Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. We are seeing a lot of rocking back and forth between the Google core and spam updates and manual actions – it is weird – but far … 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
We reported on Saturday that the Google March 2024 core update seemed to have touched down on land, and we saw a lot of sites start to report major ranking drops, and the third-party tracking tools noticed big volatility. That all calmed on Sunday through today but we also had reports of reversals. We also … Read more
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. We saw the Google core update potentially do its first drop on Friday and then into Saturday but then it went quiet on Sunday and Monday. Google … Read more
In a substantial March 2024 Core Update, Google has unveiled a multi-pronged crackdown on unoriginal and manipulative web pages. This mega-update promises to reduce unhelpful content in search results by a staggering 40% and appears to be targeted right at AI-generated content via ChatGPT. In conjunction with this update, Google has also updated its spam … 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
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google says it still tries not to overlap Google Search algorithmic updates. Some of the Google Business Profile tools stopped working. Google may show your social media … 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
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