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Google expands helpful content documentation with new main content and quality rater sections

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Google updated its helpful content documentation to add new sections on main content importance and how Search Quality raters evaluate it.

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Google expanded its official guidance on creating helpful, reliable, people-first content by adding sections that emphasize the criticality of main content and detail how Search Quality raters assess content quality within that main content area.

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