Stay Updated with the Changes in SEO in the last 5 years [Infographics]

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Changes in SEO in the last 5 years
Witness the changes in the SEO world that have
revolutionised the way content is written today.
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Changes are the only constant! The world of SEO
has witnessed significant changes in these five
years which have changed the way how a digital
marketing company works today. Some of the
noticeable changes witnessed each year are
mentioned below.
Introduction
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Major changes in 2016
2016 The watchdog of content

• In 2016 again, the updates and changes in SEO
  were made to develop ways of local SEO and solve
  the issues of keyword stuffing. The significant
  changes in this year were
• January- Google Panda part of the algorithm
• March- content, rank brain, and links are the top
  three ranking factor
• April- Page speed doesnt impact SEO
• September- Possum update launches and Penguin 4.0
  operates in real time
• December- Google reviews spam pages with vulgar
  language

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Major changes in 2017
Birth of Fred in 2017

• In 2017 Google brought significant updates in the
  SEO world by introducing a new algorithm directed
  towards quality content.
• January 10 Google started rolling penalty for
  spammy pages
• March 8 Fred update changes how algorithm work
• June 20 Google job officially launched
• November 30 snippet length increased and meta
  description limit upto 300 character
• August 15 Maccabees update with MozCast as a rank
  tracking tool.

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Major changes in 2018
Users Were the King in 2018

• The year 2018 saw changes in SEO directed towards
  making content mobile friendly and the number of
  SERPs increased due to video.
• March 8 Brackets core update
• March 26 mobile first index rolls out to impact
  the overall index
• May 13 snippet length dropped to 130-150
  characters
• June 14 Video carousal
• August 1 medic core update which affected the
  health industry

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Major changes in 2019
2019- BERT greets SEO world

• There were updates based on MozCast and indexing
  around it, which was reflected in the
  health-related business pages.
• March 12 new update as MozCast reaches 101.2?F
• April 5 de-indexing bug which dropped pages
  without proper URL
• July 12 Maverick update
• October 22 BERT update for natural
  interpretation of languages

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Major changes in 2020
Slow Yet Quality Updates in 2020

• This year the updates were slow as the pandemic
  situation created situation of unrest. Some of
  the changes in SEO seen were-
• January 13- major core update with Mozcast
  showing a high flux and 99?F temperature.
• January 22 Google declared that for organic
  results, URLs wouldnt be appearing in featured
  snippets
• March 11- COV-19 update which was unconfirmed.
  WHOs warning of the pandemic situation was a
  turning factor.
• August 10 Google glitch as SEO, reported
  significant changes which changed after some
  time. Google claimed a bug in its indexing.

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