Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation

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Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166177/google-search-ranking-algorithm-leak-documents-link-seo

The leak reportedly details what data Google collects for ranking.

Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation

A purported leak of 2,500 pages of internal documentation from Google sheds light on how Search, the most powerful arbiter of the internet, operates.

The leaked documents touch on topics like what kind of data Google collects and uses, which sites Google elevates for sensitive topics like elections, how Google handles small websites, and more. Some information in the documents appears to be in conflict with public statements by Google representatives, according to Fishkin and King.