Google Profits Surge, SEOs Suffer

This week: Google’s delayed announcement of the 2024 Core Update wrap up, unmasking the villain who’s responsible for the perceived decline in Google Search, Google’s tasty financial reports, and more. ____________________________________________ A special thanks to our sponsors for this episode, Digital PR Agency, Search Intelligence. https://search-intelligence.co.uk/ ____________________________________________ Here at Authority Hacker News, we cover the latest cutting-edge news from the world of search and online marketing. ____________________________________________ SOURCES Search Engine Land March Update article: https://searchengineland.com/google-m... Google Search Central FAQ: https://developers.google.com/search/... Lily Ray’s tweet on the visibility patterns of large sites:   / 1784951766347321410   Site Stats Database’s data from Google’s March core update: https://sitestatsdb.com/march-core-up... Where’s Your Ed At ‘The Men Who Killed Google’ article: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-w... Anti-trust Trial Exhibits: https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-and-pl... Search Engine Land Raghavan promotion article: https://searchengineland.com/google-p... CNN Money’s Microsoft x Yahoo article: https://money.cnn.com/2009/07/29/tech... IBD Google Stock Jump article: https://www.investors.com/news/techno... CNBC’s article on Google’s new operating reality: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/googl... Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/go... Search Engine Land Google Losing Market Share article: https://searchengineland.com/did-goog... Statcounter: https://gs.statcounter.com/search-eng... Jack Conte SXSW Presentation:    • Death of the Follower & the Future of Crea...   Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/iansheph... ____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:40 March Core Update Outcomes 01:53 UGC & Site Stats Data 03:37 Google’s Internal Destroyer of Worlds 04:42 Previous Victims (R.I.P. Yahoo) 05:23 Profits tho? 06:56 New Era of Content Creation 07:25 Impact of Social Media Platforms 08:59 Have your say! 09:15 Subscribe! ____________________________________________ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE LinkedIn:   / authorityhacker   Facebook:   / authorityhacker   Instagram:   / authorityhackernews   Twitter:   / authorityhacker   TikTok:   / authorityhackernews   Content Strategist & Scriptwriter: Sean Kaye https://x.com/SeanDoesLife?s=20