May 4th Google Core Update Analysis

[MisterXYZ]

At the beginning of May, SEOs got hit with another major Google update. Major, as it impacted a lot of sites. And since you’re reading this, I assume you experienced some changes in search results yourself.

There’s no point in quoting web page owners who complain about losing 90% of their traffic or bragging about their new high positions in Google. After all, there is nothing actionable in this.

SERPs volatility? We know that the update is a fact and as of today, we can see that it settled down already, even Google confirmed that on May 18.

In this article, I will show you why this update is not just about big authority sites.

https://surferseo.com/blog/may-4th-google-core-update-analysis/

 

[Gentle Mako]

Nice article, but in the last chart on authority based on the category, I don't agree, I'm in the apparel niche, Amazon, Pinterest, Aliexpress, eBay and Google.Books are all dominating the SERP atm, most of their pages are thin spam content stuffed with keywords.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

most of their pages are thin spam content stuffed with keywords.

Ever since some guy ranked that Austin rhinoplasty page #1 using 100% lorem ipsum content, it's been proved content isn't worth shit.

Google updates are about Google ads sales. That's all.

The SERPs are shit. People don't care tho and some still continue using Google until they realize it's real easy to switch search engines with a single click.

 

[Gentle Mako]

Ever since some guy ranked that Austin rhinoplasty page #1 using 100% lorem ipsum content, it's been proved content isn't worth shit.

Google updates are about Google ads sales. That's all.

The SERPs are shit. People don't care tho and some still continue using Google until they realize it's real easy to switch search engines with a single click.

I agree.

 

[siarhei]

Google has been working like this for years - the main thing for them is traffic

 

[Chris Tzitzis]

nice share. pretty much what we're seeing from our portfolio of sites and sites we build links for. many more serps/niches catching the high authority bug.

 

[steviem1]

Ever since some guy ranked that Austin rhinoplasty page #1 using 100% lorem ipsum content, it's been proved content isn't worth shit.

Google updates are about Google ads sales. That's all.

The SERPs are shit. People don't care tho and some still continue using Google until they realize it's real easy to switch search engines with a single click.

I agree, I just wish more people would switch search engines, but it's unlikely and rather depressing.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

I agree, I just wish more people would switch search engines, but it's unlikely and rather depressing.

All it takes is one click.

People need to stop fucking using Google right now. The WWW is fucked up enough as it is with Google spamming the world with pinterest, youtube and quora links. Search can and will be better. Someone needs to step up.