What is Penguin algoritham update of google ?

What is Penguin algoritham update of google ?

Google Penguin 4.0 update was first rolled out on September 23, 2016. The purpose of this update was to hit such websites that have spam backlinks with huge quantity. So, the importance of Disavow tool rose to fame and thousands of spam backlinks were remove by using that tool of Webmaster to prevent from Penguin penalty.

In 2012, Google officially launched the “webspam algorithm update,” which specifically targeted link spam and manipulative link building practices. The webspam algorithm later became known (officially) as the Penguin algorithm update via a tweet from Matt Cutts, who was then head of the Google webspam team.

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