How can it affect sites?
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:07 am
Any update will always impact site metrics. In the case of the Rock Content blog , we had a decline during August and September after the first Useful Content Update of this semester. Therefore, something similar should probably happen in the last weeks of December.
Some major news sites also saw interesting movement in their traffic. For example, The New York Times regained lost visibility after the first update, but later lost it significantly, only to regain it again with the latest update. In this particular case, the August update had a negative impact and the September update had a positive effect.
During the last week of December you will probably canada phone number list see some changes in your traffic, but if you are already focused on offering unique content, you will most likely recover your visits in the first weeks of January.
The practices you won't see again
There are still some questions about how the system will work and how Google's technology will work to classify content.
Although it is already known that there are some not so good practices that will disappear forever.
Posting “Mashup” Articles
A common mistake when trying to rank in the SERPs is to “mix” all the content that is ranking high into other content. Basically, it is rewriting what is already being said without adding anything new.
We understand that reviewing what is already going well is good for your strategy, but if you try to be different, add another perspective and share your own experience, the user (and now Google itself!) will thank you.
And as a reward, it will rank you higher.
Some major news sites also saw interesting movement in their traffic. For example, The New York Times regained lost visibility after the first update, but later lost it significantly, only to regain it again with the latest update. In this particular case, the August update had a negative impact and the September update had a positive effect.
During the last week of December you will probably canada phone number list see some changes in your traffic, but if you are already focused on offering unique content, you will most likely recover your visits in the first weeks of January.
The practices you won't see again
There are still some questions about how the system will work and how Google's technology will work to classify content.
Although it is already known that there are some not so good practices that will disappear forever.
Posting “Mashup” Articles
A common mistake when trying to rank in the SERPs is to “mix” all the content that is ranking high into other content. Basically, it is rewriting what is already being said without adding anything new.
We understand that reviewing what is already going well is good for your strategy, but if you try to be different, add another perspective and share your own experience, the user (and now Google itself!) will thank you.
And as a reward, it will rank you higher.