{"id":631461,"date":"2024-08-19T18:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-august-2024-core-update-what-were-seeing-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T18:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:09:08","slug":"google-august-2024-core-update-what-were-seeing-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2024-core-update-what-were-seeing-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google August 2024 core update: What we\u2019re seeing so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ee81525bdf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ee81525bdf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2024-core-update-what-were-seeing-so-far\/#Some_sites_hit_by_the_September_2023_helpful_content_update_are_seeing_some_small_signs_of_life_Will_it_last\" >Some sites hit by the September 2023 helpful content update are seeing some small signs of life. Will it last?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_sites_hit_by_the_September_2023_helpful_content_update_are_seeing_some_small_signs_of_life_Will_it_last\"><\/span>Some sites hit by the September 2023 helpful content update are seeing some small signs of life. Will it last?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle unleashed the much-anticipated\u00a0August 2024 core update Thursday morning. Less than 24 hours later, Google Search confirmed a ranking bug, which is still ongoing. <\/p>\n<p>This means Google Search is volatile right now. And many SEOs and publishers have been documenting some of what they\u2019ve seen since the August core update rollout started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caveats. <\/strong>It\u2019s important to note the following, which can impact your Google organic search traffic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A ranking bug is impacting Google Search.<\/li>\n<li>The core update will take a month to fully rollout.<\/li>\n<li>AI Overviews expanded and added more links, plus show to signed out users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What we\u2019re seeing.<\/strong> In short, most are seeing nothing. This is common. <\/p>\n<p>But, for the first time, we are seeing some signs of life for sites that were negatively impacted by the\u00a0September 2023 helpful content update. <\/p>\n<p>To be clear: Those sites did not \u201crecover\u201d and are nowhere near where they were prior to the September 2023 helpful content update. However, some are showing surges in Google Search ranking and visibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some helpful content update victims are noticing some increases in visibility in Google Search<\/li>\n<li>No one would classify those increases as \u201crecoveries\u201d just yet<\/li>\n<li>Sites hit by previous core updates, like the March 2024 core update\u00a0are also seeing changes, some positive and some negative<\/li>\n<li>Some sites that were never hit by a core update are also seeing changes, some positive and some negative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I documented a lot of the more detailed chatter within the SEO industry on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-helpful-content-update-recoveries-37920.html\">Search Engine Roundtable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Gabe, an SEO consultant, has been tracking a few hundred sites negatively impacted by the helpful content update. Gabe <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glenngabe\/status\/1825501476526899538\">wrote<\/a> that 47 of those sites are seeing some small signs of life \u2013 some surges in visibility:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m now seeing more HCU(X) sites surge. Out of the 380+ sites I\u2019m tracking, 47 have surged since the August core update began rolling out. Note, some have low visibility, but they have spiked with the update. Others have greater visibility and are surging back nicely.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>House Fresh and Retro Dodo. <\/strong>These two sites received a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> attention following their Google ranking issues. Both reported some fluctuations \u2013\u00a0not full recoveries \u2013 in the last few days. Here are those posts:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey! Sorry, this update caught me while on vacation \ud83d\ude05 <\/p>\n<p>We are receiving visitors to some of our former top traffic pages. Here you can see yesterday VS 28 days ago: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38PBMTZYnR\">pic.twitter.com\/38PBMTZYnR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gisele Navarro (@ichbinGisele) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ichbinGisele\/status\/1824679812322963669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-minify=\"1\" async src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/cache\/min\/1\/widgets.js?ver=1723063299\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can confirm that I am seeing lots of fluctuations. I&#8217;m not sure what this means yet, but my fingers are crossed. Reddit is still dominating absolutely everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Saltalamacchia (@iambrandonsalt) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iambrandonsalt\/status\/1824433300313694460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-minify=\"1\" async src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/cache\/min\/1\/widgets.js?ver=1723063299\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>We\u2019re only a few days into a month-long rollout of the August core update while a search ranking bug is ongoing, so it\u2019s hard to know whether sites will continue to improve and what\u2019s causing this movement. Their traffic could keep improving \u2013 but it could also get worse in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know which way this update is headed. But we will continue to watch and report back what we find. We hope you all find success and improvements with this Google algorithm update.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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