For the past couple of days or so, maybe starting as early as May 16, 2023 through today, May 18, 2023, I am seeing significant signs of another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update.
I am seeing these signs both from SEO industry chatter across the forums and also based on the automated tracking tools. Some were a bit late to spot this volatility but I believe the bulk of it began on Tuesday, May 16th and then more noticed yesterday, Wednesday, May 17th and now we are still seeing it today, May 18th.
Just a reminder, we had a couple of unconfirmed updates recently, one around May 10th and the other around early May. Some are saying this reversed the ranking drops or increases they saw from those earlier updates.
SEO Chatter
Let’s start with the chatter, which the earliest I saw was rumblings starting late Monday night, May 15th but it picked up over the past couple of days in the WebmasterWorld forums:
That is just some of the chatter…
Google Tracking Tools
The tools started to pick up the Google ranking volatility also, here are some screenshots of those charts.
Are any of you noticing any big changes, especially reversals of the earlier unconfirmed updates this month?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
Update: The day after, Friday, May 19th:
