Start date: March 5, 2024

Today, March 9, 2024, is the first day of strong evidence of significant fluctuations and changes in rankings related to the Google Core Update in March 2024 (March 1402). The update officially started on March 5 and is expected to take about a month to fully roll out. During these few weeks, we will see multiple ranking changes.

Google has promised that this core update will reduce 40% of low-quality, unhelpful, and unoriginal content in search results. The company is making changes to multiple systems in the core ranking system, which is why it takes about a month to fully roll out and why we should expect ranking fluctuations during this period.

Today, we are seeing signs of the update from SEO experts, website owners, and Google's own automated tracking tools. Some people saw initial signs yesterday as well.

Also, keep in mind that Google issued multiple manual penalties for "pure spam" on March 6 and 7. This is different from the core update or the spam update, as manual actions are not algorithmic and you will be notified of the penalties in Google Search Console.

Here are the key points about the Google Core Update in March 2024:

• Start date: March 5, 2024


• Approximate end date: April 5, 2024


• Goal: Reduce 40% of low-quality, unhelpful, and unoriginal content


• Impact: Ranking fluctuations during the update period

Actions:

• Monitor your website's rankings


• Check Google Search Console for manual penalties


• Optimize content for quality and originality

The Digiweb SEO team is closely monitoring this update and will notify you if we see any significant changes.

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Google Monitoring Tools in the March 2024 Core Update:

• Most tools started showing minor fluctuations on Friday, March 10, 2024, but significant fluctuations started on Saturday, March 11, 2024.


• These fluctuations are expected to peak on Sunday, March 12, 2024.