Two Announcements Regarding Google Core Update and Google Search Status with Indexing
Hi Everyone,
I do not want to be the bearer of bad news about the August 15th announcement from John Mueller at Google, saying that they started the core update and it will last a month. Therefore, we will see some traffic volatility for the rest of the month until after mid-September.
Here is the announcement
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/08/august-2024-core-update\
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Second, if you are like me and recently had issues not getting your posts indexed, here is why: see the screenshot.
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What do you do about the core update? Nothing; keep going. It looks like they were working on the indexing issue. Give it some time. I hope they resolve it. I have two articles that have not been indexed since this issue.
I keep focusing on the socials I am working on; it is time-consuming to do it all. Depending solely on Google, organic unpaid traffic is no longer valid with Google, so I go somewhere else to get my content at other places like Medium, Linkedin, and Pinterest.
You can read more about what to do:
https://developers.google.com/search/updates/core-updates
-BrendaMZ
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Thank you for calling attention to the Google core updates, Jay has a video on Bing that's quite interesting. The fact is that Google is not the only search engine and Bing has some really helpful features. I have been using Pinterest to drive traffic. It is, slowly showing some signs of traffic, It will take some time though.
Hi LD, thanks for sharing. I have no luck with Bing. I’ve been trying at Bing but little traffic there not much help for me organically unless use paid ads. Same here, I am using Pinterest. I have to work on my pins today. Its time consuming to create.
Thank you heaps; you are very much appreciated, Brenda! I am also glad you could post your blog today...
Abie
Hi Abie, yes, I am happy the WA posting is working. Now my focus is on the socials so my time is invested in this.I need to focus on it today. Have a great weekend.
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Thanks for sharing, Brenda!
I have gotten into the habit of requesting indexing with each new piece of content using my Google Search Console's URL inspection function. Posts are indexed within 24 hours.
I just posted on Thursday, and that content is indexed, so I don't think the core update has affected me, YET. LOL
Sure, you’re welcome! Cool. Im going to check mine today. Thanks for sharing. Its good to know. 😀
Brenda, since these core updates, I started doing this a few months ago, and my content is always indexed by the next day of the request for indexing.