Content accuracy is not a ranking factor
Google’s systems cannot verify the accuracy of content; instead, it relies on signals that the company thinks aligns with “relevancy of topic and authority,” according to Danny Sullivan, Google’s search liaison, in a tweet posted from his personal account on September 9. This attracted attention from SEOs and kicked off a conversation. Here are the tweet and the question that prompted it. It’s not a popularity contest. When Bill Slawski, director of SEO research for Go Fish Digital,...