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Search Engine Land reported that Illyes said direct use of click data in ranking would not make much sense because the data is noisy.
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- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONRand Fishkin reported that a coordinated search-and-click experiment coincided with a tested page moving from about position seven to position one for the target query.Under evaluation
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONSearch Engine Land reported former Googler Eric Lehman testifying in 2023 that Google was using clicks in rankings.Under evaluation
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONGoogle’s reliance on user-feedback clicks in ranking increased over the decade preceding 2016.Under evaluation
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONSearch Engine Land reported former Googler Eric Lehman testifying in 2023 that Google was using clicks in rankings.Under evaluation
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONGoogle’s reliance on user-feedback clicks in ranking increased over the decade preceding 2016.Under evaluation
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONRand Fishkin reported that a coordinated search-and-click experiment coincided with a tested page moving from about position seven to position one for the target query.Under evaluation
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z