Google August 2023 Core Update rollout is now complete
Google has confirmed that the August 2023 Core Update – the second core update this year – has completed rolling out. The update started on August 22, 2023, and completed 16 days later on September 7, 2023. Why we care. Google algorithm updates
Google releases August 2023 broad core update
Google’s August 2023 core update is now rolling out and may take up to two weeks to complete. This is the second broad core algorithm update of 2023; the previous core update was the March 2023 core update, which started rolling
What we can learn from past and present Google algorithm updates
Disruptive algorithm updates have shaken up Google’s SERPs over the years. Remember Penguin, Panda, Caffeine and May Day? Google’s updates typically begin as a narrow attempt to solve an individual problem, then broaden and gain names before being absorbed into the core
Google announces new topic authority system to better surface news content
Google has announced a search system named “topic authority” to help surface relevant, expert, and knowledgeable content in Google Search and Google News. Google said this “helps determine which expert sources are helpful to someone’s newsy query in certain specialized
Google: Page experience is not a ranking system, but it is a ranking signal
Google page experience was never a ranking “system” but is still considered a ranking “signal,” Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said this morning. Google emphasized that just because page experience was removed as a ranking system, it does not mean
Google’s April 2023 reviews update was more volatile than the previous product reviews update, data providers say
The April 2023 reviews update created more volatility in Google’s search results than past versions of the update, including the February 2023 product reviews update, according to Semrush and Rank Ranger data. About the Google April 2023 reviews update. The update
Google April 2023 reviews update is finished rolling out
Google has confirmed that the April 2023 reviews update is now finished rolling out. This update announced on April 12, 2023, has officially completed rolling out over a 13-day period. February 2023 reviews update. As a reminder, the April 2023 reviews update started to
Lookback: Google launched the Penguin algorithm update 11 years ago
It’s been 11 years since Google launched one of its most significant algorithm updates, Penguin. Here, we’re looking back over more than a decade of Penguin. Find everything you want to know about Google’s Penguin algorithm update – what it is,
Google removes several search ranking algorithm updates from its ranking systems page
Google quietly updated its documented Google ranking systems page and completely removed several page experience-related ranking systems from the page. What Google removed. The page experience system, the mobile-friendly system, page speed system and the secure site system are all
Google says helpful content should have good page experience
Google now says that good page experience is an important element for creating, what Google defines as, helpful content. Google added a new section for providing a great page experience to its guidance around how to create helpful content, Google explained.