Over the past couple of days, some of the Google search algorithm tracking tools were reporting large swings in volatility in the search results – thus signaling a possible Google search updates. But the chatter amongst the SEO industry during that time has been super quiet, showing no signs of an update. So it is […]
This month was packed with a handful of unconfirmed ones Google search algorithm updates, as you will see in the bulleted list below. In fact, there might be a more subtle update now that I haven’t written about, but I’m about to report it – it was around February 1st and 2nd. We also saw […]
This week, we had another unconfirmed Google search ranking update on January 22nd. Google has admitted defeat with its FLoC cookieless proposal and is now going with Topics API. Google launched a new robots tag named indexifembedded that controls indexing of embedded content. Google Search Console had an image search reporting bug it is working […]
Google has often said that if they shared the full details of how its search algorithms and ranking factors would work, it would lead to abuse and poorer quality results. It seems like most SEOs agree with that sentiment. A poll by Azeem asked “If Google were to be 100% transparent about how to rank […]
Google’s Danny Sullivan and John Mueller both said the search company generally doesn’t launch or begin rolling out a search algorithm update right before the weekend. Danny Sullivan continued Twitter “In my experience, it’s quite unusual for rollouts to happen outside of working hours.” Danny added, “Obviously we’re a global company with many search teams […]
We had our first unconfirmed update of the Google search ranking algorithm in 2022, it was on January 11th. Google admitted that there is a backlog in responding to manual actions. Google said they want to share more details about core updates, but aren’t allowed to. IndexNow co-sharing URLs are now fully live between Microsoft […]
There may have been an update to the Google search ranking algorithm on January 11, 2022. This would be the first real unconfirmed update for 2022. I see both chatters spike from January 10th and continue to this day. Also, many of the tracking tools show large movements in Google search results. SEO chatter The […]
Around December 27th and 28th, we may have a jolt or a rapid tremor in the Google search ranking algorithm. I highly doubt that Google got anything out over the holidays this last week of December. But it could just be some strange change that messed up the search results (as it even happens as […]
Alan Bleiweiss, a smart and fun SEO, asked Google’s John Mueller if Google has a “Google Book of Secrets” that saves all algorithmic changes in one place. The short answer is yes, Google saves all the changes it makes, but John’s long answer is that this isn’t always useful. The question came from 38:26 marks […]
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that when it comes down to it Updates to the Google search ranking algorithm – You don’t have to work on these SEO issues over weekends or holidays. He said that “Google’s algorithms tend to be long-term”. “So it doesn’t make sense for them to” urgently “change a site […]