The UK's CMA introduced two new conduct requirements for Google Search, covering fair ranking of organic results including AI ...

A review of many of Twitter’s patents reveals some indications of criteria that are influential to rankings that are not readily apparent. Twitter patents and other publications reveal likely aspects ...

Instagram’s home feed ranking algorithm is receiving an update that’s designed to boost the visibility of original content. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced the ranking change is one ...

It has been a while since I reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update but it seems over the past 24 hours or so, we are seeing one. It probably started yesterday and is now ...

Google has updated its search ranking algorithm to "more strongly affect the sites that host explicit videos but don't allow Googlebot to fetch those video files" which may lead to a "significant drop ...

Field-level analysis examines how ranking algorithms shape consumer trust, visibility, and competition in local service markets using real-world operator data. NUTLEY ...

Another day, another change to Instagram's algorithm. The app is tweaking the way it ranks content in order to "value original content more," according to Instagram Head Adam Mosseri. Mosseri called ...

Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors. Reading time 8 minutes This piece is part of Gizmodo’s ...

As Google better understands how the content fits in within the context of the whole web, links might not be as necessary. Google’s John Mueller said that in the future he can see a Google Search ...

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, ...

Graph-based ranking algorithms assign importance scores to nodes by interpreting the structure of links as a basis for iterative computation. At the core lies the PageRank model, which interprets a ...