‘genuinely’? The average person isn’t already honest with each other, so why would a company that employs a lot of people suddenly become “honest” about their products/customers? The best you can expect from the company is that it operates within the rules of the law. Expecting anything different is naive.

And these are not just big companies, there are also a lot of small companies.

You can present a “fact” in different ways: the glass is half full, the glass is half empty, the glass is not empty, the glass is not full, there is something in the glass, there is water in the glass, there is no whiskey in the glass, etc.?

Google presents data internally in a certain way and Google presents data in a different way to the rest of the world.

In addition, an SEO specialist also presents Google data in a different way.

Maybe none of them are lying, but the way they each present something is completely different. Each party has different priorities and of course makes mistakes as well. This also applies to the author of the Tweakers.net article.

Example:

Tweakers.net article:

SEO Specialist Rand Fishkin…

Source article:

Before we go any further, a few disclaimers: I’m no longer in the SEO business. My knowledge and experience in SEO is more than 6 years old. I don’t have the technical expertise or knowledge of Google’s internal processes to analyze API documentation leaks and confirm with certainty whether they are authentic (hence the help of Mike and the input of former Googlers).

Can someone who has not worked in a specialty for six years remain a specialist?

This information will certainly be examined by various government agencies and should be tested according to the rules applicable at that time and the current rules. The judge will ultimately have to decide whether or not something is acceptable here.