Google held one other Google Creator Summit the place they invited 7 creators on a totally paid expense journey to their Washington, D.C. workplace to spend the primary two days in some bigger Small Enterprise Summit after which day three with Danny Sullivan, Paul Haahr and I consider HJ Kim from the Google Search crew. I consider they spent a full day with these seven creators, I have no idea how they discover them or chosen the creators. Nevertheless it does appear Google is doing these mini and actually targeted occasions with creators world wide, not simply in California.
Final 12 months, Google had an occasion like this at their predominant campus in California and that went over swimmingly, however they did it once more (and I believe additionally in different places) however this final one was written up by Tomiko Harvey on her weblog over right here. Tomiko is a journey blogger with a concentrate on security and I ought to observe, she spoke to a number of journalists together with Bloomberg (and myself, in the event you name me a journalist). I extremely advocate you learn it intimately, as a result of she had a little bit of a unique tackle this occasion than the earlier creators did with the occasion from the GooglePlex workplace.
Perhaps Danny Sullivan modified his fashion and his presentation, I do not know. However Tomiko walked away understanding that her content material was certainly constructed for search engines like google and yahoo, that it was not an issue Google was simply going to repair and her issues will probably be solved, however reasonably she needed to make modifications on her finish. I’m below the impression that there have been not allowed to take images from the slides on day three, with the search crew.
I do wish to be clear, the primary two days of this occasion was not with the core search crew. So I believe among the messaging round recommendation from the primary two days is being blended with the final day of recommendation – which is okay and all good – however I wish to be clear about that.
The large factor I took from her publish was that her content material was not written to optimize the time of her reader. She admitted that her content material had an excessive amount of fluff, in all probability as a option to appease the Google rating algorithms of the outdated days. Additionally partially as a option to give area for adverts to indicate up within the content material. She additionally mentioned that Google searchers use to need lengthy winded content material however nowadays, searchers need the reply quick – so Google modified how their algorithms work to match what searchers need.
Listed here are some quotes from her piece:
- “I walked away, realizing I used to be nonetheless writing for Google and never my readers, which actually stung me as a result of I assumed I used to be doing the proper factor.”
- “I’m not blissful I misplaced 98% of my site visitors, but it surely pressured me to take a tough take a look at my very own content material and technique.”
- “I used to be snug. I knew website positioning. I understood key phrase analysis. And I obtained complacent.”
- “Google even admitted in the course of the summit that that they had unintentionally inspired lengthy, keyword-heavy content material over time, which led many people creators to start out writing for the algorithm as an alternative of actual folks.”
- “Now, they wish to get again to fundamentals, content material that’s useful, clear, and written with the reader in thoughts.”
- “No extra stuffing key phrases simply to examine a field or including fluffy filler simply to hit a phrase depend. Google’s AI is superior sufficient to know whether or not customers are literally happy with what they discover, and that’s what it now prioritizes.”
- “Meals bloggers have heard the jokes for years. Readers are bored with scrolling previous 14 paragraphs about your grandma’s well-known pie crust, how she walked 10 miles to seek out the proper berries, and the way this recipe modified your loved ones’s life.”
- “The web has made it clear: they only need the recipe. However many creators have pushed again as a result of let’s face it, lengthy content material means extra advert area and higher payout.”
- “And we’ve been taught that size = website positioning gold.”
- “However right here’s what Google is now saying instantly: cease with the fluff. Lengthy, keyword-stuffed tales that bury the precise recipe frustrate customers, and annoyed customers bounce.”
- “That’s not simply unhealthy for the reader, but in addition your rankings. So sure, inform your story, however hold it intentional and related.”
- “As a result of in 2025, readability and usefulness beat nostalgia each time.”
However Google additionally could have admitted issues are mistaken with search high quality, she wrote:
“Earlier than I dive in, right here’s one thing Google admitted upfront on the summit: they know their system has favored bigger websites. They didn’t imply to, however that’s how the algorithm developed.
They informed us instantly that extra site visitors has flowed to main publications, and so they’re actively making an attempt to appropriate that. It’s not an in a single day repair.
They even mentioned they need they may flip a swap to steadiness issues out, but it surely takes months to reverse an overcorrection on their half.
Within the video, she mentioned Google informed her that it’s not Google’s accountability to ship creators site visitors, they’re right here to supply customers/searchers with the data they need. Additionally they mentioned making modifications to Google Search takes many many months and nothing could be fastened over evening.
Here’s a 25 minute video she product of this expertise:
That is effectively value a learn.
Glenn Gabe additionally summed it up effectively on X, which is the place I initially discovered this.
Extra: “Earlier than you write your subsequent weblog publish, ask your self: What’s the high quality of this web page? Are you actually answering the consumer’s query, or are you simply making an attempt to rank?”
“A high-quality web page isn’t simply lengthy, it’s helpful, targeted, and useful. It serves a transparent objective and… pic.twitter.com/J25l2Lhs39
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) Could 6, 2025
And in addition try our protection of the summit from Mountain View from final 12 months in the event you missed it.
