Google confirmed a “broad core” algorithm change occurred on 3/12/2019.  We don’t know exactly what changed, but it’s usually surprising when they confirm an algorithm change.

Google went on its Twitter to repost a previous Tweet from 10/11/2018 restating the following:

“Here’s an update about updates — updates to our search algorithms. As explained before, each day, Google usually releases one or more changes designed to improve our results. Most have little noticeable change but help us continue to incrementally improve search

On 3/13/2019, Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) posted this Tweet:

“This week, we released a broad core algorithm update, as we do several times per year. Our guidance about such updates remains as we’ve covered before.”

Google Broad Core Algorithm Update Confirmation 2019-03-12

Well, that’s great.  What does it mean?

We’re not sure just yet.  Stay tuned and we should know in the next few days.

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