As you know, the September 2023 helpful content update was brutal to many small site owners, bloggers, SEOs and others. Some of these folks were desperately waiting for a recovery and were hopeful that this March 2024 core update (which is still rolling out) would result in a recovery. But it does not appear that … Read more
Google will face allegations of using underhanded tactics to secure its position as the world’s leading search engine in a jury trial set for September 9, brought by the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of states. The tech giant, which owns a 90% market share in search, is accused of paying massive sums to … Read more
In July, Google released a massive update to the Knowledge Graph. We named it the E-E-A-T Knowledge Graph update and gave it the codename “Killer Whale” because it made a splash in the SERPs twice: In real time between July 14 and 18. As part of the September helpful content update. A Knowledge Graph (Vault) … Read more
Reading Time: 8 minutes Just a few weeks ago (Sept 14-28), Google rolled out its helpful content update, triggering shifts in website rankings. This new helpful content update impacts the whole site. Thousands of publishers witnessed traffic drops ranging from 10% to a staggering 70%. However, Google claims that its update aims to distinguish between … Read more
On September 14, 2023, Google unveiled the September 2023 Helpful Content Update, a strategic move designed to elevate the quality of search results by rewarding websites that produce genuinely helpful and informative content. This update zeroes in on identifying and demoting websites that churn out content primarily crafted to rank well in search engines, rather … Read more
Do you see any changes in your content rankings? That’s probably because of Google’s September 2023 Helpful Content Update, which wrapped up on September 28, exactly two weeks after Google’s Search team rolled it out. The Helpful Content System is a set of Google’s ranking factors that “better reward content where visitors feel they’ve had a satisfying … Read more
The SEO industry has been speculating and chatting about the recent announcement from Google regarding its September 2023 Helpful Content Update. This update, which started on September 14th and finished on September 28th, has begun discussions and speculations from SEO professionals. VGISEO and David Freid wish to delve into the details and explore what this … Read more
Last Thursday, Google finished rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update after a 14-day rollout. The update took 14 days to roll out, starting on September 14, 2023, and ending on September 28, 2022. It has been a few days since the rollout was completed, and we wanted to dig in a bit on the … Read more
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 has completed the September 2023 Helpful Content Update rollout, which began on September 14 and ended on September 28. Google says this update includes an improved classifier and brings several significant changes to the Helpful Content System, designed by Google to promote people-first content and demote content written for search engines. Google’s Helpful Content … Read more
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