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Sep 2024
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The Google Leak Revealed These 7 Things ...

Edward Sturm
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E424: The Google Algorithm Leak back in May revealed so much about the actual way Google works. Not how the representatives said it should work - but how it actually works.

Revisiting the Leak months later, these are 7 of the most notable takeaways.

Seven things that Google measures that will affect your search engine optimization efforts.

A few of these might surprise you.

Read the original post here: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/google-algorithm-documents-leak

00:00 Intro to the Google Leak 01:31 Domain Authority 04:12 Clicks and Engagement 06:03 The Backstory of the Google Leak 07:32 Content Freshness 09:47 Change History 12:36 Originality 13:28 Site Size and Age 15:42 Chrome Data 16:59 Final Thoughts

#seo #searchengineoptimization #googleapileak #digitalmarketing

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