Goolge "Freshness Algorithm" - Confused

by jonnyhardbaked

Posted: 12 years ago 12 replies

Hi folks!

Just want to get your opinion about the latest Google algorithm which called the "freshness algorithm".

I am confused on quite lots of things about it. One thing is according to Search Engine Land, new sites were the first to benefit from this latest algo update. What's the meaning of this? Do we need to rewrite our contents? Specially if it is not related to events, news, or other recurring events? Does it affects the whole site or a certain page where new contents were posted?

Any information regarding this matter will greatly be appreciated.

Thanks folks!

#confused #freshness algorithm #goolge

TopKat22

12 years ago

I've been asking similar questions because I have some really old blogs that haven't been updated for months and years still on page one of google and I have some brand new fan pages and twitter accounts on page one of google.

I was wondering if it has to do with social networking activity.

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jonnyhardbaked

12 years ago

Originally Posted by TopKat22

Are you doing social networking activity for a long time pal?

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jonnyhardbaked 12 years ago

Any other infos guys?
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dofollow 12 years ago

Maybe that is because of the links or the content on the blog. If you haven't touched your site in such a long time then your competitors might have had ample of time to improve the SEO of their own blog. Google shows weakness here.
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razorhound

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jonnyhardbaked

Hi folks!
I am confused on quite lots of things about it. One thing is according to Search Engine Land, new sites were the first to benefit from this latest algo update. What's the meaning of this?

Detailed information here.

Official Google Blog: Giving you fresher, more recent search results

Originally Posted by jonnyhardbaked

Do we need to rewrite our contents? Specially if it is not related to events, news, or other recurring events? Does it affects the whole site or a certain page where new contents were posted?

In this case, nope.

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mosthost 12 years ago

The more often you update, the more likely you'll be included in new results. That means blogs that update often should benefit.
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JeanneLynn 12 years ago

I notice that my new pages are getting indexed faster. In some case, they're being indexed within a minute or two.
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Daniel Wilson 12 years ago

I think it is really well explained in this video: Google's "Freshness" Update - Whiteboard Friday | SEOmoz
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lovboa Banned 12 years ago

I'm targeting 3 keywords, and I haven't noticed anything to the two main keywords that I'm targeting and backlinking to consistently.

However, the third keyword (the most difficult, competitive, and has 3-4 times the searches per month than the other 2 keywords) has shot up recently after the freshness update. It was a joyful surprise because I haven't been backlinking for this keyword at all recently and mainly focusing on the other 2 keywords.
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jonnyhardbaked 12 years ago

WHOAHH!!!

Someone unearthed this thread! It has been buried for a long time!!
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- Andy Hart 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jonnyhardbaked
  
  WHOAHH!!!
  
  Someone unearthed this thread! It has been buried for a long time!!
  
  what 2 weeks?? :confused:
  
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RevSEO 12 years ago

Unearthed or not here is my $0.02

The freshness update was much like the realtime that
Google had a year or so ago. Basically it has to do with
keywords that are trending and the require "real time"
updates.

Google still loves frequently updated sites, but this has
nothing to do with that. In other words let's pretend that
the term "Chargers" is trending because of todays football
game. Now obviously some blog or website that just posted
the latest news or information about the game is important.
Therefore all the recent posts and articles that are getting
posted from reputable sites will show up in the "real time"
area of Google.

Make sense?
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