Google is broken: How an algorithm tweak cost livelihoods

Google made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality contentbut the effects have proved devastating to some smaller websites. Online businesses have been left considering layoffs and even site closures after Googles massive upgrade in March and April caused catastrophic drops in traffic. Gisele Navarro is one of the unlucky ones whose website got caught up in Googles dragnet. READ ALSO: Trader rapes four-year-old in exchange for groundnuts, bags life imprisonment The 37-year-old Argentine runs the HouseFresh website with her husband, and they had been building a healthyThe post Google is broken: How an algorithm tweak cost livelihoods appeared first on Guardian Nigeria News.
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