2023

Major updates and improvements to SISTRIX in 2023 summarised
Behind the scenes here at SISTRIX we work on hundreds and hundreds of small updates and improvements every year. We also...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
13. December 2023
SISTRIX Christmas Fundraiser 2023: You Click, We Donate
Christmas is also a festival of traditions. That’s why our Christmas big wheel turns again this year . Our...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
4. December 2023
The Top Domains and Content for Life Insurance
For this SectorWatch, we are looking to get our finances in order as we dive into the search market for life insurance. We’re...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
30. November 2023
Climate Change in Google Search: Keywords, Clusters, Trends and Leaders
The UN Climate Change Conferences are important events. Thousands of people meet to influence, discuss and agree on the current...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
29. November 2023
Core Update, Reviews Update November 2023 -Status, Examples and Data
Quickly following the previous two updates in October 2023, the Core update and Reviews update have overlapping dates which...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
9. November 2023
The Top Domains and Content for Headphones
Tune into the market for headphones - a market pulsating with innovation and driven by a blend of audio performance and aesthetic...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
9. November 2023
Google Core Update, Spam Update October 2023
The third Core Update of 2023 joined the first Spam Update of 2023 at the beginning of October for a two-week roll-out. Overlapping...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
21. October 2023
UK IndexWatch Q3 2023: Search Visibility Wins & Losses
In the continually evolving realm of organic search, the last quarter has emerged as a wild one – many of us have been...
Luce Rawlings
Luce Rawlings
19. October 2023
Google uses Click Data for Rankings
So far, Google has. at least publicly, vehemently denied using click data to sort search results. In the hearings currently...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
22. September 2023
Google Helpful Content Update, September 2023
Just days after the Core Update had finished, Google followed up with a new Helpful Content update. Announced on the 14th...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
19. September 2023
Google Core Update August 2023 – Data and analysis
The second Core Update of 2023 was announced on August 22nd 2023 and was active for two weeks as it rolled out globally....
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
11. September 2023
Google Removes FAQ Snippets from Search Results
The FAQ snippets have been one of the most popular extensions for organic search hits so far: with a little modification...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
11. August 2023
The Top Domains and Content for CRMs
In this SectorWatch analysis you’ll learn about one of the most popular SAAS categories – Customer Relationship...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
9. August 2023
Indexwatch: SEO Visibility Losers Jan-July 2023 🇺🇸
The first half of 2023 has been one of the busiest and most eventful periods the SEO industry has seen for a long time, and...
Lily Ray
Lily Ray
1. August 2023
Indexwatch US: SEO Visibility Winners Jan-July 2023 🇺🇸
The first half of 2023 has been one of the busiest and most eventful periods the SEO industry has seen for a long time, and...
Lily Ray
Lily Ray
27. July 2023
UK Supermarket Visibility in Google Search – July 2023
Brands, foods, recipes, clothes, household, information, finance, banking. While it might say Tesco on the domain, evaluating...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
26. July 2023
Google Core update without official confirmation from Google?
Google has publicly announced major algorithm updates for quite a few years now. It remains to be seen whether the motivation...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
20. July 2023
UK IndexWatch Q2 2023: Search Winners & Losers 🇬🇧
The SEO industry has experienced an eventful second quarter of 2023. We have been actively preparing for the sunsetting of...
Luce Rawlings
Luce Rawlings
18. July 2023
IndexWatch SE – A Lens on the Swedish SERPS 🇸🇪
In this new study, we present domain visibility trends from Google Search Sweden based on six years of historical data. The...
Hervé Le turdu
Hervé Le turdu
12. July 2023
New data protection agreement between the US and the EU, but how long will it last?
Three years after the European Court of Justice overturned the last data protection agreement (Privacy Shield) between the...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
11. July 2023
Twitter down 32% in 24 hours – Crawling Case Study
Data ‘scraping’ is core to Google’s crawling process so if you block that, you’ll lose visibility....
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
3. July 2023
Google Reduces Search Options (And Organic Results)
Google has also been applying the same principle for several years in its search results – Mobile first. Innovations...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
29. June 2023
The Top Domains and Content for TVs
One of the most popular home technology categories that exists is for TVs. In this report we show you the winning domains...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
20. June 2023
Visibility in the AI Future: Which Brands are Recommended By OpenAI?
The search engine of the future will be different from the “10 blue links” We have been accustomed to from Google...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
15. May 2023
Visibility Leaders in Travel: The Leading Content Hubs Analysed and Listed
The second Visibility Leaders study has been published and this time we look at the travel sector – one that’s...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
26. April 2023
Google Manipulation: Today’s update is slightly different!
To simulate a semblance of transparency for regulators worldwide, Google has been publishing a list of relevant ranking...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
24. April 2023
Project Magi: Google rethinks search
A recent article in the New York Times sheds light on the extent to which the success of OpenAI (and thus also...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
17. April 2023
IndexWatch Q1 2023: Winners & Losers in Google UK Search 🇬🇧
Google blessed us with 2 updates in the last three months that have caused big movements in SERPs. They add an interesting...
Luce Rawlings
Luce Rawlings
13. April 2023
Google’s Route out of the AI Trap: Authors, Confidence, Variety
Google is in a difficult situation – rapid advances in AI development. If Google does nothing it ends up, very soon,...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
3. April 2023
Google Core Update March 2023
Around half a year after the last major core update, Google is currently rolling out a new core update. In the...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
17. March 2023
The Top Domains and Content for Garden Tools
This month, SectorWatch is getting horticultural as we take a look at the search market for garden tools. We’ll show...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
9. March 2023
Google Product Reviews Update Feb 2023 – Examples of losing domains.
With the series of Product Reviews Updates, Google has been trying to improve the quality of product ratings and recommendations...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
28. February 2023
Microsoft is multiplying prices for Bing data (and damaging the internet ecosystem)
Microsoft has announced that it will significantly increase the prices for using the Bing search engine interface. Depending...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
17. February 2023
Google Bard Risk Assessment: What does the AI innovation mean for my website?
After this week’s AI presentations from Microsoft and Google , it’s clear – Search...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
10. February 2023
Google’s ChatGPT: Bard brings AI to the SERPs
In recent weeks, developments have driven Google forward. ChatGPT has gained so much popularity, so quickly, that Google...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
7. February 2023
IndexWatch 2022 – UK Retail in Google Search 🇬🇧
We have taken a closer look at the UK retail sector as part of our IndexWatch project. In this post you’ll see the...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
30. January 2023
Yandex code leak reveals ranking factors
A former Yandex employee has leaked source code for the search engine and other services. This allows interesting insights...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
30. January 2023
Top Domains and Content for Air Fryers
To kick off 2023, SectorWatch is looking to cook up a (healthy) feast as we look at who’s winning the search market...
Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
26. January 2023
Antitrust Suit: US Department of Justice targets Google’s advertising business
Previous antitrust proceedings have left Google unfazed: Penalties in the EU were only spare change for Google, lawsuits...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
25. January 2023
IndexWatch 2022: The Losing Domains in Google US
2022 was a volatile year in Google’s organic search results, with Google launching many new SERP features as well as introducing...
Lily Ray
Lily Ray
24. January 2023
IndexWatch 2022: SEO Visibility Losers on Google UK 🇬🇧
We’ve reflected on the winners of the year, but what about those domains that struggled in 2022? Using our Visibility...
Luce Rawlings
Luce Rawlings
24. January 2023
IndexWatch 2022: Google US SEO Visibility Winners 🇺🇲
2022 was yet another volatile year in Google’s search results, with the announcement of the new Helpful Content system,...
Lily Ray
Lily Ray
18. January 2023
IndexWatch 2022: Google UK SEO Visibility Winners 🇬🇧
As we wave goodbye to 2022, we also bid farewell to another year of organic search developments. Although we experienced...
Luce Rawlings
Luce Rawlings
17. January 2023
How Bankrate.com is ranking with AI-generated text
Bankrate.com, a US financial site, has been publishing AI-generated content for a few months. Does this work in Google...
Johannes Beus
Johannes Beus
12. January 2023
The Top ‘non-profit’ Domains Grew in 2022 – Trust and Visibility to Learn From
The .org.uk domain registry has 440,642 registered domains and nearly all are owned by non-profit organisations. The aim...
Steve Paine
Steve Paine
4. January 2023