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How the August 2023 Google core update compared to March 2023 core updates

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Now that the Google August 2023 Core Update is done rolling out , we wanted to take a deeper dive on how this core update differed from previous Google core updates, specifically the March 2023 broad core update. August 2023 core update. Data providers on the August 2023 core update Semrush. RankRanger.

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The rise of forums: Why Google prefers them and how to adapt

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If you own a niche site, there’s a pretty good chance that you saw something like this happen between late 2023 and today. This is Semrush’s report for one of my own niche sites. I ranked in the top 10 on my niche keywords and a wide range of related head terms. between July 2023 and June 2024, according to Semrush.

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Survey: 92% of SEOs suspect their competitors buy links by Admix Global

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Websites often sell links in competitive niches like finance, insurance and gambling. Ahrefs’ study found that niche edits average $361.44 , while guest posts cost around $77.80. Only 12.6% of the sites they reached out to were open to selling a link, Ahrefs discovered. Most site owners didn’t even respond.

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Niche blogging in the new Google reality: 5 strategies to thrive or die

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If you are a niche blogger focused on building a site on which the majority source of your income is display ads from Google, 2024 has not been kind to you. Thousands of blogs from every possible niche are down as much as 90% in traffic, with no recovery in sight. What is it that you can do better than anybody else?

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Impact of the Google September 2023 helpful content was big for the SEO industry

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Last Thursday, Google finished rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update after a 14-day rollout. The update took 14 days to roll out, starting on September 14, 2023, and ending on September 28, 2022. The seoClarity team sent me the top winners and losers by niche/industry from this helpful content update. seoClarity.

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Data providers: Google November 2023 core update was more volatile than the October 2023 core update

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Google’s November 2023 core update took about 26 days to fully roll out and was completed on November 28th. Now that the update is done, I wanted to share some data on how this November core update compared to the data on the October 2023 core update. Overlapping updates. for the November core update and 7.9 seoClarity.

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Google algorithm updates 2023 in review: Core, reviews, helpful content, spam and beyond

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Google launched nine confirmed algorithmic updates in 2023, as well as a new AI search engine, the Search Generative Experience. Unless Google rolls out a new update this week, Google would have rolled out one less update in 2023 than it did in 2022 and 2021. March 2023 core update. February 2023 product reviews update.

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