{"id":1031,"date":"2020-08-11T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seoeaze.com\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:02:47","slug":"google-august-2020-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seoeaze.com\/blog\/google-august-2020-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Google August 2020 Update: What We Know So Far (Updated 20, August)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since August 10, 2020, a lot of chatter appeared midday regarding a major Google Search ranking algorithm. While there has been no official confirmation from Google\u2019s Search Liaison, there is a lot of noise among the SEO and search community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"google-august-2020-update\"<\/p>\n

From what it has been brought to our notice, it doesn\u2019t look good.<\/span><\/p>\n

From multiple sources, it looks like the Google Update began to roll out at around 2 pm ET on the 10th August. For the most significant ranking changes there seem to be no clear algorithm pattern, making the update look more like a bug or a bad algorithm test.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of this Google Core update, authoritative and successful sites ranking on page one, seem to have tanked in rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 10th Google Update \u2013 What effects are noticed so far\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Speaking of the effect on various industries across the locations, it is still early to predict what industries are most affected by this core update. On various communities, people have reported their websites being outranked by forum posts, dynamically generated amazon listings, and random Facebook posts.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, nobody is sure what is happening, but from what we can tell out of observation an algorithmic adjustment of the search engine rankings is causing poor-quality pages to gain top-10 rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even in local search results, small businesses are completely being outranked by Amazon, eBay and directory websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecommerce websites are affected badly as well, losing their rankings to directory, forums and social media listings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reactions from the SEO community\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

While a handful of webmasters have reported being benefited from the August 10, 2020, Google Core Update, the majority are reporting on a brutal blow to the rankings and traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n

It makes no sense why the Google first page is being filled with unrelated forums and cloaking websites. From such faulty and low-quality top-ranking pages, it would seem that this update is an enormous glitch or bug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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@rustybrick<\/a> there's an update per 10 Aug, seems like a big-impact update on SERP @seroundtable<\/a> @sejournal<\/a><\/p>\n

— Zev (@trezevoir) August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n