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The engineers at Google do know how our algorithmic systems work because they write them. And the engineers I work with at Google looking at the article about t
by dannysullivan 3y ago
The engineers at Google do know how our algorithmic systems work because they write them. And the engineers I work with at Google looking at the article about this found it strange anyone believes this. It's not our advice. We don't somehow add up all the "old" pages on a site to decide a site is too "old" to rank. There's plenty of "old" content that ranks; plenty of sites that have "old" content that rank. If you or anyone wants our advice on what we do look for, this is a good starting page: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creat...
- mrguyorama 3y ago>The engineers at Google do know how our algorithmic systems work because they write them. So there's zero machine learning or statistical modeling based functionality in your search algorithms?
- dannysullivan 3y agoThere is. Which is why I specifically talked only about writing for algorithmic systems. Machine learning systems are different, and not everyone fully understands how they work, only that they do and can be influenced.