Was There A Google Update Earlier This Week?

Nov 25, 2020 - 8:01 am 21 by
Filed Under Google Updates

Google Thanksgiving Update

Starting around Monday, November 23rd, there has been some signals that Google was pushing out another Google search algorithm ranking update. But the chatter is almost non-existent while some of the tools show big changes. Here is what I see, but again, this seems like a very narrow update at best.

Just to be clear, Google has not confirmed any update and for Google to release a Google search update prior to Thanksgiving - well, that just seems wrong on so many levels. So I do not know if this is a real big Google update or if specific sites are just having issues.

Let's first start with the tracking tools, again, most of them show big swings.

Mozcast:

click for full size

SERPMetrics:

click for full size

Advanced Web Rankings:

click for full size

Accuranker:

click for full size

RankRanger:

click for full size

Cognitive SEO:

click for full size

SERPstat:

click for full size

SEMRush:

click for full size

Here is some of the limited chatter at WebmasterWorld:

Today's started strongly for a holiday week with lots of international traffic and some unusual trade enquiries.

Definitely something is broiling here in Europe

Semrush is reporting movements in the US and Europe. Something is happening? At least one page is now suddenly ranking better than ever. Weird

Edit: The page is now back to its original position.

Seeing some changes this morning in the UK. Seems to be holding over the past few hours. Relatively positive for a change.

Very few changes in my SERPs and surprisingly busy so far for a Thansgiving Eve ...

Seeing noticeable traffic changes since yesterday. President set, Thanksgiving holidays are the greatest opportunity to "hide" the update. So why not to roll it out?

Also received a few emails and tweets asking me about this:

I have to say that this is unusual because the tools are really showing big changes but the SEO community is pretty calm. Maybe folks are already off for Thanksgiving week and not obsessing over it? I am not sure. I did ask a few folks who track a lot of sites and they said it seemed pretty calm.

Have you noticed big changes?

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Google News

Google Won't Be Broken Up In Monopoly Case But Required To Share Search Data

Sep 2, 2025 - 5:50 pm
Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2025

Sep 2, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

September 2025 Google Webmaster Report

Sep 2, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google Ads

New Google Ads Checkboxes To Filter Campaigns

Sep 2, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google Ads

Google Ads AI Max Not Designed To Go More Aggressively After SPN Inventory

Sep 2, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Ads

Google Ads Search Google Maps For Location Assets

Sep 2, 2025 - 7:21 am
 
Previous Story: Google Maps Displaying Hotel Review Rating Averages & Other Attributes On Map Pins