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Google Core Update December 2024

The December 2024 Core Update, announced on the 12th December, follows just days after the end of the November 2024 Core Update. This is the sixth major update of 2024 and as with all Core Updates, we will be analysing data and providing helpful statistics here in this article.

Steve Paine

16.12.2024

What Jono Said – Newsletter Review 2024

The SISTRIX monthly newsletter is your chance to catch up on the most important SEO-related news items of the month, curated and commented by Jono Alderson. If you subscribe, you’ll also get an in-depth opinion-piece – inspiration, education and expertise all rolled-up into one. Here, in a single post, are […]

Jono Alderson

06.12.2024

SISTRIX Christmas Fundraiser 2024: You Click, We Donate

Christmas is a celebration of community, contemplation and charity so, in good SISTRIX tradition, we are going to give something back again. Our Christmas big wheel is doing another round, in the truest sense of the word, and our donation goal for 2024 is €10,000 for the Association for Helping […]

Steve Paine

02.12.2024

Google Tightens Site Reputation Abuse Policy (and removes Forbes Advisor from the index)

After Google made changes to the Site Reputation Abuse Policy a few months ago, the regulations have now been tightened again. In a recent blog post , Google explains that first party involvement between the hosting domain and the company that wants to publish content on this domain does not mean that […]

Johannes Beus

28.11.2024

The Top Domains and Content for Christmas Trees

‘Tis the season to dig into the UK’s search landscape for Christmas trees! This month, SectorWatch is branching into the Christmas tree sector. We’re unwrapping the data to find which sites are rocking around the rankings. Whose content makes searchers click faster than Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve? And whose […]

Charlie Williams

27.11.2024

The Best of – SISTRIX Blog

These articles from the last year are exceptional. They helped people, nurtured discussion and spurred thoughts. Here’s our hand-picked selection of the best of SISTRIX Blog.