The ‘leak’ of the latest version of Google’s Search Quality Rating Guidelines always rouse interest in the search marketing community.

Version 5.0 made an appearance earlier in the summer. Designed to assist Google’s army of search quality raters , who are hired to manually rate the quality of search results.

The guide gives a clear set of criteria by which they should assess sites that rank within particular search verticals. Many believe it gives a clear indication of what Google expects high quality sites and pages to be like in the future, as well as additional ranking factors that will dictate where they appear.

Our Operations Director, Joel Turner, wrote an article on the latest guide which made the cover of GPWA Times - a leading online marketing magazine in the iGaming sector.

Take a look for yourself below.