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How Google Algorithm Updates Affected Google Search Traffic to Pirate Sites?
Discover how Google algorithm updates affected google search traffic to pirate sites and what really happened.
Search traffic to pirate sites is reportedly down following algorithm updates from Google.
Google’s recent algorithm updates are reportedly reducing traffic to piracy websites, according to an analysis of year-over-year data.
Torrent Freak, with help from piracy tracking company MUSO, published a report which shares insights into pirate site traffic from search engines in 2020.
Google Search Traffic to Pirate Sites Down After Algorithm Updates
From December 2019 to November 2020, pirate sites lost nearly a third of their search traffic. Several interesting patters were also discovered.
Here are key insights from Torrent Freak’s report on what may be a category of sites hit hardest by Google’s recent algorithm updates.
Google Search Traffic Pillaged from Pirate Sites
Search traffic to pirate sites hit a downward trend in January of last year and went into freefall in May 2020 after a brief spike when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.
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