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Friday, August 20, 2010
Today we've launched a change to our ranking algorithm that will make it much easier for users to
find a large number of results from a single site. For queries that indicate a strong user
interest in a particular domain, like
exhibitions at amnh,
we'll now show more results from the relevant site:
Prior to today's change, only two results from
www.amnh.org would have appeared for this
query. Now, we determine that the user is likely interested in the Museum of Natural History's
website, so seven results from the
amnh.org domain appear. Since the user is
looking for exhibitions at the museum, it's far more likely that they'll find what they're looking
for, faster. The last few results for this query are from other sites, preserving some diversity
in the results.
We're always reassessing our ranking and user interface, making hundreds of changes each year.
We expect today's improvement will help users find deeper results from a single site, while still
providing diversity on the results page.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["Google's search algorithm update makes it easier to find multiple results from the same website when users show a strong interest in a specific domain."],["This change is designed to provide users with more relevant results faster, particularly for queries targeting a specific organization or website."],["While prioritizing results from a single site, Google still maintains result diversity by including results from other sources."],["This update reflects Google's ongoing efforts to enhance search ranking and user interface through continuous refinements and adjustments."]]],[]]
