Gary Illyes
Analyst, Google Search · Google
Background
Gary Illyes is an analyst on Google's Search Relations team, based in Zurich and originally from Hungary. They publish information about Google Search systems, with a particular focus on crawling efficiency and the sustainability of crawling the web.
Known for: Public commentary on Googlebot crawling and indexing
Areas of work
In the reference library
- Evolving nofollow — New Ways to Identify the Nature of Links · Landmark Post 2019
- HTTPS as a Ranking Signal · Landmark Post 2014
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