Andrey Lipattsev explains that Gary meant here that Panda is now part of the core ranking algorithm, and it means they do not need to know how it runs any more.

5. Page-Level Signal Google’s SearchLiaison affirmed that the Helpful Content component of the core algorithm is generally a page-level signal but that there are sitewide ones as well.

It appears Google heard about the confusion with the namings of the broad core algorithm update from March 12 and decided to clear things up. Google said on Twitter, “Our name for this update is ...

Google finished rolling out the October 2023 Core Update. Core updates target primary search algorithms to improve results and demote low-quality sites.

We had core updates in March, August, November and December. March 2024 core update. The Google March 2024 core update started rolling out March 5, took 45 days to complete, and finished on April 19.