TLDR

  • Today's HDR Update for 21 March, 2024
  • 1) Google March 2024 spam update done rolling out
  • 2) Evolving SEO: Fresh New Features and Updates for Website Owners
  • 3) Google Issues Search Ranking Penalties Through Manual Actions

Google March 2024 spam update done rolling out

The spam update took nearly 15 days to complete. Google's core update is still rolling out, so we're not done yet. Remain seated and buckled.

Spam update for March 2024. When Google announced the spam update, they did not mention anything particularly novel. "Along with our new spam policies, we are also launching the March 2024 spam update today," Google's Chris Nelson stated on March 5.

updated guidelines for spam. As previously discussed, Google implemented three new spam policies, which are as follows:

  • Scaled content abuse.
  • Expired domain abuse.
  • Site reputation abuse.

The first two went into effect immediately, but the site reputation abuse will not go into effect until May.

Source Url: https://searchengineland.com/google-march-2024-spam-update-done-rolling-out-438505

Evolving SEO: Fresh New Features and Updates for Website Owners

Whether you’re a digital business owner or a marketing or SEO agency, you know how challenging it can be to compete in the digital space. Bing Webmaster Tools, IndexNow, and Microsoft Copilot can help with it. Using AI, immediate indexing, and data, we discussed in our Pubcon March 2024 keynote how to expand your digital business more quickly and intelligently.

  • Announced some innovative new tools, features, and updates to help website owners master their SEO game, such as:
  • New Top Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools help maximize your website’s visibility and performance.
  • New IndexNow web pages provide easy adoption steps for websites and content management systems.
  • New IndexNow Insights provides a comprehensive analysis of your IndexNow submitted URLs.

Source Url: https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/March-2024/Evolving-SEO-Fresh-New-Features-and-Updates-for-Website-Owners-Announced-at-Pubcon

Google Issues Search Ranking Penalties Through Manual Actions

Google's release of new search spam policies and updates in March 2024, some websites experienced penalties, resulting in complete or partial removal from Google's search results and a significant decrease in search traffic. These penalties were issued through manual actions, which occur when human reviewers identify pages violating Google's spam policies, often involving attempts to manipulate search rankings.

Check your properties within Google Search Console for manual actions to see if you were impacted.

The day after Google released its new search spam policies, including the March 2024 spam and core updates, Google began penalizing websites that the search company felt violated those spam policies. The result of these search penalties was that some sites were completely or partially de-listed from Google’s search results, and all or part of their search traffic was wiped out.

Source Url: https://www.hocalwire.com/blog/google-issues-search-ranking-penalties-through-manual-actions-1300663

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