I am seeing signs of another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update, this one kicking off on May 22nd and continuing over the next few days. This one is unusual in that I see significant chatter amongst the SEO community, but some of the more popular Google rank-checking tools are not picking up on it.

As a reminder, we had reported on three previous unconfirmed Google Search ranking updates; one around May 17t, then on May 10th and the other around early May.

This new one has a lot of SEOs talking but the tools are pretty mild.

SEO Chatter

Let’s start with what the SEOs are saying. Most of the chatter is in either WebmasterWorld and in the comments are over here.

Here are some quotes:

So there is a lot of chatter about a possible Google ranking update.

Google Tracking Tools

Here is what the tools are showing and Mozcast, Algoroo and SERPstat might be one of the few picking it up.

Mozcast:

RankRanger:

Semrush:

SERPmetrics:

Advanced Web Rankings:

Accuranker:

Cognitive SEO:

Algoroo:

SERPstat:

Have any of you seen any big ranking changes in the past few days or so?

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.