NetEase Technology News, August 13, according to foreign media reports, although Google announced this weekend that it will reduce the weight of copyright infringing websites, the company also stated that the search rankings of large websites such as YouTube and Facebook will not drop as a result.
A Google spokesperson said in an interview with the media that the launch of the new anti-piracy policy means that the company is using more factors to determine search result rankings, and there are more than 200 indicators that determine rankings.
This means that Google's piracy penalties will not affect large sites that rely on user-generated content. Such websites include YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Amazon, etc.
Google said it did not notice a drop in the rankings of the above-mentioned websites when the company was testing the new algorithm internally. The purpose of the new algorithm is to provide more useful results. By "more useful," Google said in a statement, it means "it's easier for users to find content that is legal and comes from reliable sources."
When the new ranking algorithm was announced, some industry insiders speculated that Google’s own products, such as YouTube, would not be included in this adjustment. Some people even worry that because YouTube has its own independent copyright content management methods, its ranking will not be affected.
Google later stated that the company would treat YouTube equally, that is, it does not want popular websites with a large amount of user-generated content to be demoted.
Now you can see the reason for Google's stance: There are many factors that determine the weight of search rankings, and no matter what kind of content removal requests a website like YouTube receives, it is not enough to affect their overall evaluation score. Other sites dropped in rankings due to the new algorithm because they did not have enough "positive" scores to offset the impact of "negative" scores.
As for whether it will be lenient to YouTube, in fact, Google is more strict with the video website, because the new algorithm will take into account YouTube's own internal mechanism and web search aspects.
A Google spokesperson said that because it is impossible for Google to control the deletion process of other websites, YouTube adopts higher standards. (Abi)