Google Panda definition
Officially deployed for the first time on February 24, 2011, Google Panda is a filter of the eponymous search engine aimed at redacting from its results pages with content considered duplicate, insufficient or of poor quality. Previously updated monthly, this filter is now an integral part of the algorithm. Updates and resulting sanctions are now done in real time. Filter history Intended to sanction poor quality content, Panda is not immediately deployed globally. It is first tested in the United States: February 24, 2011: "Farmer Update", aka Panda 1.0, upsets the SERPS across the Atlantic April 11, 2011: Panda 2.0 now concerns all English-speaking results without exception August 11, 2011: Europe, United States, the whole world is affected by a new version of this filter. According to sources, it sometimes bears the name of Panda 2.4, sometimes that of Panda 3.0. In France, the impact on results is significant March 2013: after several updates, the “Pan...