Google's biggest algorithm updates in 2018 [infographic]

Posted by Wordtracker on 28 Jan, 2019
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A roundup of the most significant algorithm changes in 2018 and what we know about them.

True to form, 2018 saw some notable Google algorithm updates, including the mobile-first index rollout in March.

Given that Google frequently neither confirms nor denies updates, any change in ranking is followed in obsessively close detail by many SEOs and webmasters.

The infographic below outlines the biggest changes that took place in 2018.

 

Source: E2M Solutions Inc.

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