In this bonus episode Search With Candour, Jack is joined by Steve Paine, the English-language marketing manager at SISTRIX to discuss breaking news on site reputation abuse and recent data insights. Steve & Jack explore the November core update from Google and its impact on website rankings with examples of affected websites such as Reddit, Forbes, The Guardian and more. Steve and Jack also explore manual versus algorithmic enforcement of Google's policies and share their findings on recent shifts in SERPs and site visibility. Follow Steve Paine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevechippy/ Follow SISTRIX: https://www.sistrix.com/blog/google-core-update-november-2024/ Follow Lily Ray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-ray-44755615/ Follow Glenn Gabe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenngabe/ Follow Barry Schwartz: https://www.seroundtable.com/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:44 Site Reputation Abuse 01:42 November Core Update Insights 04:01 Impact on Major Websites 08:32 Manual Actions and Algorithmic Changes 11:47 Future of Content Creation 13:34 Conclusion and Sign Off