Google Finally Boosts Small Publishers?!

Post Filming UPDATE We’re seeing very strong signs of some sites recovering from HCU today. Retrododo, HouseFresh and GuitarChalk all shared huge ranking updates today. Ahrefs takes days/weeks to properly reflect big traffic changes. GSC data is a couple of days old. Check your Rank Trankers first and look at your hourly Analytics traffic also. ____________________________________________ It’s been 337 days since Google released it’s Helpful Content Update that devastated many small and independent publishers. Since then, many have even jumped ship and tried to get traffic from Pinterest. Well today, all of that may be changing. Google just announced another massive core update So, is this the turning of a new dawn, or just the same old, same old from Google? ____________________________________________ A special thanks to our sponsors for this episode, Digital PR Agency, Search Intelligence. ____________________________________________ Here at Authority Hacker News, we cover the latest cutting-edge news from the world of search and online marketing. ____________________________________________ SOURCES ____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Google’s Promising Changes for Small Publishers 02:01 Key Insights from Google’s Core Update 03:08 Google’s Updated Core Update Guidelines 04:23 Pinterest Traffic Drop for Small Publishers 05:07 Pinterest Algorithm Changes 06:29 Recovering Pinterest Traffic 06:55 Link Buying Survey Insights 08:28 Risks of Paid Link Acquisition 09:16 AI Overviews in Search Results 11:39 Google Discover Traffic Study 12:51 Google Tools and Feature Updates 14:09 WordPress Introduces AI Writing Tool 15:04 Debate of the Week! ____________________________________________ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE LinkedIn: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: TikTok: @authorityhackernews/