Google Panda Update Version #24; 1.2% Of Search Queries Impacted

(Source - Barry Schwartz )
Google has announced a new Panda refresh, making this version number 24.

This refresh has a noticeable impact 1.2% of English based queries according to Google.

The previous confirmed update was #23 and it impacted 1.3% of English queries on December 21, 2012. Prior to that was a refresh on November 21st that impacted 0.8% of queries. It seems like Google is now rolling out these updates every 4 weeks or so.

Last week there were significant reports of a Google update, which Google denied.

When Google's Algorithms Don't Index Your Content

[ Source - Search Engine Roundtable, By:  Barry Schwartz ]

A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster upset that his index count, compared to the number of pages submitted via his sitemap file is continuously going down, as opposed to up.

  

One of the best ways to see how many pages Google has indexed of your web site is to upload an XML Sitemap file and compare the URLs submitted to the URLs indexed. If that count is close, that is a good thing. If the number of URLs indexed continues to go up, that is a good thing. If that number continuously goes down, there is likely a problem. Continue reading this article>>