I am seeing some early signs of maybe the first set of tremors post the Google August 2023 core update, which completed rolling out on September 7th. The new tremors seemed to have started yesterday morning and seem to be continuing throughout today.
I am seeing SEO chatter, where SEOs start to talk about ranking fluctuations in the forums, starting yesterday morning and continuing throughout the day. I also noticed that some of the automated Google tracking tools are picking up on the changes. Yeah, volatility is the norm now with Google Search, but when you align the trackers to the SEO chatter, normally that means something is up with the ranking algorithm.
It is common to see minor ranking adjustments or “tremors” after the confirmed Google algorithm updates are pushed out – so maybe this is that?
SEO Chatter
Here is some of the early chatter I spotted on Twitter and on WebmasterWorld and in the comments area on this site related to the new volatility with the Google search results:
That is just some of the early chatter.
Google Search Rank Tracking Tools
Here is what the tools are showing, note that I updated some of the charts later in the day to show the most recent data – most tools are confirming what I see with the chatter:
Have any of you noticed ranking changes in the past 24 hours or so?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
