Google’s collateral damage after algorithm changes, illustrated

SEOBook has created an interesting infographic that details the effects that changes to Google’s algorithms have had on the web. Google is in a position of pretty tremendous responsibility: when it changes numbers in an algorithm, people’s livelihoods are affected. After the most recent change, for example, Mahalo had to lay off 10% of its staff in response to drastically reduced search traffic.

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