Many of the changes we make are so subtle that very few people notice them. But in the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to our rankingâa change that noticeably impacts 11.8% of our queriesâand we wanted to let people know whatâs going on. This update is designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sitesâsites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful. At the same time, it will provide better rankings for high-quality sitesâsites with original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis and so on.
Translation: “We see you people trying to game our system by doing a bunch of bogus link crap. Stop it.”
