Google August 2024 Core Update Has Been Released

Google has officially launched its August 2024 core updates and it is expected to take a full month to roll out fully. The tech giant has stated that the update will foster functional content from independent and smaller publishers.

The new core update has been developed to improve the search result quality by letting people view useful content. It also aims to show people content beyond those solely made to perform on the Search results.

John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate has stated that the recent core update considers the feedback from several creators from the past few months. Creators have been asked to make more meaningful content to make sure that the content published has quality. The March 2024 core update was the update before the Google August 2024 core update and it served to be the largest core update yet.

Google August 2024 Core Update: Ranking Bug Issues Resolved

Google confirmed that there was a ranking bug less than 24 hours after the update was released on 15 August. The company took over 4 days to resolve the issue. Mueller expressed that the team was not satisfied with the overall update so another update was rolled out to fix any inaccuracies.

The ranking bug affected a huge amount of search results. Users have been advised to wait a while to see where their site ranks. Moreover, the update stated that it would take a whole month to roll out thus rankings may also be affected.

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