To be core, the algorithm needs to be consistent enough to run by itself without much worry that it won’t work right.<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s news that\u00a0Panda is part of Google\u2019s core ranking algorithm\u00a0has gotten SEOs buzzing about what exactly being part of the\u00a0core algorithm means. Now, Google has shared some more information about that, saying that the algorithm is consistent enough to not require many changes in the future and can run with less hand-holding.<\/p>\n
In a Q&A with Google\u2019s Andrey Lipattsev, he spends a good amount of time explaining the confusion around what it means to be part of the \u201ccore\u201d algorithm, and also why it is hard to sometimes\u00a0define a Google update.<\/p>\n
It is less about the functionality, which means it probably doesn\u2019t change that much over time, and it is more about how we perceive it, in the context of the algorithm. Do we still think this is an experimental thing, it is running for a while and we aren\u2019t sure how long it will last? Or is it like PageRank, it is part of it, it will always be there, at least in the foreseeable future and then probably call it in certain context part of the core algorithm.<\/p>\n
He also cites how Gary Illyes from Google\u00a0tried\u00a0to explain it on\u00a0Google+\u00a0with this analogy:<\/p>\n
I think this is really the worst takeaway of the past few days, but imagine an engine of a car. It used to be that there was no starter (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starter_[engine]), the driver had to go in front of the car and use some tool to start the engine. Today we have starters in any petrol engine, it\u2019s integrated. It became more convenient, but essentially nothing changed.<\/p>\n
For a user or even a webmaster it should not matter at all which components live where, it\u2019s really irrelevant, and that\u2019s why I think people should focus on these \u201cinteresting\u201d things less.<\/p>\n
Andrey Lipattsev explains that Gary meant here that Panda is now part of the core ranking algorithm, and it means they do not need to know how it runs any more. It\u2019s been tested, it works, and it can now run by itself without much worry.<\/p>\n
Ammon Johns, in the hangout, then said, \u201cOnce they forgot how it works, it is core?\u201d To which Andrey Lipattsev replied, \u201cThat is exactly right.\u201d<\/p>\n
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