Tag Archives: Google Algorithm

Google Not Rolling Back The Last Helpful Content UpdateGoogle’s John Mueller said it is very unlikely that the search company will roll back the last Google update, the September 2023 Google helpful content update. The update is currently rolling out, first touching down on September 14th, and has really wreaked havoc for some SEOs.John wroteContinueContinue reading “Google Not Rolling Back The September 2023 Helpful Content Update”

Google’s Helpful Content Update Doesn’t Target Third-Party Hosted Content YetWhen 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 night that it was notContinueContinue reading “Third-Party Hosted Content Not Yet Classifier Not Yet Part Of Google’s Helpful Content Update”

Google Expands AI Tools For Search AdsGoogle announced that it is expanding its AI-powered tools for Google Ads, its search ads platform. The AI-powered conversational tools to create ads is going into a true expanded beta test and Google also said automatically created assets will start using generative AI.This is coming in the near future,ContinueContinue reading “Google Ads Expands AI Tools”

Google Maps User Contributed Policy Fake Engagement & Personal Information UpdatedGoogle has made two updates to its prohibited and restricted content policy for Google Maps user-contributed content. The impacted sections are the fake engagement and personal information sections. Here is what was added.Under the fake engagement section, Google added this bullet:Content that has been posted usingContinueContinue reading “Google Updates Maps User Contributed Policy Fake Engagement & Personal Information”

Theories On Why The Google Tracking Tools Show Calm Volatility & WeatherIf you’ve been following my Google helpful content update volatility story, you will notice that the Google tracking tools are showing very little volatility when the SEO chatter is super heated. Generally when there is a lot of SEO chatter, the aggregate tools showContinueContinue reading “Why The Google Tracking Tools Show Calm Volatility & Weather?”