Big list of Google's Algo changes in April

[Scattered]

Pretty interesting read...
Google Algorithm Changes For April: Big List Released | WebProNews

a few I took particular interest in:

Smoother ranking changes for fresh results. [launch codename "sep", project codename "Freshness"] We want to help you find the freshest results, particularly for searches with important new web content, such as breaking news topics. We try to promote content that appears to be fresh. This change applies a more granular classifier, leading to more nuanced changes in ranking based on freshness.

No freshness boost for low-quality content. [launch codename “NoRot”, project codename “Freshness”] We have modified a classifier we use to promote fresh content to exclude fresh content identified as particularly low-quality.

No freshness boost for low quality sites. [launch codename “NoRot”, project codename “Freshness”] We’ve modified a classifier we use to promote fresh content to exclude sites identified as particularly low-quality.

 

[masterjani]

That is useful. Also check this one too.

Penguin Analysis: SEO Isn't Dead, But You Need to Act Smarter | Microsite Masters

 

[seotower]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts will definitely come after reviewing both articles,

Regards

 

[Scattered]

@masterjani thanks for the share. I found this extremely useful on the microsite master page.

...After all, how can a “citation” or “recommendation” (which is how the concept of link “valuation” first came to be) be valid if the citation or link has absolutely nothing to do with the page or site that it is on?

 

[seo_content]

Thanks for the sharing..

 

[mikeshinobi]

Search quality highlights: 53 changes for April - Inside Search

More authoritative results. We’ve tweaked a signal we use to surface more authoritative content.

"Yeah, we just felt like Wikipedia and Amazon weren't in the top 10 for enough terms."

 

[jacky8]

Looks like they did a lot of work, but unfortunately the quality of search results decreased as a result. Google failed big time

 

[jacky8]

Google, in its bid to seek "revenge" from link builders for gaming its search results, has ended up hurting itself much more.

As the quality of search results is an indication of the performance of Google engineers, they have failed big time with these recent updates.

 

[vinnythejinny]

search for viagra and checkout the UC Berkeley edu result. Nice fucking SERPS

 

[Scattered]

Unrelated to gaming serps like the above example, what about this instance:
A search for carburetor parts returns a whole mess of results for carbohydrates. Probably because of the shortened "carbs"

I haven't come across any other niches like this, but it is something they need to address for their user experience agenda.

 

[handrewrites]

search for viagra and checkout the UC Berkeley edu result. Nice fucking SERPS

MIT and Montgomery Community College (whatever the fuck that is) too.