Google December Core Update – Discussion Thread

[art-writes-stuff]

Saw a tiny fluctuation in traffic across 20+ clients. Nothing to write to mom about. Rankings were normal.

[TheMacMan]

Always cute to see people get hit on these monthly updates. Usually a pretty good indicator you’re doing something wrong. Most won’t see much movement at all if they’re doing things right.

[GringoTheDingoAU]

Localised searches seem to have got hit hard for me (people looking for something in a particular location).

Thanks Google for dropping a core update right around Christmas.

[lilycooller]

There is no significant change, and the traffic has slightly increased compared to the last week of November

[peechykeeny]

What’s the general consensus on publishing new content during updates? Keep things going as usual or hold off?

[Viacheslav_Varenia]

Hello!

**It is too early to analyze anything**. The update will be completed in ten or fourteen days. At this time, one can only observe what is happening.

But I can already see that everything that does not meet Google’s mobile standards will suffer again.

[rubyriar]

Indexing with URL inspection Tool not working since last 1-2 months. Most people notice deindexing of their blog pages or services pages (I also got same issue on my site).

[Eklundz]

One of my sites decreased 22% in traffic, the other increased by 17%.

The 22% is sort of the opposite of what I gained in the may update, it feels reversed.

[wildluciddreaming]

My site traffic fell by 30%