> Websites trust these SEO consultants and growth hackers more than they trust information from Google itself.
That's because websites' goals and Google's goals are not aligned.
Websites want people to engage with their website, view ads, buy products, or do something else (e.g. buy a product, vote for a party). If old content does not or detracts from those goals, they and SEO experts say, it should go because it's dragging the rest down.
Google wants all the information and for people to watch their ads. Google likes the long tail; Google doesn't care if articles from the 90's are outdated because people looking at it (assuming the page runs Google ads) or searching for it (assuming they use Google) means impressions and therefore money for them.
Google favors quantity over quality, websites the other way around. To oversimplify and probably be incorrect.
That's because websites' goals and Google's goals are not aligned.
Websites want people to engage with their website, view ads, buy products, or do something else (e.g. buy a product, vote for a party). If old content does not or detracts from those goals, they and SEO experts say, it should go because it's dragging the rest down.
Google wants all the information and for people to watch their ads. Google likes the long tail; Google doesn't care if articles from the 90's are outdated because people looking at it (assuming the page runs Google ads) or searching for it (assuming they use Google) means impressions and therefore money for them.
Google favors quantity over quality, websites the other way around. To oversimplify and probably be incorrect.