No more confusion:
Google gives core update a name, and a structure
Google's Danny Sullivan
says this week's algorithm change will be called the "March 2019 Core
Update," hopes structure will cut back on confusion.
It appears Google heard
about the confusion with the namings of the broad core algorithm updatefrom March 12 and decided to clear things up.
Google said on Twitter,
“Our name for this update is March 2019 Core Update.”
Why
did Google name it? Google doesn’t
often give names to updates but in this case, Google said, “We think this helps
avoid confusion; it tells you the type of update it was and when it happened.”
So Google named it the March 2019 Core Update, which they think will help avoid
confusion.
Can
Google change names of updates? Yes, they can and they have done so in the past. The
original name we had for the Panda update was actually the Farmer update. Google didn’t like the name Farmer update
and renamed it to
the Panda update, which was based on the lead engineers last name.
So yes, Google has
renamed updates in the past and they’ve stuck.
The
tweet: Here is the tweet
from Google earlier this morning with the new name:
We understand it can be useful to some for updates to
have names. Our name for this update is "March 2019 Core Update." We
think this helps avoid confusion; it tells you the type of update it was and
when it happened.
Will
it stick? Will the new name
stick or will people still call it the Florida 2 update? It is hard to say but
I suspect people will go with calling it what Google wants it to be called, the
“March 2019 Core Update.”
Where can I learn more? Check out our original story on this update over
here. Google has said there is
“no fix” for Core updates. But we are collecting data in a survey to analyze
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