It was atypical in that it started only about a week after the November 2024 core update was completed. What Google said. Google said about this core update: “The Dec. 2024 core ...

Google told us weeks ago that an update was coming soon but websites negatively impacted by the September 2023 helpful content update should not expect to see big recoveries. It is too soon to ...

Yes, the helpful content update is no more, it's part of core updates now, in some sense... Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, actually announced this live at the Google Search Central ...