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In 2024, a large set of internal Google documentation was reported as leaked. It was said to list internal data and ranking signal attributes, though not how much weight any of them carries. Google cautioned that the material could be out of date or lack context. SEOs have argued ever since about what, if anything, it shows.
These videos are interpretations by people who sell SEO products or services, so each is one reading and not a finding. All date from the summer of 2024. For a first overview, Google Data Leak, DOJ Antitrust Case and Algorithm Systems offers Marie Haynes's view. Office Hours: Google Search Leak has Mike King and Rand Fishkin comparing notes. Will Critchlow's Whiteboard Friday on testing suits readers who would rather test a claim than take it on trust.
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Marie Haynes walks through the Google data leak, the antitrust trial and the algorithm systems behind search in a webinar hosted by Sitebulb.
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Marketers trying to make sense of the Google API leak hear Mike King and Rand Fishkin share what they have worked out since the first reports, in a SparkToro webinar.
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Which Google ranking factors are real? Will Critchlow offers four testing ideas inspired by the API leaks, so you can check a claim yourself, from what testing is to a worked example.
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Erfan Azimi talks about the leak of Google's ranking signal attributes, what it could mean for SEO as an industry, where the algorithm may go next and the repercussions faced.
