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Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Users often turn to Google to answer a quick question, butresearch suggeststhat up to 10% of users' daily information needs involve learning about a broad topic. That's why
today we're introducing new search results to help users findin-depth articles.
These results are ranked algorithmically based on many signals that look for high-quality,
in-depth content. You can help our algorithms understand your pages better by following these
recommendations:
and of course, create compelling in-depth content.
Following these best practices along with ourwebmaster guidelineshelps our
systems to better understand your website's content, and improves the chances of it appearing in
this new set of search results.
The in-depth articles feature is rolling out now on google.com in English. For more information,
check out ourhelp center article, and
you can post in the comments in our forums.
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