Last night, Google began to roll out an update to the Helpful content system - the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update. What is new is not the part about finding hidden gems (that will come later) but a new "improved classifier."| Search Engine Roundtable
Last week we reported how Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said how they are looking for ways to better promote sites that were hit by that helpful content update in September. Now, over the weekend, John Mueller from Google added, "the team working on this is explictly evaluating how sites can / will improve in Search for the next update."| Search Engine Roundtable
Google responds that it wants to do better with ranking smaller sites amongst larger sites, only to see that article being outranked by a larger site.| Search Engine Land
There are several causes for drops in Search traffic. Learn how to investigate what caused a traffic drop and how to fix it.| Google for Developers
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.| Search Engine Roundtable
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, Google also released the March 2024 spam updates, with new spam policies.| Search Engine Roundtable
Learn about how core updates work, and what you can do to assess and perhaps improve your content.| Google for Developers
Your page experience can impact how your site ranks in Search results. Learn how to evaluate your site and deliver a good page experience.| Google for Developers