Google has updated the Understanding page experience in Google Search results help document to clarify how page experience and core web vitals are used or not used as signals for search rankings. In short, core web vitals are used in a limited way, while other page experience signals are not directly used as ranking signals. … Read more
Google updated their Page Experience Documentation in order to make it explicitly clear that Core Web Vitals are used by their ranking systems. What’s curious about the change is that Google continues to not say that Core Web Vitals are a ranking factor. Googlers And Statements About Ranking Factors Something kind of weird about Googlers … Read more
The impact of Google’s March 2024 Core Update, which targets low-quality content and spam, is becoming apparent as the rollout progresses. Recent analyses reveal that over 800 websites have been completely deindexed from Google’s search results in the early stages of the update. Widespread Deindexing Ian Nuttall, a prominent figure in the SEO community, has … Read more
We are now just about a week into the Google March 2024 core and spam updates, and boy, has it been a busy week. Over the past week, we have seen some interesting Google search ranking volatility, some related to these algorithmic updates and some related to Google issuing manual actions over the updated spam … Read more
This is just a friendly reminder that Google will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vital metric tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. This has nothing to do with the Google March 2024 Core update that is currently rolling out at the same time, but I am … Read more
This Tuesday, Google will roll out a change to the Core Web Vital metrics where it will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vitals metric. This March 12th you will see FID go away and INP take its place. Please know that this is unrelated to the ongoing March … Read more
Today is the first day I have seen solid evidence of serious ranking volatility and changes related to the big Google March 2024 Core Update. As a reminder, the Google March 2024 Core Update officially started on March 5, 2024, and will take up to a month to roll out fully. We are expecting numerous … Read more
March 5th marked the beginning of Google’s most significant core algorithm update since the infamous Penguin update of 2012. First off, this is no ordinary core update, as it includes major changes to multiple core ranking systems – and it introduces brand-new spam policies. Not only that, but Google has now fully incorporated its helpful … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. It was a busy week between Google releasing the Google March 2024 core update, which is supposed to be one of the largest core updates Google has ever released. Google also released a March 2024 spam update. Google updates a number of its spam policies while dishing … Read more
Blog / SEO Industry News / Google’s March 2024 Core Update and New Spam Policies: Penalties Already in Action On March 5th, Google announced a core update to its search algorithms and spam policies. It aims to greatly reduce the appearance of content created solely to attract clicks and display more content that people find … Read more
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