Jan Grundmann, Author at Searchmetrics SEO & Content Marketing Blog

Jan Grundmann 2020/01/22

Boom or Bust? The Google Winners & Losers of 2019

Analysis Time to read: 16 min

Searchmetrics has crunched the numbers and reveaös the top winners and losers of 2019, based on performance in the organic search results on Google.com.

Jan Grundmann 2020/01/14

Google Update January 2020: Latest News and Analysis

Analysis Time to read: 14 min

First official Google Update of 2020: The Google January 2020 Core Update went live on 13th of January. Latest news and analysis in this blogpost.

Jan Grundmann 2019/11/12

Google Update November 2019: Latest News and Analysis

Analysis Time to read: 16 min

A confirmed Google Update around the 7th and 8th November 2019 has seen huge changes reported, primarily for travel, food and health websites.

Jan Grundmann 2019/10/29

Google BERT Update: Background and analysis

Analysis Time to read: 9 min

The Google BERT Update is the biggest change to Google's algorithm in five years. It affects one in ten search queries, with a focus on long-tail keywords.

Jan Grundmann 2019/09/25

Google September 2019 Core Update: All You Need To Know

Analysis Time to read: 13 min

The global roll-out of the Google September 2019 Core Update began on the 24th of September. Read the latest Google Update news and analysis here!

Jan Grundmann 2019/08/20

Google penalizes Voucher Sites from Publishers

Industry News and Trends Time to read: 19 min

Publishers often integrate white-label solutions from large voucher platforms. A win-win situation or should Google be doing something about this tactic?

Jan Grundmann 2019/06/03

Google June 2019 Core Update: All You Need To Know

Analysis Time to read: 11 min

The "June 2019 Core Update" is the first core update to be announced by Google ahead of time. Find news and analysis to this Google Core Algorithm Update here.

Jan Grundmann 2019/03/19

Google Update 2019: Winners and Losers of the March 2019 Core Update

Industry News and Trends Time to read: 17 min

Analysis of the websites that won biggest and were hardest hit by Google's March 2019 Core Algorithm Update, with the health industry particularly affected.

Jan Grundmann 2018/12/05

Google Shopping 2018: Does more Competition mean fair Competition?

Analysis Time to read: 11 min

Google has opened up its shopping ads to external bidders and there is increased competition for product ads. But how genuine is this new competition?

Jan Grundmann 2018/07/10

Google Speed Update: Load Time is a Mobile Ranking Factor

Analysis Time to read: 9 min

With its Speed Update, Google is making load time a ranking factor for mobile search results. Read on to find out which websites take longest to load and who had better hurry up with their site speed optimization if they want to hold onto their rankings.