Comments on: Lessons from Google’s August 2024 Core Algorithm Update

By: Eb Gargano

Eb Gargano — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:46:58 +0000

In reply to Jax.

There’s definitely a lot of truth in this. But sadly there were also a lot of bloggers who have really good sites with really decent content that got caught up in all of this. But yeah, there were a lot of people ‘gaming’ the system… and for a long time that worked… until it didn’t! I 100% agree with you that it would be wonderful if Google would do what they say they want to do and rank the truly good content and get rid of the rubbish. At the moment they don’t seem to be doing a great job at that. But I am hopeful that 2025 will be the year when Google finally manages to figure out how to do that really well and the genuinely well written, truly helpful content rises to the top… but there is no guarantee of that. Which is why it so important that bloggers diversify their traffic and income… so their eggs aren’t all in the one basket if they get hit by the next update.

By: Jax

Jax — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:10:45 +0000

One of the main reasons that people’s sites tanked and (in some cases) died is because blogging became an SEO hell-hole of inauthentic content.

You know how you can kinda tell if something is written by ChatGPT if you’ve an eye for it? Same goes for SEO-driven content. It’s often so samey and robotic and it’s absolutely everywhere.

Recipes with 3,000 words to make a two-ingredient flatbread.
Blogging guides that rehash the same four pieces of info just to drop the affiliate links to useless keyword research tools, or hosting packages.
People dropping affiliate links for things they don’t use, wouldn’t actually recommend, but get paid good money for, etc.

It is absolutely no surprise that most blogs are crashing now. They’re all just fake content by fake people and I look forward to the new generation of bloggers that are more like the old generation of bloggers (actual writers with real things to say).

Google’s one of the smartest machines out there (so to speak). I am glad it’s done away with a load of these websites. Perhaps those people will finally develop some writing skills and leave some actual space for the rest of us who already possess those skills!

By: Eb Gargano

Eb Gargano — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:29:36 +0000

In reply to Lisa Sicard. You are very welcome, Lisa! Sorry to hear you've experienced a dip in traffic from Google. But great to hear you are doing well on Pinterest and Instagram! Eb :-)

By: Lisa Sicard

Lisa Sicard — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:45:17 +0000

Thanks EB for the reminders here. I noticed a drip in traffic and affiliate sales from Google but site increased on the other search engines. Of course, it didn’t make up for it, but gave me some hope. I’ve also grown traffic through consistent use of pins on Pinterest mixing up graphics vs. videos and carousel pins. That same strategy helps over on IG as well today.
We always have to be ready to pivot to generate traffic these days.