Google’s 2020 Core Updates and Their Impact
In 2020, Google released three major core updates—in January, May and December—that collectively reshaped search results. The May update was particularly impactful, widely described by…
BERT Expansion and Passage Indexing
By 2020, Google’s BERT algorithm—originally introduced in 2019 to better understand natural language—expanded to nearly all English queries. BERT helps Google grasp the context and…
AI and Augmented Reality in Search
In 2020, search engines began experimenting with augmented reality (AR) and interactive features. Google introduced 3D models of animals, objects and even skeletons that users…