On March 12, 2024 Google will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vitals metric. The news of INP replacing FID is not new, and we knew it was coming in March but now we have the specific **** – March 12. “Today, we’re announcing that INP will officially … Read more
Just in case SEOs aren’t busy enough, Google is keeping us all on our toes with more core algorithm updates than ever. Just as we recovered from 2022’s Helpful Content Update, 2023 came in with a bang, giving us the February Product Reviews update and the March core update following closely behind. You can bet … Read more
Google launched nine confirmed algorithmic updates in 2023, as well as a new AI search engine, the Search Generative Experience. In 2022 and 2021, Google had 10 confirmed algorithmic updates. Unless Google rolls out a new update this week, Google would have rolled out one less update in 2023 than it did in 2022 and … Read more
The Impact of the November 2023 Core Update On November 2, 2023, Google released its third core update in four months. Surprisingly, the update took nearly a month to roll out with Google announcing its completion on November 28th which is a divergence from the usual two or so weeks it takes for an update … Read more
In 2023, the WordPress community witnessed a significant milestone in website performance, with Core Web Vitals (CWV) showing significant improvements for both mobile and desktop users. This article delves into the specifics of these improvements, exploring their implications and the evolving landscape of web performance within the WordPress ecosystem. What Are Core Web Vitals? Core … Read more
Thanksgiving has been a whirlwind of search rankings as the November 2023 core update completes its rollout 26 days after it launched. This update now holds the record for the longest rollout, dethroning the August 2023 core update’s 16 days. It also overlapped with the November 2023 reviews update, creating some confusion on which content was affected by … Read more
After just under 26 days, the Google November 2023 core update is finally done rolling out. It took almost two weeks longer to roll out than the average core update and rolled out during the huge shopping days on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, also overlapping the November 2023 reviews update. So it was a … Read more
This post was sponsored by DebugBear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. A fast website provides a more pleasant experience for users and can lead to higher conversion rates. But Google also takes website speed into account as part of the Core Web Vitals and uses it as a ranking factor. … Read more
Google has confirmed that the November 2023 core update – the fourth core update this year – has completed rolling out. The update started on November 2, 2023, only a couple of weeks after the October 2023 core update, which started rolling out on October 5 and was completed on October 19. The November core update finished on November 28, … Read more
The Google November 2023 core update and Google November 2023 reviews update are still both rolling out, and we have no estimated time of when they will finish rolling out. Both are well past their estimated two-week rollout period. I ran a poll yesterday asking SEOs when they think it will be done, and most … Read more
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