Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
November 7, 2011 09:11 pm GMT

The Winners & Losers Of Googles Freshness Update Revealed

google_freshness_updateSearch analytics provider Searchmetricsspent the weekend examining the effects of last week's changes to the Google algorithm - changes that Google said would affect around one in three Web searches. According the company's initial analysis, sites with fresher, more-up-to-date content, including many news sites, blogs, broadcasters and brand sites, have indeed seen a boost from the update, as Google promised. This includes sites like TechCrunch parent The Huffington Post, Salon.com, the U.K.'s Daily Mail, plus a number of blogs, celebrity news sites and a large list of brands.However, the sites that lost SEO visibility after the changes didn't seem to represent any one group, as they also included some brands, blogs, broadcasters and even Google's own Blogger.com, which dropped over 20%.

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rAUaonI4XDE/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Techcrunch

TechCrunch is a leading technology blog, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

More About this Source Visit Techcrunch