Google Search Rankings
This cluster focuses on discussions criticizing Google's search ranking algorithms, including suggestions to downrank low-quality or heavy pages, accusations of bias towards Google's own products and ad revenue, and impacts on SEO.
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It's surprising Google doesn't downrank such pages.
Good news! Google doesn't know how to rank pages either!
Has Google confirmed that it will affect search rankings?
Outranks because google has a vested interest in promoting it
You're probably getting down-ranked by Google, they use performance as a metric.
Google be like: this website performs well on the ranking, does it have AdSense, no, downrank.
Because Google promises you higher ranking in search results...
Page rank would make them care. Can't understand why Google didn't just down rank heavy pages...
Does Google give a boost to its own products in the search rankings?
"Google ad revenue stalled, so they made SERPs worse on purpose"