It's Over A Year & A Half Since The Last Google Penguin Update

May 10, 2016 - 8:33 am 124 by

Google Penguin Algorithm

It is officially well over 18 months, a year and a half since the last official Google Penguin update. The last Google Penguin update was on October 17. 2014 - Penguin 3.0. Since then, any site hit by that, probably has been in serious trouble financially and probably had to take major losses over the past 18 months.

We know the folks at Google are done estimating when Penguin 4.0 will launch, since Penguin 4.0 was expected to launch this past quarter but before that we expected it in January and then in 2015. None of that happened and now 18+ months later, we are still waiting.

Google seems so fed up about these algorithm updates that they don't want to announce future ones. In fact, Google said the next Penguin update, will be the last.

Yesterday, Gary Illyes responded on Twitter about it again:

For more about this topic, see our Google Penguin category.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 4, 2025

Jul 4, 2025 - 10:00 am
Search Video Recaps

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June 2025 Core Update, Search Volatility, Insights Report, Ads & More

Jul 4, 2025 - 8:01 am
Bing Search

Bing Search Tests Zoomable & Sticky Related Searches

Jul 4, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google

Google AI Mode Can Respond In Non-English Languages

Jul 4, 2025 - 7:41 am
Bing Search

Bing Tests Local Place Listings In Green

Jul 4, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Ads

Google Merchant Center Gains Automatic Shipping Updates

Jul 4, 2025 - 7:21 am
Previous Story: Bing Ads Schedule Reports Bug Sends Mass Duplicate Reports To Advertisers