As you all know, we've been busy covering many of the Google ranking shifts over the past few weeks - all of which have gone unconfirmed by Google. Here are those stories:
- Google Search Algorithm Update Chatter On Fire
- Even More Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Chatter
- Google: The Weekend Update Was Not Penguin 4.0
- No Confirmation From Google On The Friday Google Update
- Early Signs Of A Google Core Search Algorithm Update
Over the weekend, Kristine Schachinger started up a conversation on Twitter about if Google should comment more on these updates or not.
@JohnMu never confirming isn't a good strategy bec then (non-spam) site owners don't know what to fix & you lose too @rustybrick @methode
— Kristine Schachinger (@schachin) September 16, 2016
Gary Illyes from Google replied:
@schachin no need to fix anything for nothing's broken. If there's something they can act on we do say it (e.g. Mobile) @JohnMu @rustybrick
— Gary Illyes (@methode) September 16, 2016
@schachin @JohnMu @rustybrick most changes are not actionable though. When they are, we do talk about it (c.f. Panda article by @jenstar)
— Gary Illyes (@methode) September 16, 2016
@schachin @JohnMu @rustybrick @jenstar because they're not actionable
— Gary Illyes (@methode) September 18, 2016
@davidiwanow @methode @schachin @rustybrick @jenstar If we ranked dog sites for cat queries & fixed that, what should dog businesses do?
— John Mueller (@JohnMu) September 18, 2016
@schachin no need to fix anything for nothing's broken. If there's something they can act on we do say it (e.g. Mobile) @JohnMu @rustybrick
— Gary Illyes (@methode) September 16, 2016
@schachin @JohnMu @rustybrick @jenstar announcing every change we make to search is not useful, IIUC you think otherwise
— Gary Illyes (@methode) September 18, 2016
There is a lot to the conversation and on Twitter, it isn't always easy to follow. But I asked John Mueller to comment on commenting and he did comment, somewhat:
@rustybrick @methode A comment on your comment on getting a comment? #wemustgodeeper
— John Mueller (@JohnMu) September 19, 2016
Do you think Google should comment more on these Google changes? Here is my poll:
Forum discussion at Twitter.
