I am starting to see early signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update touching down this morning, April 3rd. The automated tracking tools are not picking it up yet, but I am seeing some chatter from SEOs who are up already checking their traffic.

The first place I spotted this chatter was in the comments area here where SEOs are noticing big ranking and traffic swings this morning. Some are saying they are seeing some reversals from the March 2023 broad core update and some are just seeing general volatility.

Here is some of that chatter:

So I asked on Twitter and some SEOs responded that they too are seeing changes:

Currently, the tools are not showing any big changes and the other forums are not chattering but it is early and maybe things will heat up later today?

Again, this is super early and I almost did not report on what I was seeing yet. I will continue to update this story if I see more signs of an update, so come back later and check the story.

Updates below this line.

So the WebmasterWorld is building some chatter now:

Update: April 4th, things seem to have calmed down a lot.

Forum discussion at Twitter.