Editing Google Search (section)

=== "Medic" search algorithm update ===
In August 2018, [[Danny Sullivan (technologist)|Danny Sullivan]] from Google announced a broad core algorithm update. As per current analysis done by the industry leaders Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Land, the update was to drop down the medical and health-related websites that were not user friendly and were not providing good user experience. This is why the industry experts named it "Medic".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Barry |date=August 9, 2018 |title=Google's Aug. 1 core algorithm update: Who did it impact, and how much |url=https://searchengineland.com/googles-august-first-core-algorithm-update-who-did-it-impact-and-how-much-303538 |website=[[Search Engine Land]] |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174248/https://searchengineland.com/googles-august-first-core-algorithm-update-who-did-it-impact-and-how-much-303538 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Google reserves very high standards for YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) pages. This is because misinformation can affect users financially, physically, or emotionally. Therefore, the update targeted particularly those YMYL pages that have low-quality content and misinformation. This resulted in the algorithm targeting health and medical-related websites more than others. However, many other websites from other industries were also negatively affected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Medic Update: Google's Core Search Update Had Big Impact On Health/Medical Sites |url=https://www.seroundtable.com/google-medic-update-26177.html |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=seroundtable.com |date=August 8, 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321033704/https://www.seroundtable.com/google-medic-update-26177.html |url-status=live }}</ref>