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Google Hummingbird Update ~ What are bloggers saying ?

October 5, 2013 by 64 Comments

Google has just started playing another music and webmasters and bloggers have started dancing to its tune. September 27 is Google’s official birthday and this year 2013, Google is 15 years old and about 90% of website owners called to the dance floor.

Google thinks 15 years is enough time to reason like human beings.  Yes, Google has a better understanding of the concept of human language, rather than a few scattered words. That’s what they are telling us in the recent Hummingbird update which actually is the largest algorithm update in three years.

According to Wikipedia, Google started using Hummingbird about 30 August 2013 and only announced the change on Thursday, September 26.

UPDATE:  Penguin 2.1 just released to combat web scam. In my opinion, skinny niche sites with rehashed contents are at war

Google Hummingbird UpdateAlthough this has been a major update that affects the brain of Google bots, less noise is heard around the globe. I have taking time to find out what my blogging friends have written about this. Looks like many in my community have shifted to the corners to spy what’s going on in silence. However, I managed to read Hummingbird posts on 3 of the blogs I read always  and decide to share them here.

Chitraparna SinhaThe first article I came across was written by Chitraparna Sinha on her socialvani. On Chitraparna’s blog, we read that Google has significantly altered the core algorithm over the past one month to handle more complex search queries. In other words, long-tailed queries from users will get better and accurate results with the Google Hummingbird update. You can read more and interact with Chritraparna here

Reginald ChanThe second article I stumbled upon was written by good friend here on the blogosphere. Reginald Chan was recently featured here as blogger of the week and it was a good week having him on board.

In his Hummingbird update post, he thinks this update affects website owners and bloggers in several ways as in ;

  1. Choices of keywords
  2. Possibility of new requirements to get blogs and articles indexed faster
  3. The importance of human factor (human intent)

Reginald thinks this update weighs more on “micro niche sites” or “small sites” as he puts it in the opening phrase. While Chan did not limit this post to Google’s Hummingbird update, you may want to check it out here to discover more stuffs in the article.

Suman BhattaraiThe last article I read this week came from Suman Bhattarai on Bivori.com. That this is last does not imply it’s the least. I got to them in order of arrival on the blogosphere.

According to Suman, the whole Hummingbird update is focused on Google’s Knowledge graph service which operates on the voice command on most of the top end Android devices. Google and almost all top end companies see a huge future in mobile device so; their focus now is towards optimizing the search result for mobile users as well. Check out Suman’s post here

These are the three articles I read this week on my friends’ blogs. I read quite more on some other blogs but I wanted to share what my friends wrote here

Did you write too on Google Hummingbird? What’s your opinion? Kindly share with us in the comment box. Help friends discover this article by sharing on social media too

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  1. Shalu Sharma
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    October 5, 2013 at 8:07 am

    There has been too many updates and to be honest, I don’t bother any more with these updates. The search engines although plays an important role in traffic, there are other ways to bring traffic to your site.

    Thanks for making these clear about the hummingbird update. Now what we need is a way to tame it.
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  2. Bishal Biswas says:
    October 5, 2013 at 8:41 am

    As This Penguin 2.1 Algorithm is a Part of the Hummingbird Algorithm and I think this kinds of Updates will be launched frequently as to make the searches more fresh and genuine. It’s depended on Google and Matt Cutts, Let’s See what happens next.

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    • Enstine M. Muki
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      October 5, 2013 at 8:47 am

      Google is bent on trashing spammy content and moving towards giving users the right quality on SERP. I think focusing on quality and white hat SEO will not fetch bloggers any worries.

      Let’s see what happens next

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  3. Harleena Singh
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    October 5, 2013 at 8:58 am

    Hi Enstine,

    I am with Shalu on this one….just too many updates DO get annoying and tough to cope up with. You too mentioned to her reply that Penguin 2.1 is launching today – gosh! When will these updates stop!

    I also really don’t bother about keeping track of these updates, but I see other bloggers turn panicky or wonder about the coming updates, which for me is really a ‘no bother’ kind of attitude. I guess if you are treading your own path and doing things the right way – you should be safe, and even if not, sooner or later you’d be recognized and be given credit for your work. I really don’t let such updates affect me :)

    Thanks for sharing. Have a nice weekend :)
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  4. Shathyan Raja
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    October 5, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Hi,

    Google is coming up with many updates where they wan to maintain their quality and standard in giving information the web surfer for their query. So due to it, they came with Hummingbird which target the sites which are pointing out only for Keywords and now again Penguin 2.1 which again targeting over niche sites. So unless an until we have the quality then we need not worry of any updates from Google.
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  5. Ammar
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    October 5, 2013 at 9:17 am

    Quality wins over quantity!

    If we have lot of quality content and proper search engine optimization, We should never worry about such updates.

    A part from Google we should also focus on driving traffic from other sources other than search engine. No?

    I saw a spike in my blog traffic yesterday. Let’s see how it goes :D
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  6. Efoghor Joseph Ezie
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    October 5, 2013 at 9:42 am

    Blogging is supposed to be such a free way of expressing one’s mind, ideas, points, knowledge, etc; but Google is trying to make the whole thing robotic, forcing bloggers to write in a way that suits Google’s programmed systems. This in my opinion, is really hindering the way people write. If I write, I should be able to express my view in such a way that a fellow human should understand. I shouldn’t be adding keywords consciously or subconsciously in order to meet Google’s requirements.

    Besides, Google is causing a lot of confusion and nobody seems to understand them anymore (though no one has ever done). It is their way of remaining relevant online. While we try to follow their algorithms, we must understand that the relationship we build with others matters more than trying to please Google.

    Hummingbird, Panda, Penguin or not, just do the best you can, write in your natural way, avoid any Blackhat SEO techniques and leave the rest. If you present quality content and promote it very well, I believe you will still get positive results.

    Thanks Enstine for this write up. Thanks also to friends like Chitraparna Sinha, Reginald Chan, Suman Bhattarai and others who took their time to write about the Hummingbird update. Do have a nice weekend.
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    • Enstine M. Muki
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      October 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm

      Hey Joe,
      Good to see you here this weekend and thanks for expressing yourself this far. Yes, we should care more about quality. I think that’s what Google wants and will reward any blog for top quality content. You notice a lot garbage has been going on as everyone wanted just the first page. That’s but normal so I can see with Google in trying to cleanse up.

      Whatever update, useful articles are the most wanted ;)
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  7. Nikhil Bille
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    October 5, 2013 at 11:20 am

    I started my blog with custom domain 2 years ago, but doing blogging seriously from last 8-10 months. When any update with Google then everyone look on that and caring with their blogs.

    I told you when we write some genuine posts and building backlinks manually, you never get attack with any animal. We want to do hard work but little smart work need.
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  8. Peter Kanayo says:
    October 5, 2013 at 11:34 am

    Estine, this would be the first time an commenting on your blog and I must say it’s great.

    Concerning humming bird-funny name to give an update-I must say as a blogger one of the most important thing is to build relationships and create useful content.

    When you do this, even if the next update is vulture bird update you will be in safe hands. Most people who are scared of google updates are those who have over optimized there site I see people who are now trying to game google all in the name of Google’s love for new content.

    The question that should be on people lips is at what cost are we willing to implement this tactics.

    I believe for one it ain’t going to last and google would eventually punish people on the long run. Will also say big-up to Harleena. She sent me this way.

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  9. Omoscowonder
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    October 5, 2013 at 11:53 am

    i also shared this on my blog, it really hit my micro niche website which was ranking 3rd, and now, it’s in 2nd page..
    it’s scary, but i’ll pass the hurdle.
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  10. drakes says:
    October 5, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    Hello Enstine,
    Nice post mate, I’ve already read a lot about Hummingbird algorithm of Google which has recently been launched officially. However I am of the feeling that the testing for the same was on board since last 1 or 2 months as one of my previous blog fell victim of an anonymous update from Google of which there wasn’t even an official announcement.
    What I liked the most about this blog post is the way you have given due credit to the bloggers who have already written about the hummingbird algorithm. I too have read of it on reginaldchan’s blog and knew a lot about the said algorithm. Great to see you giving proper credit to fellow bloggers. Keep sharing

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  11. Lisa
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    October 5, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    Hi Enstine, I just saw the latest tweet from Matt Cutts on 2.1 and put in my latest post this a.m. I found it very helpful for my retail site (which is a niche) that I may have to slow down on blogging and concentrate on orders, etc. It really made a great difference the past several weeks. I also noticed in doing some searches this a.m. that other directory type sites fell out of the searches for certain keywords, happy about that as they do not had value to people searching!
    I haven’t noticed a big difference on my WordPress blogs but will dig deeper in the coming week. Thanks for sharing all the reports on it too Enstine. I’m off to enjoy some of the weekend and hope you will too!
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    • Enstine M. Muki
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      October 5, 2013 at 2:47 pm

      Hi Lisa,
      Good to hear your niche site’s doing better after the updates. I got some improvements too on mine. However, let’s wait a bit more and see what happens

      Have a wonderful weekend over there ;)

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  12. Kumar Chandan
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    October 5, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    Hi, Enstine,
    Google’s new search algorithm, HummingBird, is the smartest search algorithm. It got the ability to understand the query and then it will perform its results. This is nothing; however, Google, want to make everyone know that it will not comprises with the quality of the contents. Your website should have good nectar what HummingBird drinks.

    I have read Reginald update it is quite good and thank you for sharing other two. Another thing, yes, it is also true, Google is launching Penguin 2.1 today (According to Matt Cutts tweet). In other word, there is no space left for web spammers.

    Thank you for sharing some wonderful blogs. :)
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  13. Susan Neal
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    October 5, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    Hi Enstine,

    I’m afraid, like Shalu and Harleena, I really can’t be bothered even trying to keep up with all these updates – this isn’t what I started blogging for, and to be honest I’d probably just give it up altogether if I felt it was essential to get my head round all these algorithmic changes. I have read one other post about this, which went into it in quite a bit of detail, but it just gives me a big headache! I’ll just carry on blogging, try not to make any stupid mistakes, and see what happens!

    Sue
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  14. Atul Kumar Pandey says:
    October 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    Finally I come to a point where I think that, everything is just for news. Blogging can not be limited as per the new updates and algorithms. Finally Google is doing better for us.

    Regards,
    Atul Kumar Pandey

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  15. Qasim
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    October 5, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    Hi Enstine,

    It’s important to know what bloggers think when something as big as current Google Search Engine update and how they will be behaving according this update, thanks for sharing about their articles and views.
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  16. Van Marciano says:
    October 5, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Insightful post, looks like Google are at it again, I feel sorry for anyone doing SEO and focusing on getting traffic from Google. But to be honest nothing Google does surprises me anymore, I stopped worrying about Google a long, long time ago when I started fresh with a brand new blog and website for each of my businesses, and I happily get a lot of traffic from plenty of alternative sources without needing Google, and business is better than it ever was.

    I recommend to any blogger to find their audience through other sources and there are plenty i.e. blog network sites, social media, YouTube and more, forget SEO, forget Google.

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  17. Arun Kallarackal says:
    October 6, 2013 at 4:28 am

    This update has reduced my blog’s traffic by 40%. Traffic started decreasing since August 20. Now I’m trying to recover this loss.

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  18. Pramod
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    October 6, 2013 at 6:47 am

    Hi Enstine !
    I had a question . Is it a good strategy to build links with blogs whose traffic has dropped drastically just because of Google updates ? .

    -Pramod
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  19. Arbaz Khan
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    October 6, 2013 at 7:50 am

    My one blog got seriously hit by the Hummingbird update and I don’t even know what happened with it. There ain’t any messages in the Webmasters Tools as well so that I can work on the site.
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  20. Reginald
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    October 6, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    Hi Enstine.

    Appreciate that kind round up. I have been reading a lot and honestly speaking, it is hard to determine what Google is thinking. However, it is always very fun to know :)

    Thanks for this and appreciate that buddy. I really do.

    Have a blessed weekend.
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  21. Metz says:
    October 6, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    Yes, I also heard about it. The August and September thingy that you shared abouve. Well, until now, it is intriguing me why the launch was late? I mean why not August? not September, since they are using it in that month.

    Well, the things you’ve stated here sounds familiar to me since I’ve read several articles about Google Hummingbird, the difference is that, bloggers opinions were showcased here.

    Nice post all in all. Thanks!

    I found this post shared on Kingged.com, the Internet marketing social news site, and I “kingged” it and left this comment.

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  22. mikemilton says:
    October 7, 2013 at 7:06 am

    this updates really effect my sites and also effect so many others whose SEO is not relevant..

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  23. Adideo says:
    October 7, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Hello Enstine,

    Thank you very much for sharing this post. I have also heard about this new update. I will also read their posts that you have posted here.

    -Adideo

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  24. Tom Jamieson
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    October 8, 2013 at 1:17 am

    Hey Enstine thanks for sharing these different perspectives on hummingbird. The Google penalty checker says that my site will be negatively impacted so I will certainly be watching this very closely in the coming weeks an months. Have a great week!
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  25. Sadek says:
    October 8, 2013 at 7:07 am

    Google is rolling updates every now and then, which makes bloggers life hell as every equation changes, and now a day we can’t even trust our organic traffic source as who knows how many days it will sustenance.
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  26. Gautam
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    October 8, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    Nice to see other peoples thoughts but still am Confused about Hummingbird and how to recover from it.
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  27. Sagar Nandwani says:
    October 9, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    We didn’t see any significant traffic impact for the past month or so due to Hummingbird. However, has anyone noticed the new SERP layout on ipad? I’m seeing this completely new design for Google SERP when I search on ipad.

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  28. Adideo says:
    October 10, 2013 at 1:45 am

    Hello there!

    Thank you very much for sharing this great post. Anyways, I have a question. Is it really true that Hummingbird update is the largest algorithm update in three years?

    -Adideo

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  29. Chadrack
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    October 11, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    Hi Enstine,

    When I heard of the Hummingbird algorithm change I also took my time to check on what the experts in the industry has to say about it. Based on that and my understanding of search engine optimization and what Google has been doing for the past few years, I did a post on what we should expect in the coming year and also how we can make good use of these changes.

    n my summation, I opined that there will be less emphasis on keywords and more emphasis on really being valuable to site visitors and customers. Google letting us know that it search engines can now better understand the human language definitely shows that being natural with our writing is the way to go.

    There are really some very useful nuggets in the post. Do check it out.
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  30. Bob says:
    October 26, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    I don’t really pay much attention to the updates. If you focus on white hat SEO and relevant, quality content there shouldn’t be a problem. Providing search results with useful, relevant content instead of keyword rich results will be welcomed.

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  31. MAXINE says:
    March 3, 2014 at 5:11 am

    Great Information, Very on point. With Google Hummingbird, Keywords and content have become more valuable. Since mobile searches have dramatically increased, conversational searches have become a norm. I love that Google Hummingbird was designed to adapt to such searches and create more “human” type searches. I believe it brings more accuracy and quality to searches.

    Thanks,
    Maxine

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  32. Samir says:
    March 22, 2014 at 7:19 am

    Applying meaning to the words within the text not only means new content creation processes for marketers but also improved search result for their users.

    This was very helpful thank you, My blog was hit by bad bad Hummingbird Update on October but after that i have finally recover my website on 14th March 2014.

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