New Google Update January 2020
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Mayank Dhyani
Newbie
- Jan 13, 2020
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There are both good and bad SEOs in BHW. Make sure you follow the good one and do what google says.
brocklesnar90
Newbie
- Nov 15, 2019
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Not surprisingly. Updates mean something new. It can be both beneficial or harmful.
Mayank Dhyani
Newbie
- Jan 13, 2020
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I also had its impact on my website but it was on 7th Jan, though SEMrush showed in its traffic graph that they sensed a high activity in the US Database. Looking forward to knowing what I need to do to recover.
Yeah Google is getting so smart that they're indexing articles that someone copied word for word from my website and posted on a web 2.0 instead of my own hand-written articles. So smart right.
Totally agree... I was hit the same way and until now my traffic is almost at zero (from 5K users per day). Whitehat and quality content - so smart Google!!!!
Anyone with the same problems recovering yet?
Yeah I had around the same amount of daily users (3-4k/day) and am down to like 100 users per day. It fucking sucks because I put a lot of time in this website, writing over 200 articles and then to just get shit on like this by Google is painful. Especially when it seems like it's because some guy decided to copy my website and put it on a web 2.0. What am I supposed to do against that. I already filed a copyright complaint to the web 2.0 provider but I think the damage is already done and it's too late. And even if not, this is a huge flaw in their algorithm. What prevents someone from doing the same thing over and over again...
I can relate to your anger really well... Let’s hope for the best... Did you reach out to Google in any way with this problem? (Webmasterforum/Twitter...)
Nah man, I read some threads on that webmasterforum and it's filled with "gold product experts" giving bullshit advice that's not helpful to anyone. I don't think Google is gonna help me on Twitter either. I'll just wait until this update finishes rolling out, maybe it'll improve. The search results are just bad in general imo, they can't stay like this. But who knows, it's Google after all, apparently they can do whatever the fuck they want and people will still use their search engine.
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True. It makes me wonder if this gold product experts are actually doing SEO or are webmaster by themselves...or if they ever ranked for a term. Its just beyond me how these people can give this kinda bullshit advices. For example on the 17th December update. So many people complained about a sudden drop and all they do is "oh, you should focus on your content" ffs
Zbigniew
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- Mar 10, 2017
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My main earner took a small, but noticeable hit.
I've been looking through different forums and threads, but I can't see any pattern yet. Is there a "main theory" that people are going after? Obviously too early, as not enough data has been collected - but perhaps people are seeing something obvious.
I've been looking through different forums and threads, but I can't see any pattern yet. Is there a "main theory" that people are going after? Obviously too early, as not enough data has been collected - but perhaps people are seeing something obvious.
No, not at all. What I am saying is if you provide good quality content, have a fast loading site and invest in good links then you have nothing to worry about.
Clive answers this here too; https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/new-google-update-january-2020.1192722/page-7#post-12794002
t2van
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- Feb 18, 2018
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For me changes of the algorithm didn't start to appear until 10pm last night (GMT) I've seen good results for things I've been working on. Hopefully it stays this way I try not to make any solid conclusions on "effects" until the roll out has finished.
This update isn't about a penalty or to exclude any "SEO method" if you have moved down it's simply because some other site(s) are doing things a little bit better or different to you. That's how I read that movie example anyway - your site may still be a no.1 spot but a slightly better site has come along with new trends and techniques to push you down a slot.
So I think if you have been "effected" it's time to go back through your competitors see if there is anyone new and start to make some comparisons, take notes and start testing out some theories.
This update isn't about a penalty or to exclude any "SEO method" if you have moved down it's simply because some other site(s) are doing things a little bit better or different to you. That's how I read that movie example anyway - your site may still be a no.1 spot but a slightly better site has come along with new trends and techniques to push you down a slot.
So I think if you have been "effected" it's time to go back through your competitors see if there is anyone new and start to make some comparisons, take notes and start testing out some theories.
Hasnain Haider Abbas
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- Mar 5, 2016
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Guys I have seen some useless blogspot sites ranking top in search results. This is amazing, AlhamduLillah my sites' ranking have increased but it's a little strange to see blogspots and tumblrs with spun content ranking in top SERPs
Psh
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- Feb 7, 2017
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So parasites are getting a boost? Good to know
Is this US Google or?
Visual Eagle
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- Dec 11, 2008
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So parasites are getting a boost? Good to know
Not all. I've seen some parasites that I own get few spots lower than what they were before in the US.
Psh
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Are they blogspot or something else? I've heard from others that blogspot got a boost too (owned by Google?)
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jrengjreng
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- Feb 28, 2018
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that just gossip ...i have one of those blogspot but i didnt maintenance them ,before nov 2019 usually i can get around 6k visitor..during middle of December traffic started to decreased around 10-15 percent but yesterday (14 jan ) it only get 129 visitor , same with my main website ..14 January/yesterday is when it hit real hard , the effect is like side wide match pinalty