at content farms but has gone well beyond that.

Whatson, a WebmasterWorld member since 2002, said that Matt told him, "it [Panda} was targeted at content farmers but has gone much further than that."

We all now it was originally released to target content farms, which is why Danny Sullivan named it the Farmer Update originally and then Wired told the story of the internal name, which was Panda. But at some point, the Panda update went well beyond just targeting content farms - when exactly is not clear, but most would agree, Panda is more than a farmer update.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Google Ads

Google To Allow Double Serving Ads In Different Ad Locations On Same Page

Mar 31, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google News Fully Transitioned To Automatically Generated Publication Pages

Mar 31, 2025 - 7:21 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profiles Bug Resurfacing Old Fake Removed Reviews

Mar 31, 2025 - 7:11 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profiles Your Edit Was Not Approved Glitch

Mar 31, 2025 - 7:05 am
Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: March 28, 2025

Mar 28, 2025 - 10:00 am
Search Video Recaps

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Done, Will Site Recover, AI Mode Expands, Google Ads PMax Search Terms & More

Mar 28, 2025 - 8:01 am
Previous Story: Are Big Brand Publishers Abusing Google News?