Researchers say YouTube’s algorithm downplays political topics in favor of viral entertainment to keep users watching.

Here's what SEOs need to know about Google's Penguin algorithm update, plus Search Engine Land's coverage of Penguin from 2012 to 2021.

Google confirmed algorithm update summary We whipped up this timeline documenting all the confirmed Google search algorithm updates in 2024, so you can visualize the updates over the year.

Google stands firm in its position that the changes will be a benefit to the web, and changes to the Search algorithm are just the start.

Google released only nine confirmed search ranking algorithm updates this year. Don't worry, there were a lot more unconfirmed updates this year that we covered and it was a very volatile year, in ...

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The new algorithm, called HQC, will be a backup for the main algorithm NIST announced last year for general encryption in a future quantum age.

This is crucial because "Google's Search algorithm is perhaps the most consequential system on the internet, dictating what sites live and die and what content on the web looks like," said The Verge.

The present reality is that Google presses the button and updates its algorithm, which in turn can update site rankings What if we are entering a world where it is less of Google pressing a button and ...