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What We’re Seeing From The Fifth Google Product Reviews Update
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As you know, Google began to roll out the fifth Google product reviews update on September 20th during the roll-out of the September 2022 core update. I promised to return and share some of what we’re seeing with this update, as it rolls out.
We are now a couple of days into the update and the chatter amongst the SEO community is spiking, as are some tracking tools. I wanted to share some of what I see below.
First let’s start with the chatter; here is what I am seeing in the WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World forums:
Also we do not have an English site, with pushing out the September Product Review Update we saw a dip in conversions. Traffic is steady but it seems not engaging anymore.
After a big up with the September core update, a big down with the product review update. In the end, the results: are zero, with no gains.
I don’t do products review, so maybe it has nothing to do with the product review update.
I lost 40% of my organic traffic in the core update, and today I saw it back again, the same amount, I’m not exaggerating, then while looking here I saw this thread, and it looks like this update has fixed my traffic.
It will more than likely tank again, the update that is still being rolled out returned my helpful content update traffic loss, and then some. Now, a week later, my traffic is tanking again. past, where it was when it first got, hit. Just don’t worry about the website, even if it tanks again, and just keep working on it. I honestly didn’t even know this update was happening.
This update could honestly be why my traffic is tanking again. The day this update apparently started to get released, I was knocked down tons of keywords, way more than I was in the last helpful content update. Who knows.
Very, very big drop this night -50% (germany). It is hard to say which alog update caused this.
I’ve been looking at this latest additional Product Reviews update, and so far, I haven’t seen too much. I wonder if Google is treading very carefully with these latest two updates.
Also, here are some charts from Glenn Gabe:
Just one day into the Sep 2022 Product Reviews Update & I’m already seeing movement across a number of review sites. These are sites that have seen impact (either up or down) during previous PRUs. Checking rankings, yep, they are down… The tools are starting to show the drop… pic.twitter.com/453rqP8Pf3
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) September 21, 2022
And on the flip side, there are some sites surging or dropping with the Sep 2022 broad core update that saw more movement in the same direction when the PRU rolled out. This can be doubly good, or bad, depending on how the site was being impacted. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/aoKy6FoDDF
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) September 21, 2022
It also might be worth scanning through the comments on the original story I posted here, and then the comments below over the next couple of days or so.
Tracking Tools On September 2022 Product Reivews Update
What have you all noticed so far?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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June 28th & 29th Weekend Google Search Ranking Volatility
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On the heels of the completion of the June 2024 spam update this Thursday, June 27th, I am now seeing signs of an unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm update and volatility. It seems more heated than the week of this spam update rollout but less weak than you’d see with a Google core update.
The volatility began on Friday, June 28th and continues through this weekend.
I am seeing both higher levels of chatter within the weekend since Friday and also some of the tools are showing a spike in volatility within the Google Search rankings.
Here is what I am seeing.
Google Rank Tracking Volatility Tools
Here is what the tools are showing, notice since Friday, the spike in volatility many of the tools are showing. Again, this was a day after the spam update was officially completed. Some tools are not showing this, as you can see:
BROKEN NOW
So something seems heated with these tracking tools over the weekend.
SEO Chatter
Here is some of the SEO chatter I spotted since Friday around Google ranking movement both at WebmasterWorld and the comments on this site:
Traffic is not great today. The “not-update” update is causing some damage.
Yesterday was drop in traffic in all of my sites. Coinciding with semrush spike.
The same. By now, traffic is more or less stable during updates but collapses after the end of an update.
Some of my competitor’s sites have returned to the SERP but aren’t receiving traffic.
Seeing some pages reappear tonight that have been deindexed for months.
Update finishes and Semrush send me notification to say sensors are high again (as high as 9.1 in Japan, and 7 to 8 in lots of other places). Is this now the normal weekend thing, and if it is, what exactly is shuffling?
My e-commerce traffic was nuked on Friday specifically. Previous updates hurt but I haven’t seen it this bad before. I will wait it out like previous algo changes.
My traffic died. After the update, my website went from 7 thousand active users every 30 minutes, to just 20…
What are you all seeing happen since the update completed last Thursday?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 28, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google’s June 2024 spam update is now completely rolled out, I have all the details. Google posted an interview with Elizabeth Tucker on how Google measures search quality. Google expanded Product Studio to more countries and added file uploads and new themes. Menu items and popular times may be Google local ranking factors. Google Ads now supports a special WordPress conversion code method. Bing’s people also ask can be generated using AI. And I posted the weekly SEO video recap.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google June 2024 Spam Update Finished Rolling Out
Google has completed the rollout of the June 2024 spam update after a seven-day and one-hour period. This update started on June 20, 2024, and was completed on June 27, 2024. This was a broad spam update, not a link spam update, and it did not automate the site reputation abuse policy. -
How Google Measures Search Quality – Interview With Elizabeth Tucker
Elizabeth Tucker, Director, Product Management at Google Search was a guest on Google’s Search Off the Record podcast where Lizzi Sassman and John Mueller of Google asked her about search quality, how Google measures it, and so much more. I will post my notes below but the two things that stood out to me are: -
Report: Menu Items & Popular Times Are Google Local Ranking Signal
There is a new report out that says menu items and how busy you are during Google Maps popular times are both ranking factors and signals for Google’s local ranking system. Claudia Tomina posted the details on her blog and told me she tested this across numerous businesses. -
Bing People Also Ask Now May Include AI Generated Content
Microsoft may now include AI generated content within the Bing Search people also ask sections. Bing is labeling some of the people also ask boxes with the disclaimer, “Includes Al generated content.” -
Google Product Studio Expands To More Counties, Adds File Uploads & New Themes
Google Product Studio, which is part of Google Merchant Center Next, now works in the UK, India, and Japan. Google also added file upload support to Product Studio and additional seasonal-themed templates. -
New Google Ads WordPress Conversion Google Tag Code
Google seems to be rolling out new WordPress specific conversion code for Google Ads. This seems like a Google Tag code with easier set up for WordPress sites. -
Google Super Mario Game Room
Here is a photo of one of the rooms at the Google office, the GooglePlex, where they have a room for gaming. The theme of the room is Super Mario Brothers. Look at the desk, the walls, etc. -
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June Spam Update Done, Continuous Scroll Gone, AI Overview Links Improving, Google Ads Query Matching Update & More
This week, Google completed the rollout of the June 2024 spam update over a 7-day period. Google has dropped its continuous scroll interface for the search results. Google is testing placing link cards at the top of the AI…
Other Great Search Threads:
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- 9 Surprising Takeaways From Analyzing HubSpot’s SEO Strategy, Ahrefs
- A Complete List of Google’s Autocomplete Signals in Chrome, Dejan Marketing
- Does Google Know if Content is Accurate? A review of a page struggling to rank behind potentially inaccurate & unhelpful content., Marie Haynes
- Is OSO, organic search optimization, the new SEO?, Yoast
- The Ad Experience Report in Google Search Console: Why It Fails Site Owners, How It Provides A False Sense of Security, And How It Could Be Improved, GSQI
- SEO Reporting for Agencies (With Real Report Examples), Ahrefs
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 27, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google is testing link cards at the top of the AI Overviews. Google says it is working on improving its ranking algorithms at the system level, not site by site level. Google Ads has updated its query matching and brand controls and advertisers are happy. Google Chrome launched some new search features for mobile devices. Google Search is testing sliding the page right when you type a new query.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google Tests AI Overview Link Cards At The Top
Google is testing placing the link cards at the top of the AI Overviews box within Google Search. Instead of having them deep at the bottom, they are being tested at the top, which would clearly drive more clicks to publishers than the current implementation. -
Google: Our Search Rankings Can Improve But At Scale & System Level
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said it again, that “there’s clearly more we should be doing” with ranking websites that deserve to rank better in Google Search. He clarified that this is not something Google does manually, on a per-site basis. Instead, Google does this at scale by updating its ranking systems and algorithms, he said. -
Google Ads Changes Query Matching & Brand Controls – Advertisers Happy
Google Ads announced updates to its Search ads query matching and brand controls that made advertisers happy (it has been a while). The updates include better reporting for misspellings, negative keywords now block misspellings, and changes to brand inclusions and brand exclusions. -
Google Chrome For Mobile Adds Local Chrome Actions, Search Shortcuts & Trends
Google has announced a number of new search-related features to its mobile version of the Chrome browser. These updates include new local Chrome Actions, new search shortcuts, trending in search suggestions and more. -
Google Tests Search Results Sliding Right To Next Page On New Query
Google seems to be testing (or maybe it is a bug) having the search results page slide over right to the next page (visually at least) when you enter a new query. It seems like some new animation when you change your query from the Google Search results page. -
Google I’m Feeling Lucky Swag Dispenser
Google has some sort of booth set up in Kraków, Poland and at that booth was a swag dispenser. The booth looks like a Google search home page and has an I’m Feeling Lucky button to press to get some Google swag, I think.
Other Great Search Threads:
- Looks like Google might be looking to switch up the appearance of free listings in the Shopping tab. Seeing a test in the US where it has product grids (that prev. only appeared in the main section) instead of the Shopping results. UK ha, SERP Alert on X
- Google results have gotten worse, and it’s costing you money. To illustrate this, we analyzed the top results for one of the most popular search queries: “best rewards credit cards.” The top results are not the best for consumers., WalletHub on LinkedIn
- We’re sharing an update on the advanced Voice Mode we demoed during our Spring Update, which we remain very excited about: We had planned to start rolling this out in alpha to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users in late June, but need on, OpenAI on X
- When SEO tools surface your tweet ranking for a competitive YMYL finance query. Note, it’s already on page 2 and will drop quickly, but that was fun while it lasted. It was #5 for a good part of yesterday, Glenn Gabe on X
- Apologies for the slow response. It seems there was an issue earlier today that has since been addressed. If you’re continuing to experience issues, let me know (DMs are open).” / X, AdsLiaison on X
- If SEO Dies – What Would You Do for Work?, Reddit
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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