The leak of Google's secret 14,000 ranking factors unveils intricate insights into its search operations, challenging long-held assumptions and shedding light on clandestine practices.
On Sunday, May 5th, an email was received from an individual purporting to have access to a significant leak of API documentation from within Google’s Search division. The email also asserted that these leaked documents had been verified as authentic by former Google employees, who, along with others, had disclosed additional private information about Google’s search operations.
Many of the assertions directly conflict with public statements made by Googlers over time, particularly the company’s repeated denial of employing click-centric user signals, denial of considering subdomains separately in rankings, denial of a sandbox for newer websites, denial of collecting or considering a domain’s age, and more.
Naturally, skepticism arose. The claims made by this source, who requested anonymi...
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