Last month in Google-land, we talked a lot about the March 2024 Core Update, which ended 45 days later on April 19, a week before Google notified us it was done. This core update was painful for many, especially those who were affected by September’s useful content update.
But there is more to come, we have the site reputation abuse penalty in the next few days. Are you ready? Sites like Forbes are already making changes, and so are many others.
Meanwhile, Google has been busy responding to Reddit’s teasing and ranking for everything.
Google renamed SGE AI Overviews to AI Answers and is using AI to write some knowledge panels. Some rumors suggest that Google may charge for SGE features, but I doubt it, and it may be released at Google I/O.
Google’s earnings wowed Wall Street, maybe you can credit it to the man who killed Google Search.
There’s more, see below, and if you missed my last roundup, read the April 2024 Google Webmaster Report.
Here are the top headlines from the last month related to Google organic search:
Google Core Update:
Google Spam & Algorithms: Google SEO: Google Search Console: Google SGE & AI: Google Business Profiles & Local: Google User Interface Changes: Google Business:
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