What is Google Pigeon update?
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A few days ago Google pushed out a new and major algo update for local search (which industry's leading SEO resource "Search Engine Land" called "Pigeon" update). There aren't many details disclosed about the so-called Pigeon yet, but webmasters report considerable changes in their local rankings over the past few days.
Google is up with a new algorithm to provide a more useful, related and precise local search results that are tied more closely to traditional web search ranking pointers. The changes will be visible within the Google Maps search results and Google Web search results. The name is Google pigeon update.
Google penguin is an algorithm launched by search engine Google to maintain the quality website ranking and drop to the low back links and low quality ranking. So this penguin update is good for the Google users and bad for the spammers....
Google Penguin is an algorithm, When a new Penguin Update is released, sites that have taken action to remove bad links and to remove spam may regain rankings.
Launched on July 24, 2014 for U.S. English results, the “Pigeon Update” is a new algorithm to provide more useful, relevant and accurate local search results that are tied more closely to traditional web search ranking signals. Google stated that this new algorithm improves their distance and location ranking parameters.
Pigeon is a Google search engine update that affects local search results. The algorithm change focuses on providing more accurate, relevant results for local searches. Initially rolled out in late July in the US, the effects of Pigeon have recently been noticed in other country search results.
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