If you work with Content Marketing and SEO and haven’t been on a desert island with no internet for the past two months, you’ve probably read and heard a lot about Google’s March 2024 Core Update. It was a huge milestone for the world’s most relevant search engine’s algorithm. The update was completed on April […]
As mass tech layoffs continue to sweep the industry, Google is the latest company to cut and relocate employees. According to documents obtained by CNBC, Google laid off over 200 employees who were a part of its “Core” division and will be moving another undisclosed number of employees to India and Mexico as the tech […]
Google is urging site owners and SEOs to have patience as the Google March 2024 core update continues to roll out over the coming weeks. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on X to wait for the update to complete before deciding on what changes you may want to make. He wrote, “I would […]
For the original iTunes version, click here. This past weekend (a week ago) we saw the first ranking volatility likely from the Google March 2024 core update. We also some saw possible reversals or recoveries a few days later. Then today, Friday, March 15th, I am seeing more ranking volatility likely related to the core […]
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 […]
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 out […]
I ran a poll asking my X/Twitter followers if they think the new Google March core and spam updates will reduce unhelpful content from showing up in the search results by 40%? About 80% of the 1,385 votes said no, they don’t think it will reduce the low-quality, unhelpful content from showing up in the […]
Google announced the March 2024 core update has now started to roll out and that this core update will take up to a month to fully roll out because it has updates to a few systems within the core ranking system. Google’s Helpful content system is now also part of the core update. In addition, […]
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Google’s Danny Sullivan said on Friday, “We don’t confirm any of the things [page experience or core web vitals] as a direct ranking factor.” He added, “But to reiterate we look at many things not one thing and even the one thing might not be a direct ranking factor.” “It doesn’t say it is a […]