On Thursday, June 18th, we reported about a possible Google search ranking and algorithm update. But it seems a couple of days later things began to heat up even more. The chatter in the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has spiked a lot and the tools are showing more movement.
In addition, a lot of folks are talking about Google Discover traffic changes. Now, Google Discover does change a lot and can either send you a ton of traffic or no traffic at all. It is very volatile and often does work along Google core updates and other updates. So it does make sense that when there is a Google update, confirmed or unconfirmed, that big changes to your Google Discover traffic can happen. It can also make sense that your stories are not hitting Google Discover on a specific set of days for completely other reasons.
Here is some of the chatter around the update we have seen over the weekend:
Here is some of the chatter specific to Google Discover changes:
Here is a tweet:
Again, a lot of Google Discover traffic by definition is come and go. But it can also be that with a Google update, your Google Discover traffic can go away in a big way. These reports say around June 10th that Google Discover traffic changed in a big way. Now, we did report on some update around June 10th so maybe it was related to that?
Back to the weekend changes, which impact rankings and seems to also be impacting some Google Discover. Here are the charts from the tracking tools.
What are you all seeing?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
