Google’s neural matching versus RankBrain: How Google uses each in search
Neural matching helps Google better relate words to searches, while RankBrain helps Google better relate pages to...
Mar 21, 2019 at 1:04 pm ET
Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on SEM topics.
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