For the past several weekends, I’ve been reporting about a Google search ranking algorithm update that hit on a Friday and continued throughout the weekend. Well, last weekend was the Thanksgiving holiday in the US and I did see some signs of a possible Google Search ranking algorithm update – but truth is, it is […]
Google has published a new document named a guide to Google search ranking system. That document outlines the “notable” ranking updates that are currently live and running for Google Search and also some of the historical updates that are either no longer in use or incorporated into other algorithms. So, Google’s Danny Sullivan said these […]
It seems as if I see more volatility signals on the weekends with Google Search than I do during the weekdays. We may have had another Google search ranking algorithm updateunconfirmed, this weekend, around November 11th and 12th. I saw chatter start to spike up a bit both in public and private SEO forums on […]
Google has been busy, on Friday morning, November 4th, I started to see new signals of another Google search ranking algorithm update. Over the next 24 hours, those signals escalated and while Google has not confirmed there was an update, there are signs for sure that there was a Google search update. The update also […]
Google has published on the Search Off The Record podcast, which was a recording from brightonSEO session, where John Mueller of Google said that he believes that over time, links as a ranking factor will be not as important and not as big as a ranking factor as it is today. In short, links won’t […]
First-person shooters are stressful. It can be hard when you think you’re on a winning streak but then realize you have dropped three ranks. Overwatch 2 is such a complex game that it can be hard to understand what you are doing wrong. Here, we have a guide on specific things to keep track of […]
Some SEOs are noticing a possibility Google search ranking algorithm update on or around October 28th where sites hit by the unconfirmed October 13ish update and even the October spam update (amongst others) are noticing big swings the other way in terms of their Google rankings and traffic. Glenn Gabe shared a number of charts […]
So we had Google confirm that the October 2022 spam update finished Friday morning, the morning of October 21st. The tracking tools and chatter were somewhat mild but that makes sense for a spam update. But the day after, on Saturday, October 22nd, I see renewed chatter, and the tools show much bigger swings in […]
This week, Google pushed out a revamped Google Webmaster Guidelines and renamed it the Google Search Essentials. Google also seemed to release an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update. Google told us that the product reviews update primarily works on a page-level basis but not always. Google added three examples of what types of pages […]
It has been a while since I reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update but it seems over the past 24 hours or so, we are seeing one. It probably started yesterday and is now continuing throughout today. There is some SEO chatter and the tools are now starting to light up. You […]