Get ready, people, the August Core Update has started!
Will this bring tears of joy or does it spell the end of your website?
Here's what Google's official statement says, read into it what you will!
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I thought this could be a stress-free day 🤣
But I don´t trust Google, I need to see their action, not what they say.
People believe in the reason for you to do what you do, not when you tell them what you are doing.
Good luck, everybody.
Never thought I would be this interested in what google does 😆 😆
Early days, I know, but Reddit posts seem to be ranking even higher than before 😎
Top tip: don't trust any keyword research you perform while G is updating. Yesterday I thought I'd hit the jackpot. I found a keyword with some half decent traffic and only a single result on G. Obviously a guaranteed #1 ranking.
So I wrote the review and waited ... today the search returns nearly 2000 results and I'm ranked on page 4 ... lol.
Matt Diggity is pretty sure he's identified why some sites are actually recovering from the HCU in this update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFK2bULRKPI
If he's right (and I'm pretty sure he is because Google pretty much confirms it in their documentation) then I may need to remove 90%+ of the content on my site if I want to recover!
Wow {blue}:shocked:
How are you all doing so far?
I am seeing a spike, but far from before the September 23 update,and thus no 'recovery' at all. And it is always in the back of my mind that Google will get me down again anyway lol.
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Yes, I know Partha, It's too soon to say anything or to watch the stats whahahaha
Lizzy
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Matt Diggity is pretty sure he's identified why some sites are actually recovering from the HCU in this update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFK2bULRKPI
If he's right (and I'm pretty sure he is because Google pretty much confirms it in their documentation) then I may need to remove 90%+ of the content on my site if I want to recover!
Wow {blue}:shocked:
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I've read that to and of course, I wouldn't have much left either hahaha, ever since the September update that is. I already removed and updated a LOT of non-performing last year spring/summer, still Google punished me in September. And because of that, it's like I'll never have enough blog posts as a whole hahahaha!
I was wondering if we could just de-index the ones that are not performing from google, instead of removing them. Because there are lots I still want to keep for socials (my interviews with miniaturists don't rank in Google and never have, but people on socials are interested), even if Google doesn't like them. I'd rather say again once more: f**k Google anyway lol
So, I would only remove a whole bunch of posts, if you already have thousands posts, no?
Other then that, I am seeing a small spike and haven't updated anything anymore or removed nothing anymore. So I don't think this always makes sense for everyone?
Lizzy
@ohnoo_not_her Still no movement here ... bumping along the bottom.
Yeah I think you're right Lizzy. F*ck Google ... lol. I quite like a lot of the content on my site, even if some of it is a bit naive, looking back. Ha ha!
I don't really want to remove most of it.
For me, I think it would be a case of starting a new site ... but no time for that!
So it's Parasite SEO for me for the foreseeable, I think. With thanks to Partha :-)
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I am seeing a spike, but far from before the September 23 update
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That is starting to look like some kind of recovery though!
@ohnoo_not_her I just watched that video, one problem is, according to him my whole site is trash 🤣 🤣 🤣
But maybe I should sort by the impressions instead of clicks because my website is so small so far.
@ohnoo_not_her Agree. I can´t see any recovery on my site! Hopefully, it will come. But deleting a post in the way Diggnity mentions would leave my site almost empty, so I need to find another solution!
This popped up in my inbox this morning from the NYT.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQVzNzwMtXkHKLJnPfmvFMdDSvW
I'll attach it also.
Not straight SEO but interesting and relevant nonetheless, I think.
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I am seeing a spike, but far from before the September 23 update
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That is starting to look like some kind of recovery though!
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Not really, these are stats from before march, but before march, it was already down hahaha.
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@ohnoo_not_her I just watched that video, one problem is, according to him my whole site is trash 🤣 🤣 🤣
But maybe I should sort by the impressions instead of clicks because my website is so small so far.
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Yes indeed, but someone will correct me if I'm wrong (Partha lol), these SEO guru's had very large sites, and they also were being hit, but still quite some traffic left. So for small sites like ours, I don't think you can compare this. Because if small sites get "hit", well, we are at the bottom. But when large sites get "hit", they still have thousands of clicks per day and statistics to go on.
I am still focussing on that social traffic and write for those, not for Google anymore. Not using "Jaaxy" or whatever.
If you then click on to the 'help' you might get from those gurus, it will cost you thousands of dollars, with no guarantee whatsoever. Also: a niche like mine they can't understand, I don't believe so.
They're just good at selling a fairytale. Did you notice all the comments asking about socials traffic (me aswell lol? He didn't mention that at all in this video.
:-)
This is the Google Analytics over the last year for what used to be mine and Partha's best-performing site!
It's beyond explanation, lol.
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Not using "Jaaxy" or whatever.
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But Lyle & Larson told me that Jaaxy is the #1 primo keyword tool online?
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This is the Google Analytics over the last year for what used to be mine and Partha's best-performing site!
It's beyond explanation, lol.
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Auwch! that's even less than me per month (in the last 30 days), me, an amateur, wow! what a dive!
I keep stumbling along but I would love to get to those numbers. Lotta work to go...
Thanks for sharing the effects you and Partha experienced from Googles touch.
Stephen