This day in search marketing history: February 24

Google unleashes the Panda algorithmIn 2011, Google released an algorithm update that would eventually become known as the Google Panda Update. The change impacted 11.8% of its search results in the U.S., which was a far higher impact on results than most of its algorithm changes. 2021: The tool providers noticed a decline in the number of featured snippets showing up in the Google search results. 2015: Google was testing showing a live chat button in the local search box within the web search results for some businesses. Opinions expressed in these articles are those of the author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.