Google Profits Surge, SEOs Suffer [Video]

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.
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SOURCES
Search Engine Land March Update article:
https://searchengineland.com/google-march-2024-core-update-rollout-is-now-complete-438713
Google Search Central FAQ:
https://developers.google.com/search/help/helpful-content-faq
Lily Ray’s tweet on the visibility patterns of large sites:
https://twitter.com/lilyraynyc/status/1784951766347321410
Site Stats Database’s data from Google’s March core update:
https://sitestatsdb.com/march-core-update-data/
Where’s Your Ed At ‘The Men Who Killed Google’ article:
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
Anti-trust Trial Exhibits:
https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc-2020-trial-exhibits
Search Engine Land Raghavan promotion article:
https://searchengineland.com/google-promotes-prabhakar-raghavan-to-lead-search-replacing-ben-gomes-335561?ref=wheresyoured.at
CNN Money’s Microsoft x Yahoo article:
https://money.cnn.com/2009/07/29/technology/microsoft_yahoo/?ref=wheresyoured.at
IBD Google Stock Jump article:
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-earnings-google-stock-news-q12024/
CNBC’s article on Google’s new operating reality:
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/google-search-boss-raghavan-warns-employees-of-new-operating-reality.html
Reuters article:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-parent-alphabet-announces-first-ever-divided-20-cents-per-share-2024-04-25/
Search Engine Land Google Losing Market Share article:
https://searchengineland.com/did-google-really-lose-search-market-share-to-microsoft-bing-in-april-440098
Statcounter:
https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-202303-202405
Jack Conte SXSW Presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zUndMfMInc
Forbes Article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianshepherd/2024/04/27/the-death-of-the-followerthe-next-era-of-content-creation/?sh=31a75ecb3620
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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!
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