Search Engine Land

Google algorithm updates 2023 in review: Core, reviews, helpful content, spam and beyond

Google launched nine confirmed algorithmic updates in 2023, as well as a new AI search engine, the Search Generative Experience. In 2022 and 2021, Google had 10 confirmed algorithmic updates. Unless ...
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Google Search Algorithm Update Targeting Explicit Deepfakes

Google updates search algorithm to combat explicit deepfakes, improving content removal and adjusting rankings to protect users from non-consensual imagery. Google updated its algorithm to combat ...
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E-E-A-T and major updates to Google’s quality rater guidelines

Google has made significant changes to its Quality Rater Guidelines (QRG) for search. While Google updates this document several times per year, the latest version, updated today, came with notable ...
The Conversation

A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’?

Mark Sanderson received funding from Microsoft Research in 2018. In his landmark ruling against Google earlier this week, United States district judge Amit Mehta said the tech giant has built “the ...