I am seeing some signs of some big Google Search ranking volatility and shuffling today. The November core update just finished, so Google would say it is not the core update but the November reviews update is still rolling out. Or maybe this new ranking volatility is unrelated to any confirmed update – I don’t know.
Many of the tracking tools spike this morning, which means they are seeing some big ranking volatility this morning. I am also seeing some increased chatter within the SEO community but it is early, so it is limited.
Let’s start with the tools today.
Google Search Volatility Tracking Tools
Cognitive SEO (seems stalled):
So most of the tools are showing big changes in the Google Search results.
SEO Chatter
Here is the chatter I am seeing within the SEO community from this site and WebmasterWorld:
What are you all seeing?
Is this the end of the reviews update or something new?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.