Google Algorithm Update History from 2023 to 2024

Google algorithms are one of the most complex systems, which aim is to bring back or filter data from search results as per algorithm. Google has issued several algorithm with specific aim, the search engines uses all the combinations of all algorithms to get the best and relevant result on the SERP as per users research. Apart from this there are other ranking factors too, that work to deliver desired result. 

In year to year Google keeps bringing changes in its algorithms, talking about recent years then we have seen several updates in the short span. These updates go unnoticed, until we see major impact of these updates on the blogging industry. As of 2024, tons of websites have been effected with the update of Google. Some bloggers are still confused what happened with their websites, through this blog we will clear your confusion and aware you about all updates so that your SEO process can go smooth, so let’s get started.

March 2024 Core Update

The last update of the Google was about low quality content and manipulative practices in the content. So that bloggers can generate relevant content for users not for ranking purpose. Through this update, thin, low quality, misleading or spam content would not be ranking on SERP.

November 2023 Reviews Update

This Google update targeted review content, it aims to build the real and genuine reviews as per the quality guidelines, google will look review content with no further announcement, and therefore all the review offering sites have to adhere the google guidelines.

November 2023 Core Update

Core update came out in Nov 2023 and it is still being rolled out, this update has aim to improve the quality of the web pages displayed in the SERP. This updates also increased the relevancy in content of bloggers.

October 2023 Core Update

Google revealed several core update to improve its search engine results during the year. Therefore users saw a big impact in ranking in few weeks. These updates are bound to affect your ranking and SERP visibility, but you have to just be patient and find the opportunity to improve your web pages.

There are some key points about Google core Algorithm Update:-

Frequency:- Basically google keeps bringing updates and core updates month to month and year to year. These updates may affect ranking and visibility of your website on the SERP, every updates targets a different aspect of algorithms and SEO.

Impact:- Core updates can leave major impact on website, you may experience some significance of the updates during blogging and SEO but after sometimes it gets normal you constantly following the guidelines.

Recovery:- In case your website is facing issues in ranking or being affected by updates, then it is crucial analysis that there is a gap of improvements, which needs to filled.

Helpful Content:- It is obvious that Google prioritizes high-quality, informative, and authoritative content for users. Therefore the websites, which contain helpful content they are more likely to rank higher on SERP.

User Experience:- Another vital ranking factor is user experience, website should be safe to visit, with less loading time, mobile friendly and responsive web design. This may affect your ranking 

Expertise Experience Authority and Trustworthiness (E-E-A-T):- Every content which has EEAT, it is bound to rank, every publisher should consider expertise, experience, authority and trustworthiness to enhance the credibility.

Continuous Improvement:- In the course of time, you have to bring continuous improvements with each update. Stay updated with Google’s updates and follow the guidelines to maintain the visibility on SERP.

October 2023 Spam Update

Google made an announcement of its spam update on Oct 4rth 2023, with the view of removing all the spam content and links. So that google can maintain the quality of content, it also uses spam brain update to detect spam in web pages and stops it from ranking on SERP. 

September 2023 Helpful Content Update

This updates was basically about content, its motive was to improve in content and make it user friendly, this updates was announced on 14th of Sep and completely rolled out on Sep 28. This updates brought major change in content strategy and pattern and influenced several bloggers.

August 2023 Core Update

The update was announced with the view of improving web pages performance. To recover from this update, you have to enhance relevancy of the content and web pages to ensure the ranking, and update content with the time.

April 2023 Reviews Update

Reviews plays vital role any business or website, therefore Google announced reviews update so that its crawlers or search engine can review review-content on page basis.

March 2023 Core Update

Core updates are more impactful on ranking and SEO aspects, hence to notice such updates is essential. This update was all about technical metrics of the website, such as loading speed, layout, mobile friendly and quality content.

February 2023 Product Review Update

The updates was based on product reviews content, in order to increase its quality and reliability of the review content this update was launched. This updated applied to websites in these languages including English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Polish. 

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