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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September Helpful Content Update Done, SGE Updates, Links Not A Top Ranking Factor, Bing Hiding Ads & Google’s 25th Birthday

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September Helpful Content Update Done, SGE Updates, Links Not A Top Ranking Factor, Bing Hiding Ads & Google’s 25th Birthday

This week in search, Google finished rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update, which seemed to target SEO-first, search engine-first content in a big way. Google won’t be rolling back that update, if you were wondering. Google SGE got an update, too, with new, improved responses, safer responses, and also the “about this result” … Read more

Google’s Claim on Link-Building – What Does it Mean for SEO?

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Google’s Claim on Link-Building – What Does it Mean for SEO?

On Thursday, September 21st, 2023, Google’s Gary Illyes took part in an AMA (ask me anything) at Pubcon Pro in Austin, Texas.  Illyes touched on many topics during the session, including Google ‘un-launches’ (which apparently happen more than we think), AI content, user click data and algorithm updates.  Yet, it was the claim he made … Read more

Google’s 25th Birthday Doodle Shows Some Of The Early Google Logos

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Google’s 25th Birthday Doodle Shows Some Of The Early Google Logos

Today is Google’s official 25th birthday and to celebrate Google has a special Doodle that showcases some of Google’s early Google logos. It progresses to show you the old to the current official Google logos. Google wrote, “Let’s take a walk down memory lane to learn how we were born 25 years ago…” “Today’s Doodle … Read more

The September 2023 Google Helpful Content Update – Did Google’s Announcement in April About Page Experience Foreshadow What We’re Seeing With The Current HCU(X)?

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The September 2023 Google Helpful Content Update – Did Google’s Announcement in April About Page Experience Foreshadow What We’re Seeing With The Current HCU(X)?

Based on what I’m seeing with sites heavily impacted by the HCU, and what Google explained in its April documentation update, the combination of unhelpful content and poor UX can be an extremely problematic combination for site owners. On September 14, 2023 Google rolled out the September helpful content update. This was the third helpful … Read more

Google’s Helpful Content Update Doesn’t Target Third-Party Hosted Content Yet

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Google’s Helpful Content Update Doesn’t Target Third-Party Hosted Content Yet

When the September 2023 Google helpful content update came out, Google added new information to its documentation around this update. One thing specific to this documentation change was around hosted third-party content. But Gary Illyes from Google said at PubCon last ***** that it was not yet implemented into the actual algorithm. Kenichi Suzuki was … Read more

AMA with Google’s Gary Illyes: 15 quick SEO takeaways

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AMA with Google’s Gary Illyes: 15 quick SEO takeaways

Google’s Gary Illyes fielded several questions during an AMA at Pubcon Pro in Austin this afternoon from moderator Jennifer Slegg. Here are some of the highlights of the interview. 1. Does Google use user click data in ranking? “Technically, yes,” Illyes said. This is because historical search data is part of RankBrain.  2. Unlaunches happen … Read more

Google’s helpful content update did not yet target hosted third-party content

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Google’s helpful content update did not yet target hosted third-party content

Google is currently rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update and with that Google made several updates to its helpful content documentation, which we covered in detail. But just because Google updated its documentation, it does not mean that those changes are reflected in the actual algorithm that Google has released. Gary Illyes from … Read more

Google: Quality Affects Everything In Google’s Search Systems But What About Large Old Sites

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Google: Quality Affects Everything In Google’s Search Systems But What About Large Old Sites

There is a fun new Google Search Off the Record podcast to listen to with John Mueller and Gary Illyes from the Google Search team. The short is that quality impacts everything related to Google’s search systems, from sitemaps, crawling, indexing, ranking and more. But they also go into large and old sites that may … Read more

What changed with Google’s September 14, 2023 helpful content system update? – Marie Haynes

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What changed with Google’s September 14, 2023 helpful content system update? – Marie Haynes

Yesterday, Google made some changes to their helpful content system. I thought I’d write out my thoughts on what has changed. As I’ve been teaching on making your “main content” be the part that meets the intent of your audience let me summarize the changes first. Actually, I’ve asked Claude to summarize my notes for … Read more

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