What we’re seeing a week into the Google March 2024 core and spam updates
Ranking volatility hit on Friday and Saturday, with limited reversals on Monday after a storm of manual actions last Thursday.
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Ranking volatility hit on Friday and Saturday, with limited reversals on Monday after a storm of manual actions last Thursday.
The Google helpful content update is now part of the core update; all of this leading to a 40% reduction in unhelpful content within search.
In 2023, we had nine official and confirmed Google algorithm updates - which was one less than the previous two years.
Keep in mind, the November 2023 Reviews update overlapped with this core update and is still rolling out.
The fourth broad core algorithm update of 2023 is now done rolling out.
The reviews update will be switching to ongoing regular updates, which means Google will not be announcing future review updates.
Some sites may see an increase in their Discover traffic starting soon.
This was a very big set of Google updates, here is an analysis.
This felt like a big update, taking almost 14 days to fully roll out.
This is the third Google core update of 2023. The rollout is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
This is the second Google core update of 2023. The rollout is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
Learn four tips to improve your website so it won't just survive a Google core update – but maybe even thrive.
This is the first Google core update of 2023 and the first in more than six months. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Building an SEO strategy around the Search Essentials documentation gives you the best chance to boost your clients' Google performance.
Google has done a full refresh of its old Webmaster Guidelines, simplifying them and removing the term "webmaster."
Content optimization today should combine a user-first approach with a good grounding in SEO. Here's how to get the right balance.
This update impacted English-language product reviews and overlapped with Google's September 2022 core update.
This update took 14 days to roll out. Now it's time to check your analytics to see how your site was impacted and what actions to take.
The data is in from the tracking tools and here is what these tools are showing with the latest Google algorithm update.
This is the fifth Google product reviews update that comes out about a month after the last update.
Are the strange traffic patterns you're seeing connected to an update or something else? Here are tips to help you confirm or rule it out.
The widely covered algorithm update finished rolling out, yet the big bang never happened. Here's how SEOs can deal with the aftermath.
This update will take about two weeks to complete and follows the helpful content update that completed last Friday.
Learn what it takes to create quality content that is helpful for users, ranks well in the SERPs, and surpasses the competition.
Learn the role that natural language processing plays in making Google search even more semantic and context-based.
SEOs may be in for another shakeup similar to Penguin's launch 10 years ago. Here's what you need to know about Google's new update.
Google will soon rollout a change to its search ranking algorithm that may prove to be one of the most significant changes in over a decade.
The fifth version of the Google product reviews update will be rolling out after the helpful content update.
SEO is like ice cream; there are lots of flavors, but some (like Grey Poupon) should be avoided. It's the same with select SEO advice.
Here's how Google's approach to consensus ties in with its quality raters guidelines – and why it matters for SEOs now and in the future.
As a reminder, this update started on July 27th and ran for six days through August 2nd.
Deleting content, as part of a larger strategy to improve content quality and increase topical authority, makes sense. Here's proof.
This update, the fourth Google product reviews update, will take 2-3 weeks to roll out.
Analyzing the SERPs for these micro intents will help you create the right content that a searcher will want to find.
Here's why brands have to adapt to change or risk becoming extinct like the dinosaurs.
This update took 15 days to roll out and is now done, you should now dig in and see how your site was impacted and what actions to take next.
The data is in early from the tracking tools and here is what these tools are showing with the latest Google algorithm update.
Over six months since the last core update, Google is now rolling out this new broad core update.
Find out why, and how, it happened – and whether that Discover visibility will remain over the long-term, in this case study.
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