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Google Algorithm Update Tracker: Official Sources First
Open a Google algorithm update tracker, copy official Search Status dates, then overlay your GSC export. Do not forecast the next core week from a rumor.
Read articleSeparate a core update from a seasonal dip before you rewrite the template.
Open a Google algorithm update tracker, copy official Search Status dates, then overlay your GSC export. Do not forecast the next core week from a rumor.
Read articleRead the Google Search Status Dashboard as official incident rows, not a complete history, then overlay your matching GSC export for that same dated window.
Read articleA website traffic drop SEO check starts with tech and indexation, then overlays your GSC export on official dates—not a rumor week you invented yourself.
Read articleA ranking drop after update is a join: official Google dates on the left, your GSC export on the right. Name movers, not a penalty or an invented week.
Read articleTo recover traffic after a core update, gather evidence and fix eligibility. This page does not promise a calendar or a recovery week. Use official dates only.
Read articleCore update recovery is an evidence process, not a calendar. Cite official dates, overlay your GSC export, and refuse any rebound timeline you are sold.
Read articleSpam update SEO treats policy violations as the job, not a core-update twin. Read official spam rows, then overlay your matching GSC export for that window.
Read articleThe Google Search Central blog names systems on a slower clock than the dashboard. Cite the named post, then overlay your GSC export for the same window.
Read articleUse seasonal traffic vs penalty as a YoY test before you name harm. Join the same dates across two years, then the official row. Read last year first.
Read articleA year over year GSC comparison joins the same calendar window across two years. Use a file join, not weekly hunting, and keep both export files on disk.
Read articleA Google core update changelog lists official dated core rows only. Copy each official publication first, then overlay your GSC export. Skip rumor weeks.
Read articleAn algorithm change log for SEO is this site's dated official-row feed. Use that product feed, not a rumor calendar, then overlay your GSC export file.
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