Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Current Impact & Volatility

Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Current Impact & Volatility
Sep 20, 2023 • 7:51 am | Comments (142) by Barry Schwartz twitter mastodon

Google started to roll out the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update last Thursday afternoon and I've been seeing mixed signals about how strong and widespread this update is. There are definitely site owners and SEOs claiming some of their sites were hit hard but the tracking tools are reporting relatively calm weather since the update started.

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