Google put speed ahead of accuracy three years ago - and we're all paying the price Paid Members Public
Here we go. Following on from my last post [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2017/10/google-top-stories-carousel-news.html] , it seems that Google has been including non-Google News posts in the “In the News” box for three years [http://searchengineland.com/googles-news-listings-beyond-traditional-205213]: > Google has confirmed that new “In The News”
Google's Top Stories algorithm is failing to detect authoritative sources Paid Members Public
This is a pretty significant Google algorithm fail: > Also, apparently Google is putting 4chan threads in their top story unit now? So, the number one hit for his name is a /pol/ thread. pic.twitter.com/OYwW6pbWvy [https://t.co/OYwW6pbWvy] — Ryan Broderick (@broderick) October 2, 2017 [https://twitter.
Google Instant is dead. But what killed it? Paid Members Public
Google Instant — the feature where your search results appear as you type your query — has been killed off [http://searchengineland.com/google-dropped-google-instant-search-279674]: > After launching Google Instant — Google’s method of showing search results as you type them — several years ago, Google has removed the feature from search effective today.
Accelerated Mobile Pages: great for SEO, bad for control Paid Members Public
John Gruber [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/10/21/google-amp], back in October: > Can someone explain to me why a website would publish AMP versions of their articles? They do load fast, which is a terrific user experience, but as far as I can see, sites that publish AMP
Google search goes mobile first - desktop database relegated Paid Members Public
Google is going to make its forthcoming mobile search index its primary dataset [http://searchengineland.com/google-divide-index-giving-mobile-users-better-fresher-content-261037] : > Google is going to create a separate mobile index within months, one that will be the main or “primary” index that the search engine uses to respond to queries. A separate desktop
Google News Lab is on Medium Paid Members Public
Google News Lab is on Medium [https://medium.com/google-news-lab] Worth a follow, as they’re funding some interesting stuff.
Google kills the PageRank toolbar Paid Members Public
Public disclosure of PageRank is done [http://searchengineland.com/google-has-confirmed-they-are-removing-toolbar-pagerank-244230] > Google has confirmed with Search Engine Land that it is removing Toolbar PageRank. That means that if you are using a tool or a browser that shows you PageRank data from Google, within the next couple weeks it will
Google algorithm update hits publishers Paid Members Public
Publishers feel the pain in new Google update [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/01/17/economist-new-yorker-and-time-all-fall-victim-google-update] A new update to the Google search algorithm seems to have hit some publishers, including TheAtlantic.com, GQ.com, Newyorker.com, Economist.com and Time.com: > Commenting on the results, Marcus Tober,
