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Google’s Danny Sullivan and John Mueller both made comments on social media that give me hope that sites affected by September’s Helpful Content update still have a chance at some recovery with Google’s next core update have. Travel blogger Katie Café Travel has been working hard on improving their website and asked whether she should […]

Update March 20, 2024: Helpful content system integrated into central ranking systems.The March 2024 core update was introduced alongside a spam update on March 5, 2024, and Google announced that the helpful content system is now part of Google’s core ranking systems. This means there will be no further helpful content updates (and the way

From Generally Reliable to Blacklisted, you’ll find reviews and discussions for many sites whose reliability is widely debated by Wikipedia editors. And as a bonus, I’ll explain how to tell if a website is used as a source in Wikipedia. Having helped many companies affected by major algorithm updates over the years, I know that

This is part 3 of my series to learn more about the attributes in the recently discovered Google API files. Navboost is an integral part of Google’s core ranking systems. It uses user click data to narrow search results to a smaller group. Navboost stores every search query along with signals, e.g. B. which page

While helping a company that was severely impacted by multiple algorithm updates in fall 2023, I first scanned GSC reports to get a feel for the situation. And when I looked at the inbound links report, I noticed something strange about a number of links. There were some relatively high-performing referring domains in the list,

Why is this site ranking poorly behind a site with less helpful/accurate information? We dug into the treasure trove of information provided to us in the DOJ vs. Google case Trial exhibitions And Testimonials to learn more about how search works. (The afternoon of the 24th day is the Pandu Nayak testimony that I can’t

Don’t settle for the thousand-row limit in GSC. In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to get all of your Merchant Listings data from GSC, while also describing some other ideas for working with the data through Analytics Edge. Merchant listings can be incredibly powerful for eCommerce merchants. These are free product listings that often appear

I cover the old HCU(X) cLasifier, site-level quality algorithms, counterbalancing systems and how the transition was as smooth as a bed of razor blades… This is the first post in a series about Comprehensive March 2024 core update. The update was one of the largest and most complex core updates Google has ever released. The

I am pleased to announce that I am opening positions to advise new clients. Let me share with you how I completely revamped my SEO strategy after learning as much as I could over the last two years about the AI ​​systems that drive today’s search rankings. When the helpful content system launched in 2022,

Update: May 21, 2024 – My post is AGAIN in the AI ​​overview, even if Nosnippet is used. I provided Further information can be found below above, including a screenshot. Update: May 22, 2024 – John Mueller from Google replied to me after checking with the team working on AI overviews. The link card should