The page layout algorithms/penalty that penalizes sites with too many ads distracting users from the main content is supposedly an algorithm that is automated and doesn’t need to be manually run.

We discussed the concept of the real time algorithms when Penguin 4.0 launched. In short, you make a change to your site, Google’s crawlers pick up on the change and then your rankings should automatically adjust soon after.

I asked John Mueller of Google this in yesterday’s hangout at the 48 minute mark. I asked:

John replied:

He did not say the words “real time” but he said it is automated and implied no algorithm needs to rerun.

Here is the video embed:

Forum discussion at Google+.