Google September Core Update:
Update Name:- Google Product Reviews Update #5
Date of Release:- September 20th
Summary:-
- The Google product reviews update aims to promote, review content that is more specific and informative you seen on the web. Google said it will promote these types of product reviews in its search results rankings.
- Google is not directly punishing lower-quality product reviews that have “thin content that simply summarizes a bunch of products.
- This is not a penalty against your content, Google is just rewarding sites with more insightful review content with rankings above yours.
Effects;-
- September 2022 core update hit pretty quickly after the announcement
- This update will affect eCommerce websites slightly.
- Google Search Console International Targeting Tool Is No Longer Available
- Google has now officially removed the International Targeting report from its Search Console
- Technically, this update should only impact product review content and not other types of content.
Important points:-
- The September update looks much weaker than the May update from SEMrush
- As this algorithm is weak, there will not be much impact on the rankings.
- September 2022 core update resulted in "high levels of fluctuations" for eCommerce websites.