Google: The Helpful Content Update & Link Spam Update Still Ongoing

Welcome again from the vacations, don’t fret; you did not miss a lot. The December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are usually not carried out but. They needs to be carried out quickly, however proper now, once I write this, they don’t seem to be carried out.

John Mueller of Google mentioned on Twitter this morning when requested in regards to the standing that these two updates are “nonetheless ongoing.”

Sure, they’re nonetheless ongoing.

— John Mueller is usually not right here 🐀 (@JohnMu) January 3, 2023

As a reminder, the two updates were delayed in its end date as a result of they bumped into the vacations. Google mentioned there was a safety challenge with finishing them on the vacations.

Additionally, we did see some big turbulence days earlier than Christmas after which issues calmed down a lot. The reality is, the Google volatility is far calmer nonetheless than the last few weeks. We additionally noticed some fluctuations on December 26th.

The December 2022 useful content material replace is over two weeks because it ought to have been accomplished; it’s 4 weeks and a day. The December 2022 hyperlink spam replace is now slightly below per week overdue, it’s nearly three weeks because it was launched.

I do count on these updates to complete any minute/day now – however I’ve no extra perception than any of you. As of the time this story was revealed, the Google updates page nonetheless says these two updates are usually not full.

Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.