We reported on Saturday that the Google March 2024 core update seemed to have touched down on land, and we saw a lot of sites start to report major ranking drops, and the third-party tracking tools noticed big volatility. That all calmed on Sunday through today but we also had reports of reversals.
We also had Google release tons of manual actions last week, around Wednesday and Thursday. Google also released the March 2024 spam update at the same time, so a lot of what we are seeing across core, spam and manual actions – all at the same time.
Now we are seeing some reversals, not many, but some, while the Google search results seem to calm for a bit based on those third-party tracking tools.
Let me be clear, these updates are far from over. The spam update will roll out for at least another week and the core update will roll out for another few weeks – so we still are expecting a lot more from these updates. Again, what you are seeing now is not the end of it.
Let me share some of the reversals I saw talked about across social.
Rahul posted a screenshot showing a drop on the 9th, as we reported and then it bounced back the next day – he posted this on X – he said it was algorithmic and not a manual action:
Eliav also posted a similar chart from Google Search Console on X: