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Google releases December 2022 link spam update

Search Engine Land

Just when you thought the Google Search updates were done for the year, Google has rolled out a December 2022 link spam update. Google wrote , “Our launch today, which we refer to as the December 2022 link spam update, will take about two weeks to fully roll out. This launch will affect all languages.”

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Google December 2022 link spam update done rolling out

Search Engine Land

Google has confirmed that the December 2022 link spam update is now finished rolling out. The update took 29 days to roll out, starting on December 14, 2022 and ending on January 12, 2023. Google wrote that this launch “may change as spammy links are neutralized and any credit passed by these unnatural links are lost.

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Google March 2024 core update rollout is now complete

Search Engine Land

As a reminder, on March 5th we launched a number of meaningful enhancements to our core systems, as well as several updates to our spam policies, to reduce content created for search engines on Search. The September 2022 broad core update was less impactful than previous core updates and finished on Sept. 45% reduction.

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Want More App Engagement? Try Human-Centered Design

Salesforce

When Fordham University relaunched its student advising app in 2022, appointment bookings doubled. We brought users into the conversation instead of having the IT team dictate the requirements,” said Fordham University VP and CIO Anand Padmanabhan. “It Simplify the user experience Making something easy to use isn’t always easy.

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Lost SEO traffic in 2021? Here are 3 potential reasons why (and how to recover your rankings heading into 2022)

Martech

Throughout the past year, Google has been more aggressive , rolling out changes to their search algorithm, launching three Core Updates along with a variety of more narrowly focused improvements during the year. Page Experience, Site Speed, and Core Web Vitals. Wrapping things up. 2021 has been a challenging year for many of us.

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This day in search marketing history: January 12

Search Engine Land

Google Panda was one of Google’s most significant spam-fighting algorithmsl First launched in February 2011 , the final confirmed refresh was Panda 4.2 , which started rolling out July 18, 2015. And, as we learned at SMX Next in 2022 from Hyung-Jin Kim, the VP of Google Search, Google’s Panda algorithm later evolved into the Coati algorithm.

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PPC 2023 in review: UA sunsets, Google antitrust trial, X’s downfall and more

Search Engine Land

The retailer is also exploring the possibility of launching ads on Prime Video. TikTok launched ads within its search results in August challenging Google and Microsoft. The decline of X Following Elon Musk’s takeover in 2022, Twitter’s ad revenue steeply declined.

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