User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Evolving with the Web: Keeping Google Happy/@comment-26388711-20210114223947/@comment-32704847-20210115023827

From User blog:MisterWoodhouse/The Future of Gamepedia:

“ The algorithm at Google is one they hold as a very closely guarded secret. How changes to it affect Fandom and Gamepedia wikis is not fully understood, but what we do know is that brand strength and domain unity can protect wikis from SEO drops and lead to SEO benefits. (...) For context, with the Wikia.com to Fandom.com domain migrations in 2018, we saw the test communities begin to gain search authority and ranking within 8 weeks. That migration continues to undo the damage of Google’s major 2018 algorithm change, which disfavored the Wikia domain while favoring Fandom. It will take testing to know for sure, but we expect similar results for Gamepedia and Fandom domains.