Recently Google has confirmed that Google august 2023 core update
As we know, Google always updates its algorithm, which helps us understand how Google will react. Google keeps making some changes. When Google updates something, there is always some activity in organic keywords; we cannot say that something like this happened, but on August 21st, the website’s traffic decreased, and the rankings of keywords also went down.
Whatever updates are rolled out, they take their time, such as even up to two to three weeks.
What Is a Broad Core Update?
For those new to the world of SEO, Google’s broad core updates are essential changes to the search algorithm that can potentially impact the visibility and rankings of websites across the board. Unlike minor tweaks and changes, which Google rolls out almost daily, these core updates can cause more noticeable shifts in search results.
Google August 2023 Core Update
Here are the most important things that we know right now in short form: by seroundtable
Name: Google August 2023 Broad Core Update
Launched: August 22, 2023 at around 1:30 pm ET
Rollout: It will take about one to two weeks to roll out
Targets: It looks at all types of content
Penalty: It is not a penalty, it promotes or rewards great web pages
Global: This is a global update impacting all regions, in all languages.
Impact: Google would not tell me what percentage of queries or searches were impacted by this update but so far, this seems to be a typical core update that reaches wide and the impact is fast.
Discover: Core updates impact Google Discover and other features, also feature snippets and more.
Recover: If you were hit by this, then you will need to look at your content and see if you can do better with Google’s core update advice.
Refreshes: Google will do periodic refreshes to this algorithm but may not communicate those updates in the future. Maybe this is what we saw the past couple of weeks or all those unconfirmed Google updates.
The expert mentioned that if you were affected by this update, you should inspect your content, as content is always king for your website.