In my Google Panda Algo article, one of the statements given to me by Google was that Panda was now a core ranking signal. But there was some confusion because people assumed this meant that Panda was now real time. But Google confirmed that this is NOT true. Panda is not real-time.
Gary Illyes from Google was questioned about it several times on Twitter yesterday, and he confirmed that Panda is not real-time.
@dr_pete I don't want to dig into who started the real time p stuff, but they're wrong. Also we said months ago we want panda integrated
— Gary Illyes (@methode) January 12, 2016
@dr_pete OK.The real time p stuff is wrong. We had a core algo update, and independently we revealed more about panda through @TheSEMPost
— Gary Illyes (@methode) January 12, 2016
Also, there is a core ranking change that people are seeing in the search results right now, but Google also confirmed it is not Panda. Gary Illyes said specifically they haven’t updated the Panda part. So the fact that Panda is a core ranking signal now doesn’t mean it is real-time.
There were definitely some SEOs that were excited by the possibility that they could start out with crap spun or scraped content, and slowly raise the quality to see where the “sweet spot” between Panda-target and Panda-good was. And that wouldn’t be good for Google’s overall quality in the search results. So I can definitely see why a real time Panda isn’t happening, even with it being a core ranking signal now.
@jenstar to be clear, panda IS part of the core algo, but we haven't updated the panda part. Not other animals.
— Gary Illyes (@methode) January 13, 2016
When Penguin updates next it will be real time.
@dr_pete but we do work on making PENGUIN realtime
— Gary Illyes (@methode) January 12, 2016
But Panda is confirmed to not being real time.
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[…] Another item of confusion was if Panda is now real-time. It is not. Gary Illyes quickly responded to those saying it was real time that it was not. […]