{"id":13247,"date":"2018-07-27T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureseo.wpengine.com\/new-study-reveals-amazon-ppc-insights-copy\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T02:59:13","slug":"google-updates-search-quality-ratings-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureseo.com\/gb\/blog\/seo\/seo-news\/google-updates-search-quality-ratings-guidelines","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Search: Google Updates Search Quality Rating Guidelines, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"clearfix\">Pure SEO\u2019s \u2018This Week In Search\u2019 series takes a look at the top <a href=\"\/?page_id=27223\">SEO<\/a> and <a href=\"\/?page_id=27196\">SEM<\/a> news stories from the week.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>This week, Google updates its search quality rating guidelines, Google Ads introduces new landing page URL parameter options, and Google adds more details to event search features.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google&#8217;s Search Quality Rating Guidelines Gets an Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div>Google recently published a revised version of their search quality rating guidelines &#8211; a 164-page piece of online content that is putting a sharp focus on high-quality main content.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>This guideline is made for 10,000 search quality raters contracted by Google who rate actual Google searches. 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This will allow marketers to easily migrate their accounts to parallel tracking ahead of the Oct. 30 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/answer\/9077177?utm_source=awsocial&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=enP\">Google Ads report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Google Amps Up Event Search Features<\/h2>\n<p>Google has released new updates for its event search features in the U.S. New features include personal recommendations on the new &#8220;For You&#8221; tab, offering more information about events that may interest you.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Google will be providing key information about the event you&#8217;re searching for without taking you to the website, effectively shortening the event search journey. 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