Information About the Google Penguin 4.0 Update

Finally, the wait is over, because the new Google Penguin 4.0 update is now available.

What is penguin?

The first penguin update was first launched in April and in the year 2012. Penguin was made to capture websites that are spamming the search results. Especially those websites that are using scheme links to change their rankings in search results. Penguin eliminates inorganic links. Before these links were devalued and must be replaced so it can be recovered in the search rankings. The process for the recovery takes a long time. That is why it is really good that there is a penguin update.

Penguin 4.0 is the newest and the last penguin update.

Below are the features of the Penguin 4.0:

All of the websites all over the world will experience the same impact of penguin 4.0, because they were released in all of the countries all over the world at the same time.

The new penguin 4.0 update is now real time. This means that every time google updates the rankings of every page changes and even its information. So any kind of action on the website can easily and quickly be noticed even if it is positive or negative.

Since penguin 4.0 is now real time you can easily and quickly recover from the Google penalty. You will quickly see results, if you improve and remove the harmful links on your website and when google is done recrawling your website.

The new penguin is not a filter but is a part of the core algorithm of Google. This is the reason why it is the last update. You just need to closely monitor the backline profile of your website.

The new Penguin 4.0 update is more granular. Which means that the algorithm is more focused on certain pages that has bad and toxic links instead of looking at the whole website. That is why it is important that you regularly check your website and its pages.

Below are the things that you can do in order for you not to get penalized:

You must closely check your position in SERPs. You need to have email alerts so you can always be informed in case your position changes. Do not only track the keywords that is used for your ranking, but other subdivision keywords.

It is important that your backlink profile is clean and healthy. Regularly check new and old backlinks. It is important that you audit the backlink of your whole website. Because the penguin 4.0 update is much more granular.