Google announced the December core update on X:
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Sites that see a change after a spam update should review our spam policies to ensure they are complying with those. Sites that violate our policies may rank lower in results or not appear in results at all. Making changes may help a site improve if our automated systems learn over a period of months that the site complies with our spam policies.
In the case of a link spam update (an update that specifically deals with link spam), making changes might not generate an improvement. This is because when our systems remove the effects spammy links may have, any ranking benefit the links may have previously generated for your site is lost. Any potential ranking benefits generated by those links cannot be regained.”
Previous 2024 updates
Google has been busy in 2024, releasing four core algorithms finland mobile numbers list and three spam updates in March, May, June, August, November, and December.
The March core update contained multiple spam updates. Elizabeth Tucker, Director of Product Search at Google, said the update was to help remove unhelpful content in Google Search by 40%.
Tucker wrote at the time:
“We expect that the combination of this update and our previous efforts will collectively reduce low-quality, unoriginal content in search results by 40%,”
The May Site Reputation Abuse update began Google’s targeting of “parasite SEO.” June`s spam update focused on policy-violating websites. The August core update targeted low-value SEO content.
In the case of a link spam update (an update that specifically deals with link spam), making changes might not generate an improvement. This is because when our systems remove the effects spammy links may have, any ranking benefit the links may have previously generated for your site is lost. Any potential ranking benefits generated by those links cannot be regained.”
Previous 2024 updates
Google has been busy in 2024, releasing four core algorithms finland mobile numbers list and three spam updates in March, May, June, August, November, and December.
The March core update contained multiple spam updates. Elizabeth Tucker, Director of Product Search at Google, said the update was to help remove unhelpful content in Google Search by 40%.
Tucker wrote at the time:
“We expect that the combination of this update and our previous efforts will collectively reduce low-quality, unoriginal content in search results by 40%,”
The May Site Reputation Abuse update began Google’s targeting of “parasite SEO.” June`s spam update focused on policy-violating websites. The August core update targeted low-value SEO content.