Google Actively Working On Fixing Obituary Search Spam

Google is actively engaged on fixing the issue it was with exhibiting an excessive amount of spam for obituary-related queries. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, mentioned “it is one thing we’re actively taking a look at methods to enhance.”

This was in response to a grievance by Matthew Brown who wrote, “Looking for obituary is each miserable and in addition a complete take a look at each gross search engine optimisation tactic in play immediately. Which can also be miserable.”

Through which Sullivan replied on X saying, “It’s. And it’s one thing we’re actively taking a look at methods to enhance.”

As we lined final month, the obituary spam situation on Google Search is uncontrolled.

The difficulty is when there’s a data void in Google Search, which implies Google doesn’t have another info that matches the question nicely, it should present decrease high quality outcomes. Over time, when true and sincere obituaries are printed, the spammy ones do get downgraded, however till then, there may be simply plenty of spam to see within the search outcomes.

For a lot of, when a demise simply discovered about, they go to Google and solely see the spam, that’s till weeks later when the household is ready to suppose straight and put collectively an official obituary.

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I’m wanting ahead to those enhancements earlier than somebody publishes an orbitary about yours actually.

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