Google Releases November 2023 Core Update

Just two weeks after Google’s October 2023 core update, the search giant has released another major update – the November 2023 core update.

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According to Google, the November 2023 core update involves improvement to a different core system compared to October’s update.

We found a bug with how our Oct. 2023 core update was applied to Discover, which has now been corrected. Some sites may see an increase in Discover-related traffic, as a result. Start and end time for this issue is now on the Search Status Dashboard: https://t.co/xjpKeJE6lB
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) November 1, 2023

“We have different systems that are considered core to our ranking process; this month’s core update involves an improvement to a different core system than last month.” the search giant stated.

The November 2023 core update will take around two weeks to complete, which is the case with most of the core updates.

This update was expected after Google messed up with the October 2023 core update that caused a bug for Google Discover traffic. However, Google says this update is unrelated to the bug, which has already been fixed.

We found a bug with how our Oct. 2023 core update was applied to Discover, which has now been corrected. Some sites may see an increase in Discover-related traffic, as a result. Start and end time for this issue is now on the Search Status Dashboard: https://t.co/xjpKeJE6lB
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) November 1, 2023

We also posted about the issue regarding many genuine websites with original and worthy content losing traffic overnight without any valid reason.

This was mostly because many websites saw their Google Discover’s traffic drop to 0 after the October 2023 core update.

Yes, just started to get discover traffic again since yesteday. It was down to 0 after the core update.
— Simon (Niche site | SEO) (@SimonNicheSEO) November 1, 2023

While Google says the Discover bug has been resolved, it is possible that Google’s November 2023 core update may contain more fixes to the issue.

Google is never transparent about these core updates.

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