(UPDATE) December 2022 Link Spam Update

[Thunder Digitals]

Deindexed? Were you link building?

It is not deindexed. At the start of the December update, my website recovered from the previous update. But now the graph is going down again.

Only a few links I got recently.

 

[RealDaddy]

My site literally got vanished from the SERPs.

not even indexed?

 

[Thunder Digitals]

not even indexed?

It is not deindexed. At the start of the December update, my website recovered from the previous update. But now the graph is going down again.

Only a few links I got recently.

 

[ComputerJunkie]

Won't effect you if you never indexed your backlinks. I feel sorry for the people who force indexed their backlinks instead of having it crawled naturally. Theres a reason why indexing has changed so much, its to keep out all the crap from serp. Indexing is dead for the most part with a few exception. This is a very good update in general. Minus the volitile dancing they like to do at every update.

This is a fact-less opinion. If what you are saying is true, then normal money-sites which people index via the GSC and or sitemaps would be negatively impacted for “force indexing”.

think about it.

 

[lapascore]

Actually HCU Update is still ongoing. Google told on Twitter it takes longer than 2 weeks.

So, what you see might as well be from HCU, or both updates simultaneously.

I wonder why it is taking longer than they planned. They could be walking some of it back due to unintentional collateral damage. My day job is at a legit agency that is 100% the whitest of white hat and some of our clients seemed to get hit about a week in to the HCU and now, without having done anything because we decided to just wait and see for a couple of weeks, things are spiking back to where they were.

 

[malayan]

people index via the GSC and or sitemaps would be negatively impacted for “force indexing”.

think about it.

Requesting indexing, using an indexing API, and using a sitemap are all very different.

1. API request = Most Aggressive & Fastest (Might result in the listing dropping later, hence the recommendation for Video & Jobs Postings only).
2. GSC indexing request = Less Aggressive and still relatively fast (might index a URL in days)
3. Sitemap submission = Very passive. It might take WEEKS to MONTHS depending on a site's crawl quota.

Only one of those has a known negative impact.

 

[asmxor]

Copy pasta?

depends. for an example going like this :

for Title :

Brand A - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand B - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand C - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand D - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand E - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023

then for the content write it my own, and copy pasta onto my other brand page's

example of paragraph.

" Brand A is the best agency for SEO on Internet since 2002 and have experience to leads the market. "

then copy into Brand B page

" Brand B is the best agency for SEO on Internet since 2002 and have experience to leads the market. "

i do this for all my pages. Im still using theory "If you can't beat with the quality, you can go with quantity" but add more improv, cause the place you war is SEO & Google.

 

[Dwain Stewart]

depends. for an example going like this :

for Title :

Brand A - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand B - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand C - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand D - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023
Brand E - A Powerfull SEO Agency In 2023

then for the content write it my own, and copy pasta onto my other brand page's

example of paragraph.

" Brand A is the best agency for SEO on Internet since 2002 and have experience to leads the market. "

then copy into Brand B page

" Brand B is the best agency for SEO on Internet since 2002 and have experience to leads the market. "

i do this for all my pages. Im still using theory "If you can't beat with the quality, you can go with quantity" but add more improv, cause the place you war is SEO & Google.

Go-to content strategy for the sites we started building this year.:

Quality in quantity - or - Quantity with quality

 

[asmxor]

Go-to content strategy for the sites we started building this year.:

Quality in quantity - or - Quantity with quality

We have different meta, but we have a same target (SEO)

 

[Feebie]

Google has a problem

 

[SeoBacklinkGenie]

This is a fact-less opinion. If what you are saying is true, then normal money-sites which people index via the GSC and or sitemaps would be negatively impacted for “force indexing”.

think about it.

You dont index backlinks via gsc and indexing through gsc is not "force indexing". Backlinks sole purpose is to provide juice for another page. Moneysite pages are to provide usable content found in serps. You want backlinks crawled only and moneysites to be crawled and indexed. Indexing through gsc is exactly how it needs to be done. Even then google may deindex then if they find it spammy.

 

[Street Fighter]

December would mark the second update

 

[Postercamp]

You want backlinks crawled only and moneysites to be crawled and indexed

Whats the difference by crawled and indexed actually?

 

[SeoBacklinkGenie]

Whats the difference by crawled and indexed actually?

You can think of it like this.

Crawled meaning google knows it's there and is accessible (passes link juice) but the content is not qualified for SERP ranking. Aka if they find a forced indexed backlink during an update it has a higher chance of becoming deindexed and losing juice ontop of it.
Index meaning it's been crawled + qualified for ranking on SERPs.

 

[Postercamp]

You can think of it like this.

Crawled meaning google knows it's there and is accessible (passes link juice) but the content is not qualified for SERP ranking. Aka if they find a forced indexed backlink during an update it has a higher chance of becoming deindexed and losing juice ontop of it.
Index meaning it's been crawled + qualified for ranking on SERPs.

Is that mean you can see the link on GSC but not on Google site: operator?

 

[SeoBacklinkGenie]

Is that mean you can see the link on GSC but not on Google site: operator?

You'll be able to see on gsc if the page has been only crawled and or it was indexed. If it was crawled only then it ideally should not show under site:

 

[RealDaddy]

Google has a problem

it's trying to solve a problem by creating one

 

[Zooker]

One of my sites i created content by hand but created my own web 2.0 backlinks is doing better than ever (untouched for 2+ years).

G say it’s a link update but I still say it’s going after AI primarily.

 

[FabioSelau]

You'll be able to see on gsc if the page has been only crawled and or it was indexed. If it was crawled only then it ideally should not show under site:

Normally when you send the url through gsc it gets tracked and then gets indexed.
Therefore, all URLs are initially Crawled.
This tip "If it was crawled only then it ideally should not show under site:" I believe it only works when it stays crawled for weeks, without being indexed

 

[SeoBacklinkGenie]

Ideally, anything you put through gsc should be a page you want to be indexed. However, If you are the owner-operator of a blog whose main purpose is selling backlinks with no need for visitors from google search for that specific post you should be no-indexing tagging them. This will reduce de-indexing and losing juice during G updates.