22% of the 400 sites @glenngabe has been tracking that were hit by Google's September helpful content update saw a 20% lift or more, the rest are still dead in the water https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-recovery-data-38358.html

#google #googlehelpfulcontentupdate #googleseo #seo #googleupdate

Google told creators yesterday at the GooglePlex that a Google search ranking update is coming fairly soon but they should not expect to recover, they should move on https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-update-coming-38323.html

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Google AI Overviews not linking to sites hit by the helpful content update (or maybe core updates now) even when the traditional search results rank the site well https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-hcu-38225.html via @lilyraynyc and @glenngabe

#googleaioverviews #google #googleseo #googlehelpfulcontentupdate

I interviewed Danny Sullivan, the Google @searchliaison on the August core update and so much more - this is a very long read (I am sorry) https://www.seroundtable.com/interview-google-august-core-update-38024.html

#google #googlecoreupdate #googlehelpfulcontentupdate #googleseo #seo #interview

Here are some charts of the sites that are seeing surges/resurrections with the Google August 2024 core update after being slammed by the Sep 2023 helpful content update https://www.seroundtable.com/google-august-core-update-helpful-content-surge-charts-37970.html charts from @glenngabe @lilyraynyc @Marie_haynes @semrush and more

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Hard story to read, the folks at @hardbaconca got hit hard by the Google Sep helpful content update, then had to file bankruptcy the day before the core update was announced, the next day, their traffic quadrupled https://www.seroundtable.com/hardbacon-core-update-bankruptcy-37957.html via @julienbrault hat tip @glenngabe

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For the first time since Sep. helpful content update, we are seeing some resurrections with this Google August core update (although it is still super early and there is a ranking bug) https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-recoveries-37920.html

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Reports of some sites hit by the Sep. Google helpful content update are seeing small lifts (very small) https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-lifts-37647.html via @glenngabe and @mikefutia

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Google says you can recover from the damage of the Sept helpful content update with the next core update https://www.seroundtable.com/google-hcu-recovery-next-core-update-37548.html via @searchliaison

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Google's @johnmu on fixing a few pages of your site to recover from the Google helpful content update https://www.seroundtable.com/google-hcu-few-pages-37541.html

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Excellent interview by @reckless1280 of @verge asking @sundarpichai of Google some hard questions about the web dying (again), Google killing small publishers, Search Console data on clicks for AI Overviews and much more https://www.seroundtable.com/sundar-pichai-google-ai-overviews-interview-37423.html

#google #googleai #googleaioverviews #googlecoreupdate #googlehelpfulcontentupdate #googleseo #googlesearch

Google is looking to update ranking algorithms to surface more content where sites have taken helpfulness to heart says @johnmu https://www.seroundtable.com/google-improving-helpful-content-in-search-37417.html

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Google says that sites hit by the Sep helpful content update that "fixed" everything, may see larger improvements with the next core update https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-recovery-if-37397.html

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Google's @johnmu says sites hit by the old Helpful content update can recover, it just is not a quick change https://www.seroundtable.com/google-old-helpful-content-update-recovery-37342.html

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Google implies it is still possible to recover from the Sept. helpful content update, it might just take longer - more details at https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-recoveries-much-longer-37317.html via @johnmu

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The Google March 2024 core update volatility deepens as we approach the end of the update, some really harsh hits continue to trend https://www.seroundtable.com/google-core-ranking-volatility-hits-yesterday-today-37242.html more via @glenngabe

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Reminder, the Google helpful content update is no more - it is a core update now - so why are so many sites that were hit by the Sept helpful content update not seeing any recoveries? https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-update-gone-37196.html hat tip @glenngabe

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Still not seeing any Google helpful content update recoveries yet but there are core update recoveries https://www.seroundtable.com/no-hcu-yes-core-google-update-recoveries-37144.html via @glenngabe

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Google's @johnmu says on fixing a site hit by the helpful content update "it's not relative to previously, it's basically a re-evaluation of the whole site in the new / current online world & users expectations" https://www.seroundtable.com/google-hcu-fix-own-site-37146.html

#google #seo #googleseo #googlehelpfulcontentupdate

Currently, seeing ZERO recoveries from the Sep '23 Google helpful content update but the March 2024 core update is not done yet. @glenngabe shared his data, not one recovered yet. Plus, I haven't seen any claims of recoveries yet. https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-recovery-core-update-37095.html more via @searchliaison

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