Comments on: What You Need to Know about Google’s August 2018 Broad Core Algorithm Update

By: Clayton Johnson

Clayton Johnson — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:39:18 +0000

In reply to Malcom Miller. Hi Malcom, You are correct. Seeing this update was from mid 2018, it is safe to assume you would not be seeing any shifts from this update still.

By: Malcom Miller

Malcom Miller — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:03:54 +0000

Am i right in assuming that with these updates haave already been rolled out and any site that would have been impacted would already see ranking shifts?

By: Marathi Blogger

Marathi Blogger — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:37:28 +0000

I have faced some indexing issue in update. Some of my posts are not indexed in some of the countries and some showing in other countries (verified through VPN). But now slowly, all de-indexed links are indexing and dropped traffic also increasing.

By: hothadmin

hothadmin — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:20:58 +0000

In reply to Tawfeek Qarawi. Google has emphasized that there is no specific fix. It's hard to stomach but a good reminder that any SEO we do is ultimate at the whims of Google.

By: hothadmin

hothadmin — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:18:57 +0000

In reply to Ab.

It’s hard to say, because I don’t think there’s a hard and fast rule that says “If google sees affiliate links in health content they will downgrade its rankings”, all we know is that Google has a guideline for health sites that’s stricter in terms of monetization and many health sites were hit. Mercola has their products in-house but it’s still presenting informational content while having a store, so we can speculate, but there’s no way to attribute the presence of products for sale on a health site for it being downgraded.

By: Ab

Ab — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:50:18 +0000

In reply to hothadmin. Yup!! Something for sale might make a dent but lately I have found amazon affiliate links on Healthline as well. Won't that amount to the same thing? Mercola atleast have the products in house. What's ur thoughts?

By: Tawfeek Qarawi

Tawfeek Qarawi — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:41:46 +0000

I found my medical and dentist related sites drop in their SERP ranking on 8 AUG 2018. Till now, no solutions found, even one of Google’s people told me that this update will not kill any organic ranking and to defend against this update nobody can do anything. This is very serious happened with many sites this year.

By: hothadmin

hothadmin — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:18:03 +0000

In reply to Ron Viloria. Thanks for sharing Ron!

By: Ron Viloria

Ron Viloria — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:07:14 +0000

This algorithm update drastically drop our Alexa ranking. The good thing is it doesn’t affect our organic traffic and ranking. I hope you could provide more case studies for other niches. Thanks!

By: hothadmin

hothadmin — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:24:21 +0000

In reply to P Pokies. Thanks for sharing the observation!