What I Understand from May Core Update From The Lovely Google

[BrandingCat]

NOTHING!

Well, not really. I analyzed my sites/my customer sites/my partners/friends sites. Around ~80 sites all in one.

1. EDM domains are back on track, whoever says EDM doesn't rank, think/check again.
2. Spam/generated content ranks even in the featured snippets with 0 RD and low overall domain profile.
3. Content length doesn't mean anything. Two hundred words content outrank 1500-300 words easily for the main keyword.
4. Simple answers can rank in the featured snippet and can beat any type of content/infographic style structure.
5. YouTube ranks higher in 50% of the cases just because it is Google property (what a brainstorming discovery)
6. The number of total links doesn't mean anything
7. Simple/stupid simple sites rank higher in Google
8. Pointing from homepage 40-100 pages, it helps your site ranking (a mix of SILO+Cluster)
9. 100% White Hat SEO is a myth; Google has no clue if you don't spam your site until it gets manual actions.
10. Google shuffle rankings like a lousy DJ on this update.
11. Plain text ranks better than structured content via bullets/number lists and many headings.

My conclusion:

• They do this on purpose just to keep all of us in the loop, but, they just shuffle the settings and call it "core update". It may be wrong in 10-20% of the searches, but I see it in plenty of niches, so they want this chaos.
• Be prepared on the next update to roll back a version of Google 2012 because why not, be ready to fall or rank higher than ever.
  
• I bet after each update, businesses that depend on traffic spend like crazy on their ads just to be on track.
• I may be wrong, but that's my vision about this new update as it's officially finished.

Here, a beautiful song, keep hustling!

 

[OlafRustle]

The Randomizer Update

 

[Nut-Nights]

Google got big hard disks, it might take some time. Just wait my friend, just wait.

 

[Mr Positive]

1. YouTube ranks higher in 50% of the cases just because it is Google property (what a brainstorming discovery
2. Columbus discovered America, and you my friend have discovered and shared google secret, I’ll give you a medal for it

 

[BrandingCat]

Google got big hard disks, it might take some time. Just wait my friend, just wait.

Ok, I`ll wait till next update

 

[Leader777]

My lovely google

 

[ziko12345]

Nice song.
Its good to know that google is fucking with us.
Thanks

 

[hazzi]

everyone is saying wait but how long do we wait

 

[hiepdn]

I do not think it is feasible to base your online business based on Google organic traffic anymore. You either build your brand or combine with other sources to stop relying on organic traffic.
You can optimize your website for this update, what about the next one or the one after?

 

[OlafRustle]

I do not think it is feasible to base your online business based on Google organic traffic anymore. You either build your brand or combine with other sources to stop relying on organic traffic.
You can optimize your website for this update, what about the next one or the one after?

Soon they rather fuck up their serps than having people do successful SEO. Or maybe it's a temporary attempt to push people into ads during corona.

 

[hiepdn]

The thing is most newbies does not have budget to run ads, and it makes the entry to most markets much more difficult.

Most people are even scared of making websites, what do you think now that they will have spend thousands just to test their ideas?

Google is becoming a god who punish small players, and it hurts.

 

[BrandingCat]

Or maybe it's a temporary attempt to push people into ads during corona.

This scenario is pretty solid assuming how evil they are.

 

[OlafRustle]

This scenario is pretty solid assuming how evil they are.

The only other option for me is that all the competent people have left the company and all the diversity hires have no clue what to do with the stuff they "inherited". Like a stone age person using and crashing a fighter jet.

 

[BrandingCat]

The only other option for me is that all the competent people have left the company and all the diversity hires have no clue what to do with the stuff they "inherited". Like a stone age person using and crashing a fighter jet.

Possible, still, I guess they just shuffle the ranks on purpose just to make people go crazy...

 

[nakamura]

Google search results (at least in my niches) have been a shit show since the December 2019 update (which according to Google didnt exist).

My legit, unique and high quality sites are now on page 6,7 and 8, while the top 10 is full of Pinterest, YouTube, Gofundme spam and some parasite sites from 2016.

is there any official statement from Google saying what they were targeting?

 

[BrandingCat]

Google search results (at least in my niches) have been a shit show since the December 2019 update (which according to Google didnt exist).

My legit, unique and high quality sites are now on page 6,7 and 8, while the top 10 is full of Pinterest, YouTube, Gofundme spam and some parasite sites from 2016.

is there any official statement from Google saying what they were targeting?

They share the usual bs > https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1257376879172038656

 

[nakamura]

They share the usual bs > https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1257376879172038656

Google became a joke. At some point it became unpredictable, but in a very negative way.
I remember in 2016 and before you could build a great website, throw some quality links at it and you know you would rank. Now its totally random and nonsense websites/parasites are ranking.

I am still wondering how Google can prefer some translated spun content over my 2k handwritten quality content. Its a no brainer. This shows me the algorithm is totally broken. Same like in one of my niches there are 4 youtube videos in the ranking...and 2 pinterest posts. Its ridiculous

 

[thizzladen]

nice, for noobs like me with shitty seo practices, i just became a guru

 

[Myst3ry]

So instead creating one site, create 5 sites and do 5 different strategies

1 More White Hat one
2 More blackhat (think vantablackhat)
3 Crappy content one
4 Spun content one
5 Kinda regular one

That's the solution to be always on first page

With every update you will have some sites up and some down

 

[OlafRustle]

Google became a joke. At some point it became unpredictable, but in a very negative way.
I remember in 2016 and before you could build a great website, throw some quality links at it and you know you would rank. Now its totally random and nonsense websites/parasites are ranking.

I am still wondering how Google can prefer some translated spun content over my 2k handwritten quality content. Its a no brainer. This shows me the algorithm is totally broken. Same like in one of my niches there are 4 youtube videos in the ranking...and 2 pinterest posts. Its ridiculous

It leads people into just trowing shit at the wall and looking what sticks.