Aug 13 2012 – Google has announced changes to its search algorithms designed better to identify legitimate, quality sources of content. Writing in the official Google Search blog, Amit Singhal, SVP, Engineering, says the company aims to provide a great experience for its users and has developed over 200 signals to ensure its search algorithms deliver the best possible results.
“Starting next week, we will begin taking into account a new signal in our rankings: the number of valid copyright removal notices we receive for any given site. Sites with high numbers of removal notices may appear lower in our results. This ranking change should help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily – whether it’s a song previewed on NPR’s music website, a TV show on Hulu or new music streamed from Spotify,” he wrote.
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