> Some of the information revealed appears to contradict claims that the company has made publicly. One variable that Google Search apparently tracks is when an

> Some of the information revealed appears to contradict claims that the company has made publicly. One variable that Google Search apparently tracks is when and where users click, not just on Google’s core site but any page that is accessed within Google’s Chrome browser. In the past, Google has repeatedly denied factoring that data into its search algorithm. Fishkin told me that, among S.E.O. experts, this “reinforces an already long-held belief that Google’s public representatives regularly lie, mislead, and omit key information.” This flummoxes me that it's written as some big discovery, because it's widely known and accepted that Chrome reports telemetry that a) is reported back to us in Google Search Console and b) affects search results. Am I misreading this? What's the discovery here?