massive google update running

[wonderpunter]

The fact checker thing is nonsense some publisher started a few years ago. It gives the appearance of quality and editorial review, meant to satisfy EEAT and build trust with readers. In some cases there are legitimate fact checkers, particularly on medical information sites.

However Techopedia probably whipped up some code to display an author name with a stock image photo. Techopedia is an expired/acquired domain name and content farm on steroids.

In other news, my own site has taken a hit. And I still see others whose work I really respect also down a bit.

Now, it looks like some of my pages are getting "reranked". Sudden pops from nowhere to top 50 for competitive terms. That's not high enough to make any money, but it's surprising. Overall KW volume down still.

The few winners I see can't be pure white hat. Will be very interesting to see what happens next.

I'm seeing hordes of spam pages, dangerous pages that make you download software. it happens after every update spam gets a huge boost, top 5 typical parasite seo media sites then unrelated, redirects, low value content I mean really bad. never seen anything so bad. I see this indian grill resteraunt is doing well for microgaming casinos lol ranks top 10 in the uk hxxps://www.hydestaphouse.com/microgaming-casinos/

[bpmee]

It sucks big time and needlessly hurts well meaning sites. Google needs a laxative and a potent enema.

[bpmee]

Looks like either Ahrefs' database was behind, or we're getting a dead cat bounce in the SERPs.

A few sites I monitor are getting some KWs back. They haven't recovered in the least, but it looks like they've bottomed for now.

I think it's mostly Ahrefs because I haven't seen any losers yet. In fact, everyone's favorite hobby horse, Outlook India, ticked up in concert with a couple big US legal sports betting sites.

[gamblingvista]

Hi guys,

Bad times for small and middle affiliate sites regarding SEO traffic are coming, IMO.

Some think Google is pushing Reddit, Quora, and other social media forum sites in the SERPS to train their new IA tool, and avoid "stealing" content from big companies and lawsuits.

Let's wait for Google to finish the Core update and see.

[wonderpunter]

Hi guys,

Bad times for small and middle affiliate sites regarding SEO traffic are coming, IMO.

Some think Google is pushing Reddit, Quora, and other social media forum sites in the SERPS to train their new IA tool, and avoid "stealing" content from big companies and lawsuits.

Let's wait for Google to finish the Core update and see.

Not sure reddit and quora are accurate, mostly 13 year olds giving opinions, google results are pretty bad but their share price keeps growing the parasite seo forum posts now dominate everything this helpful content update has boosted reddit even more, I guess they need them in 100% of all results lol.

[bpmee]

I'd added "scaled content" producers to the list. I see a few services operating as parasites of US regional and local news stations that pump out AI content that will likely (and should) get get hit soon.

Google may be training its AI tool on forums, but I agree with others that this information is far from EEAT on a good day.

While the occasional thread about replacing an iPhone battery, changing your car's air filter, or troubleshooting a domain name transfer might be helpful, know that much of the content on these sites is absolute noise.

Also, just because a community moderates its content, doesn't mean the content that survives moderation is accurate and useful. A Flat-Earther site will moderate claims that the planet is spherical, while a proper geological forum will hopefully delete the planar planet claims in short order.

Perhaps Google finds these forums more reliable than its own truth-testing algorithms? If so, watch out.

[rafraf]

I would not change anything on sites till google update stops running. It is the biggest update in years, doing nothing is also doing something, hold and after that asses damage.

[Casss]

Hey, is there anyone whos site had suffered major drop in traffic, but now is showing some signs of coming back? My site had SERP impression drop like 80x and still is not showing any good signs...

[bpmee]

Anyone hear anything new about this update? Apparently, the core update is still working.

The SERPs settled down for now, though I understand that site reputation abuse will be targeted come May.

Still see a few obvious offenders that should have been history by now.

[CasinosBroker]

Anyone hear anything new about this update? Apparently, the core update is still working.

The SERPs settled down for now, though I understand that site reputation abuse will be targeted come May.

Still see a few obvious offenders that should have been history by now.

I agree with you.

I believe that the core update is still working/rolling out.

[casionmark]

Definitely still going. Volatility cranked up again today ... can see a lot of movement.

[newcustomeroffer]

Never-ending this one, no doubt it will eventually finish only to be superseded by the May 2024 Core Update

[bpmee]

Looks like the winners in the USA sports market are the big corporate affiliates and high-traffic portals, as if they didn't get enough traffic already.

Covers, VegasInsider ActionNetwork, TheLines, Gambling Dot com, etc. all gaining.

Hypothesis: Small sites with insufficient inbound authority links are subjected to extra scrutiny. Ones that don't pass muster are being treated more like affiliate sites and less like authority sites. In some cases, they might be treated like content farms.

The reality is that there are only so many ways to write about betting on the Premier League. The difference between a Mom & Pop affiliate and a corporate affiliate is often just authority links. Granted, some smaller affiliates do a much better job on their content!

This sucks because the aforementioned mega-affiliates have exclusive "paid" partnerships with major media to supply them with inbounds and advertorial/parasite placements. Google's algorithm/intel isn't sophisticated enough to detect this yet.

[wonderpunter]

Looks like the winners in the USA sports market are the big corporate affiliates and high-traffic portals, as if they didn't get enough traffic already.

Covers, VegasInsider ActionNetwork, TheLines, Gambling Dot com, etc. all gaining.

Hypothesis: Small sites with insufficient inbound authority links are subjected to extra scrutiny. Ones that don't pass muster are being treated more like affiliate sites and less like authority sites. In some cases, they might be treated like content farms.

The reality is that there are only so many ways to write about betting on the Premier League. The difference between a Mom & Pop affiliate and a corporate affiliate is often just authority links. Granted, some smaller affiliates do a much better job on their content!

This sucks because the aforementioned mega-affiliates have exclusive "paid" partnerships with major media to supply them with inbounds and advertorial/parasite placements. Google's algorithm/intel isn't sophisticated enough to detect this yet.

The big guys are always top.. but results 5+ are now all pretty much parasite seo, follwing that blatant spam sites.

[econfox]

The March Core update is over.
From Google Search Central on X

The March 2024 core update is complete, having ended on April 19..

So, did your site recover or did Google kill it and move on?

Also today, Google hits 2t in market cap for first time.

[universal4]

Even google and search engine land can not agree on when the rollout was done.

Initially they claimed the update started March 5, 2024 and took 15 days, which means it was done March 20, 2024. (this was initially called a core update)
https://searchengineland.com/google-...ing-out-438505

But then later all of sudden it was still taking place during the month of April.
https://searchengineland.com/google-...omplete-438713

They are now defining the initial March update as the spam update and the April update is the core update.

Rick
Universal4

[econfox]

Even google and search engine land can not agree on when the rollout was done.

Initially they claimed the update started March 5, 2024 and took 15 days, which means it was done March 20, 2024. (this was initially called a core update)
https://searchengineland.com/google-...ing-out-438505

But then later all of sudden it was still taking place during the month of April.
https://searchengineland.com/google-...omplete-438713

They are now defining the initial March update as the spam update and the April update is the core update.

Rick
Universal4

From the Google Search Central X account

https://twitter.com/googlesearchc

[gamblingvista]

Hello,

The March Google core update is over.
What's the future for small and middle-size affiliate sites? Renew or die.
I think Google consider that classical affiliate review sites are not "helpful content" for users, and it's time to switch to something different if you still seek organic traffic.

What do you think guys?

Interesting article to read:
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

[Cash Bonus]

I didn't see too much movement this time and I was really anticipating more than that.

Apparently, the Google Core Update already completed 1 week ago.

hxxps://www.seroundtable.com/google-march-2024-core-update-finished-april-19-37299.html

[wonderpunter]

I didn't see too much movement this time and I was really anticipating more than that.

Apparently, the Google Core Update already completed 1 week ago.

hxxps://www.seroundtable.com/google-march-2024-core-update-finished-april-19-37299.html

Results are worse than ever for me, let's see what May the 5th brings as this industry is pretty much dominated by parasite SEO