Google March Core Update w/ Spencer Haws of Niche Pursuits | Part 2 | ep3

In this episode of the Ranking Revolution Podcast, host Doug Cunnington continues his discussion with Spencer Hawes, focusing on the significant impacts of Google's March core algorithm update, the helpful content update, and the specific targeting of AI-generated content.
They explore the implications of manual penalties versus algorithmic changes, sharing insights from their own experiences and the broader online content creation community.
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Additionally, Spencer shares details about his portfolio of niche sites and introduces his new initiative, the Niche Pursuits Community, aimed at helping online publishers navigate the dynamic online business landscape.
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00:00 Welcome & Introduction to the Ranking Revolution Podcast
00:12 Deep Dive into Spencer Hawes' WordPress Plugin & SEO Insights
01:03 Exploring the March Core Algorithm Update & Its Impact
02:53 Portfolio Insights: Navigating SEO and Content Creation
06:24 The Controversial Helpful Content Update: Analysis & Opinions
14:51 Navigating Manual Penalties and Algorithmic Changes
17:53 The Debate: To Blog or Not to Blog in Today's SEO Landscape
25:54 Introducing the Niche Pursuits Community & Final Thoughts

[@GrizzlyBeatzMusic]

4/18/24 and the Core Update is still not done rolling out

[@LouStoriale]

E-commerce Product Pages that have "Out of Stock" and other triggers will disappear those pages. Google is not showing product pages that say "out of stock" or "unavailable".

[@user-kb3cc1pn6m]

My blog organic traffic has decreased and I am so confused . I started in 2019, Now I don’t know what to do and how to do.

[@billythehamster7]

You need links to rank, most sites ranking well have high quality links.

[@MarcP5267]

@@billythehamster7yea but they have to be high quality legit links not just high quality links.

[@manzoorkhan6336]

Spencer is right. We have invested our time to learn SEO and build sites. Now the problem is that we are way behind our old fellows and Google has pressed us to like zero. Now we have to start from scratch like 9-5 jobs 😅 this is just insane

[@MarcP5267]

I’m surprised that Spencer hasn’t been on the blogging game. I know he was creating software tools.

[@andrewsiemon]

Despite getting crushed (myself included) and the state of the SERPs generally, I think the recent batch of updates are a good thing. There were too many people in my niche who were just writing content and not actually doing anything in the space. They were just bloggers. They didn't play guitar or make music. Or there certainly wasn't any evidence of them doing either of those things judging by their content. It was a common practice to outsource all of your articles to some crappy Upwork writer from a foreign country who didn't care, and then use a bunch of stolen images - or in the best case scenario - stock images to pad out the blog posts. Honestly, good riddance. There were people who had 10 websites on 10 different topics. How on earth were these people living 10 different hobbies or niches at the same time? I barely have time for 1. The answer is they weren't.

[@RankingRevolutionPodcast]

I agree with your points, but I think google threw out the baby with the bath water. There was a lot of bad content. Virtually no small sites made it through these updates.

[@andrewsiemon]

Absolutely. I had an excel sheet of my main 40 competitors and none of them survived. The one that did has one of the worst UX I’ve ever seen. Makes no sense.

[@brick-tracker3505]

My lego price comparison Website is close do dead. Impressionen went from 10k to 900 today

[@Von199X]

my blog is now getting 0 from google smh! they f up everything

[@iamjoshkoop]

I mean, there’s not an ounce of proof, the spam it was about AI content

[@billythehamster7]

100% agree.

[@dannmarceau9743]

So, who trusts Google these days?