Google algorithm updates, industry news, search engine announcements, ranking volatility analysis
It’s been 5 days. What we know about Google’s December Core Update. At this point, we know a few things: The update to the core algorithm is still going on There have been major increases and drops among music related websites Health and Medical sites have seen major drops The early indicators are that the…
At 10:34 am yesterday, Google’s Search Liaison Danny Sullivan announced that the December 2020 Core Update – the 3rd update to Google’s core algorithm this year – would begin rolling out at 1:00 pm. As is typical, the update should take between 1 and 2 weeks to complete. The most recent data is that the…
November has brought with it a couple of significant announcements from Google. The first has to do with a major core algorithm update that’s planned for next year, and the other has to do with a minor tweak to the current algorithm. Both can have major implications for your website’s visibility on search engine result…
If you haven’t noticed, May has been a very busy month for Google. They have announced 2 significant updates – one that’s already happened and one that’s coming next year. The Update that’s already happened On May 4th, Danny Sullivan, Google’s public liaison for search (@searchliaison), announced the May 2020 Core Algorithm update: An announcement…
As the world’s largest search engine, Google is used by people who are seeking information to all kinds of questions. Many of those questions are answered by Companies who publish answers to questions users have asked their customer service departments, but that’s not the only source of information. Often, the information users are looking for…
It was reported earlier this week by Barry Schwartz (Rusty Brick Consulting and Search Engine Roundtable) and Bill Hartzer that Search Engine Strategies – the series of SEO conferences started by industry pioneer Danny Sullivan back in the late 1990s – and ClickZ Live Events are no more. While the ClickZLive site (https://www.clickzlive.com/events) is still online, the SES conference…
Google Updates Their Webmaster Guidelines If you’re not an SEO professional, you’re probably asking yourself, “Why do Google’s Webmaster Guidelines matter to me?” The answer is quite simple: Following Google’s Webmaster Guidelines “…will help Google find, index, and rank your site.” And that’s a good thing. If there’s any doubt as to how important these changes…
There’s a reason I never miss an SMX conference in the US. They are far and away the best SEO focused conferences out there. That’s mostly because Danny Sullivan, Chris Sherman and the whole team at Third Door Media do an amazing job with the programming. But it’s also because SMX brings together some of the best…
