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Google Core and Spam Update March 2024
After a long period without any major updates, we are now seeing double: Announced on the 5th March 2024, Google is now rolling out both a core update and a spam update. More about the updates in this blog post.
Johannes Beus
06.03.2024
The Top Domains and Content for Dog and Cat Care
In this month’s performance SEO report, SectorWatch is taking a look at searches on looking after some of our favourite furry friends. We’re looking at the best performing content on dog care and cat care in Google search. Who is putting in a best-in-pedigree performance? Domains analysed and top-performing URLs […]
Charlie Williams
04.03.2024
Reddit and the 11.4 Million Organic Search Click Funnel
San Francisco’s $10bn social platform Reddit boasts 70 million daily users and has an estimated 11.4 million daily Google search clicks. It’s planning a public offering in March. This report analyzes Reddit’s recent organic growth, its key topic areas, competitive landscape, and stability.
Steve Paine
20.02.2024
IndexWatch US 2023 – Losers
Where there are SEO winners, there must also be losers, and in 2023, it felt like there were a lot of them. Between various Core Updates, Reviews Updates, Spam Updates and the notorious September Helpful Content Update, 2023 produced a significant batch of sites that lost upwards of 50% of […]
Lily Ray
08.02.2024
Why user behaviour could have replaced links as a top ranking factor
Google has recently revised its SEO guide for beginners, which has caused a stir in the SEO industry, particularly because of the significantly reduced mention of link building. This raises the question: Is Google trying to mislead newcomers? I offer an alternative view: Google revolutionised search by using links as […]
Johannes Beus
06.02.2024
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