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May 2024
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Google Algorithm Leak: Why So Many SEOs ...

Edward Sturm
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E329: Yesterday's Google Algorithm Leak showed why so many SEOs, webmasters, and marketers have suffered.

Here are my takeaways after having 24 hours to think about the absolute information bomb dropped into the digital marketing community yesterday.

0:00 Biggest Google Leak Ever: 14,000 Ranking Factors 1:07 SEO Community Reactions: Stupid or Smart? 1:42 Think Like an Algorithm Designer 3:05 Parasite SEO 6:06 Compact Keywords 7:17 Importance of Search Intent 10:44 Lessons from the Leak 12:55 Old Twitter's Lazy Algorithm 15:15 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

#seo #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing

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