Google Algorithm Changes in 2014 - Timeline

Google Updates in 2014 () 2014 Page Layout 3 February Also called the "top heavy". Penalizes websites with too many ads at the top. SERPS redesign Google implemented a slight redesign of search results. Font titles got bigger without underlines, as well as new Ads March Payday Loan 2.0 appearance. Targets search queries with the most spammy results, such as "payday loans" and "porn". May 16 Panda 4.0 SPAND The new version of one of Google's major updates. It weeds out websites with May 19 poor quality content. Payday Loan 3.0 Less than a month after June 12 introducing the 2.0 version, Google released another update of their anti-spam algorithm. Authorship photos removed Dropping the thumbnail images of content authors was a big surprise. It used to be a cool advantage for CTRS. June 28 Pigeon This update significantly changed the factors that influence local search rankings. Launched first in the US version of Google. July 24 НTTPS (SSL) Update This signaled Google's tougher security intentions by encouraging webmasters to move to SSL, with slight ranking boosts as bait. August 6 Authorship totally removed August 28 Google effectively ended its authorship feature after three years of testing and promoting it as a merger with Google+. Panda 4.1 Affected 3-5% of queries and was quite significant when compared to other Panda updates. Its roll-out was gradual and actual date is not so clear. September 23 "In The News" Google deviated from the pattern of only 'typical' news sites in the news box of SERPS. Non-news sites such as Reddit now share that privilege to0 October 1 Penguin 3.0 That highly anticipated refresh was released more than a year after previous Penguin 2.1 and turned out to have much smaller impact than expected. October 17 Pirate 2.0 Google clamps down on software and media piracy. Uniquely targeting websites that have been marked or known for copyright infringements. October 21 Thin Content update* This largely unannounced update introduced new changes to the way Google classifies thin content pages and soft 404s. October 25 Penguin 3.1 November 27 Google claimed this update (on Thanksgiving day) was a part of the 3.0 rollout. Many "temporary" recoveries recorded. Penguin 3.2 - 3.4* There were still a lot of fluctuations on sites impacted by Penguin. Google announced they're shifting the update to a continuous December 2-6 Pigeon (UK, ČA, AU) process. December 9 Google's newly launched local ranking algorithm ex ded also to the UK, Canada and Australia. SOURCES : moz.com/google-algorithm-change searchengineland.com/2014-year-review-look-back-happened-seo-210959 goralewicz.co/blog/penguin-3-1-released-today/ goralewicz.co/blog/how-to-understand-thin-content-update-from-october-25th-2014/ searchengineland.com/google-pigeon-update-rolls-uk-canada-australia-211576 business2community.com/seo/2014-google-update-timeline-search-analytics-adwords-01095373 Read more at: bit.ly/updates2014 * - Updates not confirmed by Google Designed by: U elephate