Back during SMX Advanced an update to Google’s Panda was announced – and since then we’ve been patiently waiting for it to finally roll out. A couple of weeks turned into a couple of months but now Panda 4.2 has finally rolled out. Panda 4.2 will be an extremely slow roll out – taking months to be fully rolled out. Furthermore the new Panda refresh affected only 2-3% of queries – and with such a small number there’s a large chance that you probably will not actually notice any difference.
Now for anyone that has been effected by a previous Panda refresh – making any changes now won’t help you squeeze into Panda 4.2 – however that doesn’t mean those changes won’t be considered for Panda 4.3 (whenever that may come around). Anyone else that made the necessary changes to their websites and their content after past Panda penalties should monitor their Google Search Console and their Google Analytics over the next couple of months to see if any recovery occurs.