As you know, the Google June 2021 Core Update began rolling out at about 6:30pm ET on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 but the chatter within the industry was not at core update levels. Meaning, SEOs who track these changes didn’t really say this was a big update and I still think that to be the case on some level, even this morning.
The rollout did start to pick up Saturday night (in terms of SEOs chatter, SEOs noticing the core update) through even today but it is still not at the big core update levels I would normally see. It reminds me of the September 2019 core update that took a few days to noticed after that rollout too was a slow one.
Maybe this June 2021 core update is similar to that? Who knows. We do know that Google said this June 2021 core update is two part, with another rollout coming in July. Maybe it will have more of a big bang impact of a typical core update when that part rolls out?
Don’t get me wrong, many of the tools are showing big fluctuations a day after the announcement, but the chatter is not at the levels of a typical core update in terms of the timing from when it was announced. Normally, when it is announced, within 12-24 hours we see a huge spike in chatter. But here is the chatter, there is a lot of it, but much more spread out than a typical core update, over several days since the announcement.
Here is the chatter from over the weekend and this morning from WebmasterWorld, Black Hat World and Twitter:
Keep in mind, it was mostly quiet and people asking if anyone else is noticing changes until Saturday. Comments like “I went through like 100+ sites today and am seeing absolutely nothing” is what I saw. But then Saturday, Sunday hit and we saw some chatter:
Here are some charts from Twitter:
So there is movement and for some sites, really big movement.
Here are how the automated tracking tools are pacing right now.
It is interesting to see that some of the tools follow the chatter, where there was a delay from the Google announcement to when SEOs noticed changes on Sunday or so. But some saw changes prior to the chatter from within the industry – makes you wonder.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld and Black Hat World.
