Google Confirms Making “Tweaks” To The Search Results But Says No “Update” To Announce

Google says that last update the SEO community noticed was not related to the Penguin or Panda algorithms.

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Yesterday, the SEO community noticed large fluctuations and changes in the Google search results. In addition, many of the automated Google tracking tools, such as Mozcast all suggested a major Google algorithm update has touched down.

We asked Google about this and the company told us that, “as usual,” it is “continuing to make tweaks” to the search results but at this time, it has no “specific “update” to announce.” Google also confirmed that whatever the community and the tools spotted, it was unrelated to the Google Panda Update or the Google Penguin update.

Some suspected it might be related to the mass mobile warnings being sent out earlier in January about non-mobile-friendly websites. But based on my research, whatever happened yesterday was unrelated to mobile-specific sites.

It is unclear right now what this “tweak” was, if anything. But Google has said, again, it was not related to Penguin or Panda.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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