On the one hand, sites that committed numerous copyright infringements were penalized in the rankings. On the other hand, Google has sent a clear message to torrent sites and illegal streaming services: You are not welcome here. Despite two Pirate Updates, pirated content can unfortunately still be found on Google. The fight against pirates is far from over, and Google continues to send the signal that the days of the internet's Wild West are soon to be completely over.
Penguin Update: Choking on link spam
Ranking algorithm update to combat low-quality links and
A page with good content will automatically be linked wuhan cell phone number list to by others. One of the most important ranking factors is based on this simple idea: (natural) backlinks .
Over time, many webmasters and SEOs began to engage in frequent link exchanges (unnatural backlinks) and thus manipulate their rankings.
In many cases, however, this came at the expense of quality. Often, the link targets offered no significant added value to users. Google's challenge to low quality began with Panda, but entered a second round with Penguin in April 2012 .