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The Google Ranking Bug Has Been Resolved: (Unrelated to August Core Update)

A separate ranking issue is affecting search results. Learn live about the issue and Google's efforts to resolve it.

The Google Ranking Bug Has Been Resolved: (Unrelated to August Core Update)

Google recently rolled out its August 2024 core update, which appears to be Google responding to feedback from the community and surfacing more small and independent sites in search results.

However, there was a problem with Google Search rankings that impacted a significant number of search results. Google identified the root cause of this issue and confirmed that it was unrelated to the core update.

The problem, which affected numerous search results, has been fixed.

Google Confirms the Issue is Fixed

Google resolved a recent ranking issue unrelated to the August 2024 core update at 05:10 AM Pacific time.
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Google Confirms It Is Still Working on a Solution

At 3:21 AM Pacific time, Google posted an update that it is still working to resolve the issue affecting website rankings in search results.

The company give another update within the next two days (48 hours).

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Google Confirms It's Still Working On A Fix

Google said at 9:29 AM Pacific time that it’s still trying to fix the problem with website ranking in search results.

The company give another update within the next three days (72 hours).

Google Confirms Glitch Affecting Search Rankings

Google is currently addressing a separate issue affecting search rankings, unrelated to the August 2024 core update.

John Mueller apologizes for ranking glitch.

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