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February 25, 2011 07:50 am GMT
Google made a substantial revision to its search algorithm today, the company says. And while no one in particular is being called out, it's clear that the big losers are content farms and related spammy-content producers who have been having an absolute field day on Google over the last couple of years.11.8% of search queries have been "noticeably" updated, says Google - meaning there have been changes in the top 2-3 results.Google is also making it clear that they have not used user data from a recent Chrome extension they released which lets users block specific sites in Google results that annoy them.Google is saying they've compared the data they've collected from that extension to the sites most impacted in the new search rollout. 84% of the most blocked sites via the Chrome extension were impacted, they say.
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Google Targets Content Farms With Major Search Algorithm Tweaks
Google made a substantial revision to its search algorithm today, the company says. And while no one in particular is being called out, it's clear that the big losers are content farms and related spammy-content producers who have been having an absolute field day on Google over the last couple of years.11.8% of search queries have been "noticeably" updated, says Google - meaning there have been changes in the top 2-3 results.Google is also making it clear that they have not used user data from a recent Chrome extension they released which lets users block specific sites in Google results that annoy them.Google is saying they've compared the data they've collected from that extension to the sites most impacted in the new search rollout. 84% of the most blocked sites via the Chrome extension were impacted, they say.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/pHIDWiBAL08/
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