On Friday afternoon, Danny Goodwin covered a 170 or so page PDF that Search Engine Land received from an anonymous tip named “Preference Ranking Guidelines.” It looks to me similar to the Google Quality Raters guidelines that continuously leaked until Google began publishing them for all to see.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 7, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Search Testing Background Section
Google Search is testing a new section in the search results titled or named “Background.” This includes articles from news publishers, with I guess, more background information than you would find from others.
Programming Note: Offline For Several Days
This is a programming note that I will be not be posting here for the next several days. I am not exactly sure how long it will take and when I will be back at 100% but I am expecting it to take at least several days.
