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Google says it took down 45% more fake reviews in 2023 thanks to new algorithm

Google says it took down 45% more fake reviews in 2023 thanks to new algorithm

Google has a new review algorithm that the search company says it better anf faster at taking down fake reviews from local listings in Google Search and Google Maps. “In 2023, this new algorithm helped us take down 45% more fake reviews than the year before,” Google announced. Google receives a lot of contributions to its Google Maps and local listings, this includes reviews, photos, updates to listings and more. In fact, Google said it receives “around 20 million contributions per… Source link

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Google search reels from AI spam, algorithm update for ‘worst results’ in at least 14 years: SEO executive

Google search increasingly looks like it just isn’t working the way it used to.  The search engine that has become a 21st century staple in virtually everyone’s lives, used billions of times a day, is struggling with the unintended consequences of a recent update. Basically, it’s all spammed up. Welcome to web search’s junk mail era.  “It’s the worst quality results on Google I’ve seen in my 14-year career,” says Lily Ray, senior director of search engine… Source link

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Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets

Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets

Google updated their search snippet documentation to clarify what influences Google’s algorithm for choosing what to display as the snippet in the search results. This change may represent a big change in how meta descriptions are written and how content is optimized. Google Search Results Snippets A webpage displayed in the search engine results pages (SERPs) consists of a title, a URL breadcrumb and a one to two sentence description of what the webpage is about. That last part is called… Source link

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Google On Giving Start & End Dates To Algorithm Updates

Google On Giving Start & End Dates To Algorithm Updates

If you’ve been following my coverage here on confirmed Google search algorithm updates over the years, you would see that the dates Google gives to the start of an update and, more often, the completion of an update are not always so exact. Like with the December 2022 helpful content update, Google said it kind of started on December 5th but said they didn’t post about it until the day after because it wasn’t really noticeable until December 6th. Also, when updates are completed, Google… Source link

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Google Rolls Out New Spam Algorithm Update

Google Rolls Out New Spam Algorithm Update

Google confirms an algorithm update targeted at fighting spam is rolling out to search results worldwide and in all languages. Google estimates the October 2022 spam update will take several days to roll out. Exact details about spam updates are rarely provided, except in cases where they target specific types of spam, such as last year’s link spam update. Google regularly rolls out spam updates to maintain the quality of its search results. Spam updates are designed to improve Google’s… Source link

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