Google’s John Mueller Cautions Against Keyword-Rich Domains

Earlier this week, we reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking update on May 1st and 2nd. Well, throughout the week, things have heated up a lot more, and we are seeing more volatility reported by the tools and more SEO chatter within the community.

Google recently added an extra “E” to the search quality standards of E-A-T to ensure content is helpful and relevant.

Google’s April 2023 reviews update is now just almost two weeks since it started rolling out, and while the update seemed to have started slow, this past week, we’ve seen some significant movement and volatility. This weekend was no exception and we are seeing some big movement this weekend.

Google clarified the structured data guidance with an explanation of why JSON-LD is preferred and to confirm that Microdata & RDFa are fine