Google Expands YMYL Guidelines To Cover Election & Civic Content

Google published a new edition of its Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines.

The update clarifies that the Your Money Your Life (YMYL) category now covers election and voting information, along with other government and civics topics that affect people’s lives.

What’s New

The YMYL framework now uses the label “YMYL Government, Civics & Society,” with the definition calling out “election and voting information” and other informational topics about government and civics.

That takes the YMYL definition beyond the broader societal-impact…