John Mueller from Google answered a question about if Google’s search quality algorithms, such as Panda, Penguin and others, use machine learning these days. I assume the question was asked by Glenn Gabe and John Mueller basically said Google doesn’t use them in a “targeted way.” He explained that it might be used for determining as a whole if a site is good or bad but not specifically for specific types of penalties.

Truth is, his answer isn’t 100% clear. Let me share the question and answer:

Glenn Gabe asked:

John Mueller answered:

Here is the video embed so you can watch it yourself, it starts at the 1:33 mark, so right away:

Here are more stories from us on machine learning in Google’s search algorithms:
Google: Penguin Doesn’t Use Machine Learning Within The Algorithm
Google: Machine Learning Won’t Take Over The Google Algorithm
Google: Machine Learning Can Be Used To Make New Ranking Signals Out Of Old Ones
Former Google Spam Fighter: Machine Learning Already In Spam Algorithms
Google: Machine Learning For Spam Detection & Search Quality Is Coming
Google’s Use Of Machine Learning In Ranking & Spam Algorithms Is Complicated
Google’s Paul Haahr: We Don’t Fully Understand RankBrain

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