This day in search marketing history: January 19

Google’s page layout algorithm launchesIn 2012, Google announced it would penalize sites with pages that were top-heavy with ads.The page layout algorithm update took direct aim at any site with pages where content was buried under tons of ads.According to Google:If you click on a website and the part of the website you see first either doesn’t have a lot of visible content above-the-fold or dedicates a large fraction of the site’s initial screen real estate to ads, that’