Category: Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates

The big core Google search algorithm update seems to start slowing down. The rollout might be ending soon, now after a 5 or so day rollout. Now that things are settling down, it might be a good time to see how you were impacted.

Google confirmed the August 1st search algorithm update calling it a “broad core update.” Google won’t give specific advice on what to change to recover if you were hit. So I am taking a survey to try to collect enough data to find a pattern here.
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Here is a recap of how Google and SEOs are talking about the big Google broad core algorithm update on August 1st. In short, Google is saying there is nothing specific to fix on your site and SEOs are sharing positive and negative rankings.

Google may have done a large algorithm update, impacting the search results. The SEO community is currently chatting about the results and bracing for the impact on business. Were you impacted?

Starting maybe late Friday and into Saturday there were signals of a possible Google search algorithm update. The chatter is a bit limited, more than the normal chatter, but the tracking tools mostly saw signs of an update…

Since the roll out of the Google Speed Update – the SEO community has been on high alert to see what type of impact it has on the overall mobile search results. The deal is…

This morning, July 9th, Google has begun rolling out the Google Speed Update that they first announced in January 2018. Google has updated their blog post this morning, as I wrote at Search Engine Land, “Update July 9…

This month was somewhat typical but we did have a lot of updates to the Google Search Console. We saw the Search Analytics API get 16 months of data…

Just like last weekends Google update chatter, we are seeing similar levels of chatter and signs around a Google algorithm update in search…

There is some chatter starting around Friday, June 8th, in the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread about a possible Google algorithm update or shift starting Thursday night into Friday and throughout the weekend…

The past month in the Google webmaster and SEO sphere, relatively, was a slow month in terms of big changes. We had maybe two algorithm shifts this month that are still…

Mid-may we reported of a Google update brewing that led to more fluctuations around May 17th or so. Now I am seeing some chatter and signs from the tracking tools of an update happening today, May 24th…

I am seeing some very limited and niche chatter around a possible Google algorithm and search ranking update starting over the weekend. There is chatter at both WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World Forums with folks noticing ranking changes and traffic …

This mobile first indexing launch, which supposedly began rolling out a month ago to a wider set of sites…

As you know, Google confirmed a “broad core algorithm” update that started a week ago Monday. But that update seems to have not died down since it started over a week ago…

Earlier last week we reported on a Google algorithm update that seem to have been kicked off and then on Friday we talked more about how the shuffling has continued throughout the week…

Update: Google confirmed there was a core update on Monday, more details below…

There may be a Google search and ranking algorithm update starting off this morning. I received a couple of notifications via email and some on social media and the chatter in the ongoing WebmasterWorld forums is starting to heat up a bit…

There may have been another update late March 27th, mostly on March 28th and through today, with the Google search rankings. I am seeing an uptick in chatter from the SEO community…

Yesterday during the video hangout with Google’s John Mueller I asked if the mobile first indexing rollout was at all related to what folks were seeing with this past weekend’s Google algorithm update. In short, John said no, they are unrelated…
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