Updates

Google is having troubles with indexing fresh content on the web. If you depend a lot on new content (e.g. media industry, a new website) you may notice a decline in traffic these days.

SERPs are experiencing sudden changes, which seems to be caused by a so far unconfirmed update.

An official update was released by Google on July 16th. From now on, ambiguous queries that can be interpreted as adult-oriented will now be showing less of the adult content more “normal” results.

Between July 12-13 an unusual activity was detected. This can mean a small unannounced algorithm change from Google.

Google has released a broad core algorithm update on Monday June 3rd, 2019. It was announced a day before, through the official Google SearchLiaison Twitter account:

As usual after such updates, Google recommends not to take any sudden actions and just keep being focused on "building great content", sending their followers to their posts from October 2018 for more information on writing good quality content.

A high search volatility on November 16th is seen by experts as a sign of a regular Google Algorithm update. The sectors most impacted by the updates seem to be: Finance and Healthcare.

Many webmasters were able to notice some unexpected shifts in Google Search results on November 1st. A high activity for the mobile sector was detected in many countries (US, UK, IT, FR, DE, JP, ES), which would also suggest some Google Algorithm Updates on their way.

I has been confirmed by Google that there has been a major quality update performed. The update took place throughout a period of one week, but the peak was detected around August 1st and 2nd. A lot of websites were strongly affected. As for now, Google recommends not to take any sudden moves and just keep being focused on "building great content".

 

You can learn more about the update and its consequences here.

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The regular, monthly Google Update was spotted by webmasters around the world taking place around July 22. A spike in volatility was spotted and the webmasters reported changes when it comes to their traffic and Google rank positions.

From today Google will take loading speed into consideration while displaying mobile search results. As of now, the update will only affect the slowest websites - to make the mobile search a smoother experience for the users.