Website Rankings Shakeup Confirmed By Google Updating Algorithms Once Again - PART 2
Posted 22nd July 2015 at 05:51 AM by HanifQ
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At the beginning of May 2015, people noticed that there were significant changes on the search engine listings for the keywords that they were searching for. Webmasters that were in charge of multiple websites definitely noticed, and some took a significant hit, and finally, Google has confirmed that changes were made. People are simply referring to it as "The Quality Update", with very little being said by Google in regard to what they have actually done. They were asked if it was the Panda algorithm that was changed which is specifically focused on targeting lower quality sites. They denied that this is actually the algorithm that was tweaked, leading many people to refer to it as the Phantom Update. Finally, Google has stated that the update was not spam related, but actual changes in the core ranking algorithm itself and how it is able to process what they referred to as quality signals. This means that instead of changing one of the filters, the algorithms like Penguin and Panda, they actually changed the way that Google processes this information.
What Has Changed?
As they normally do, they did not disclose what was done, but this is information that will come out as time passes by. Experts in search engine optimization that have hundreds of websites that can monitor the changes almost instantly will be able to ultimately define what the changes actually are. According to some experts, they are targeting "How To" websites, as well as websites that are geared toward providing information. As bizarre as that may seem since Google is about providing information, it has also been shown that some informational sites have actually improved in rankings, making the algorithm change very confusing. Additionally, it was noted that websites that targeted a specific niche were not affected in the same way. Some of them had a boost in rankings, whereas others did not, and as a result of this, it is clearly a change at the core of how they actually evaluate websites and online signals for doing their ranking.
You can stay on top of all of Google's updates by using the Traffic Connect software tool, since it uses 'white-hat' methods.
At the beginning of May 2015, people noticed that there were significant changes on the search engine listings for the keywords that they were searching for. Webmasters that were in charge of multiple websites definitely noticed, and some took a significant hit, and finally, Google has confirmed that changes were made. People are simply referring to it as "The Quality Update", with very little being said by Google in regard to what they have actually done. They were asked if it was the Panda algorithm that was changed which is specifically focused on targeting lower quality sites. They denied that this is actually the algorithm that was tweaked, leading many people to refer to it as the Phantom Update. Finally, Google has stated that the update was not spam related, but actual changes in the core ranking algorithm itself and how it is able to process what they referred to as quality signals. This means that instead of changing one of the filters, the algorithms like Penguin and Panda, they actually changed the way that Google processes this information.
What Has Changed?
As they normally do, they did not disclose what was done, but this is information that will come out as time passes by. Experts in search engine optimization that have hundreds of websites that can monitor the changes almost instantly will be able to ultimately define what the changes actually are. According to some experts, they are targeting "How To" websites, as well as websites that are geared toward providing information. As bizarre as that may seem since Google is about providing information, it has also been shown that some informational sites have actually improved in rankings, making the algorithm change very confusing. Additionally, it was noted that websites that targeted a specific niche were not affected in the same way. Some of them had a boost in rankings, whereas others did not, and as a result of this, it is clearly a change at the core of how they actually evaluate websites and online signals for doing their ranking.
You can stay on top of all of Google's updates by using the Traffic Connect software tool, since it uses 'white-hat' methods.
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