Google updates key algorithms hundreds of times every year, sometimes as much as twice per day. Occasionally however, there are large core updates and changes that affect us all. Find out about the latest updates with the SALT.agency technical team.
This article has been co-written by Dan Taylor and Alireza Esmikhani. On March 5, 2024, Google announced two algorithm updates targeting content quality and addressing spammy tactics that could previously boost a website’s ranking in Google’s SERPs. These updates were named the March 2024 Core Update, and the March 2024 Spam Update. At the time […]
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In the second week of November, Google significantly updated its search results containing accommodation results in Google Maps. Although Google Maps had started to show places you could book by showing prices above the business listings previously, it has now gone one step further by adding new considerations and information into this section.
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After removing the PDF from public download, Google has now published a revised version of the 164 page guidelines designed to help their team of search quality raters evaluate online content.
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At the beginning of the year Google announced that it was going to start using page speed as a ranking factor for mobile searches (previously, page speed was only a ranking factor for desktop searches).
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The mobile-first index is without doubt one of the greatest shifts in Google in recent history, and probably one of the largest we’re likely to see for some time. Technically this isn’t a separate to the incumbent index, but is a fundamental shift in how content and URLs are crawled, weighted, and ranked. Today we’re […]
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The Twitter SEO community is currently alight with conversation about the full rollout of the long-awaited beta Google Search Console. Seemingly now available to just about everyone, you can check your access status here. From there, check the top right of the screen, click “search properties” and view whether you are verified for the new console. […]
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Thousands of people have been waiting for a very long time, (in some cases with bated breath) for Google Penguin to run again, and at last there is finally cause for celebration as Google have confirmed the update is now live via their Webmaster Central Blog. Previously, this algorithm ran separately from the main ongoing core […]
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In conversation with Search Engine Land, Google has confirmed that it rolled out a Panda refresh over the weekend. As usual, the update is expected to take months to complete and will take some time to fully affect sites. Google said that the changes will impact around two to three per cent of English language […]
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No one can reasonably say that they aren’t prepared for what’s coming on April 21st. Since late 2010, we have been wondering just when Google will strike sites that don’t accommodate for mobile users. Of course, in 2010, there weren’t even that many people using internet on mobile devices. In fact, the Galaxy S wasn’t […]
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