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 […]
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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 […]
Google has unleashed tons of manual actions, search ranking penalties you can see within Google Search Console, after it released its search spam policy updates on Tuesday. The manual actions seemed to mostly have been distributed yesterday, Wednesday, March 6th, a day after Google announced the new spam policy changes. As a reminder, Google has […]
Google’s John Mueller confirmed something that many of you probably already know, Google can penalize a site irrespective of the language it is written in. John said on X, “Manual actions and algorithm changes are independent of the native language of the authors.” John was asked, “does Google penalize sites written by non-native English writers?” […]
Google’s Danny Sullivan said that not only can a rich result manual action result in the removal of your rich results from displaying in Google Search but also it can lead to a wider “broader spam manual action that involves ranking.” Just for some history in 2015 John Mueller of Google said a rich results […]
I posted the monthly Google webmaster report for February 2022, so check it out. Google released a new API for the Google URL Inspection Tool – it’s exciting. Google seems to be clearing out the manual action backlog. Google also issued a slew of new manual actions for Google News and Google Discover. Some are […]
Earlier this month we reported that Google said there is a backlog with the manual actions in the queue, some as far back as over several months ago. Well, I am seeing some reports from SEOs that some of those manual actions are now being processed. On January 10th as we originally reported, Danny Sullivan […]
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 […]
Danny Sullivan of Google confirmed on Twitter that there is or has been a backlog of manual actions by Google. Google reacted slowly and with delay to these manual actions, but is working off the backlog. Danny said, “We apologize for the delay in processing the re-exam. We were behind and have now resolved the […]