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I had to look up what you meant and found Google's blog post: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update https://developers.googl
by exodust 4y ago
I had to look up what you meant and found Google's blog post:
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-co...
Good to hear. But whether Google can achieve it is another thing.
Quotes I like:
"content created primarily for search engine traffic is strongly correlated with content that searchers find unsatisfying."
No shit! I hope some of the websites I've worked on get signaled up the rear end! I've warned site owners not to use too much SEO content, but the forces of copy-cat SEO tactics are stronger than individual developer advice.
"Are you writing to a particular word count because you've heard or read that Google has a preferred word count? (No, we don't)."
I wish Google had been more plain speaking in the past about this. Better late than never I suppose.