Rank aggregation and ranking algorithms form a critical area of research that seeks to consolidate multiple ordering or preference lists into a single consensus ranking while also developing ...

It should be clear to everyone that the Google documentation leak and the public documents from antitrust hearings do not really tell us exactly how the rankings work. The structure of organic search ...

PageRank is a foundational algorithm that has significantly influenced the way search engines rank webpages by assessing both the quantity and quality of inbound links. The technique, originally ...

Get a better understanding of Google's ranking systems with this excerpt from SEJ's Ranking Factors 2023 ebook. Look at the impact of query intent on ranking. There are multiple ranking systems, and ...

Danny said that Google is still working on their ranking algorithm, indicating that more changes (for the positive) are likely on the way. The main idea he was getting across is that they’re still ...

An eBay director of global ecommerce and payments has updated a patent for an algorithm that ranks search query results based on matching language with geographic region. The patent supports search in ...

For the past several unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm updates that we covered, those were almost all reported over the weekend. Now I am seeing search ranking volatility in the middle of a ...

Leaked Google documents has given the search industry proprietary insight into Google Search, revealing very important elements that the company uses to rank content. Thousands of leaked documents, ...

This week, Google made some major changes to their search engine algorithm, calling the update "Panda 4.0." As a result, many websites were booted from high-ranking search results, but none has ...

We may be seeing the start of a Google Search ranking algorithm update, as I am starting to see volatility spiking in the Google Search results and a spike in chatter within the SEO community. I know ...