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I've referenced this idea that Google didn't throw away the HCU on "It's New" (with @rustybrick, @gregfinn, @CrystalontheWeb www.wix.com/seo/learn/resource/its-new-daily-seo-news) a few times. Re-reading Google's blog post on the March update and they explicitly state: We're bringing what we learned from… pic.twitter.com/QT7pudWgMl

These are the sites with the greatest % declines in Google SEO visibility between September 4, 2023 and April 22, 2024 (@Sistrix data) Gee, notice anything totally obvious, or is it just me? Sorry to anyone who works on any of these sites, I know a lot of you are seeing this. I… pic.twitter.com/5MH22V6Mtk

What Characteristics you've seen to be highly correlated with sites dropped in Google's March Core Update? Answer the latest #SEOFOMO Poll 👀 chat.seofomo.co/forum/search-updates/poll-what-characteristics-you-ve-seen-to-be-highly-correlated-with-sites-dropped-in-google-s-march-core-update pic.twitter.com/0B4FZa2zrC

Nothing like finding 5K hidden links on a page. Yep, in 2024. Something didn't seem right... and then I quickly found a div using display:none to hide the giant list of links. But... it doesn't really matter. Google has deindexed the page. Remember, like @johnmu has explained in… pic.twitter.com/XWwuPmaDpB