{"id":2198,"date":"2025-03-17T13:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:26:19","slug":"google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/","title":{"rendered":"Google March 2025 Core Update: Industry Reactions and Expert Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/googlesearchc\/status\/1900222092483682722\">officially<\/a> rolled out its first core update of 2025, sparking discussions across the SEO industry. Announced on March 13, 2025, at 12:30 PM ET, this broad core update is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-6.jpg\" alt=\"Google March 2025 Core Update Industry Reactions\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#key-facts-about-the-march-2025-core-update\" >Key Facts About the March 2025 Core Update<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#early-observations\" >Early Observations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#seo-community-reactions-confusion-and-frustration\" >SEO Community Reactions: Confusion and Frustration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#who-are-the-winners-and-losers\" >Who Are the Winners and Losers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#what-comes-next\" >What Comes Next?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/google-march-2025-core-update-industry-reactions-and-expert-insights-2198\/#a-puzzling-update-with-more-questions-than-answers\" >A Puzzling Update with More Questions Than Answers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"key-facts-about-the-march-2025-core-update\"><\/span><b>Key Facts About the March 2025 Core Update<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to Google\u2019s announcement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-algorithm-updates\/\">March 2025 Core Update<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Is a broad core update affecting all types of content.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Is not a penalty-based update but rather an adjustment to ranking signals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Will impact all regions and languages globally.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Affects Google Discover, featured snippets, and other search features.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">May take up to two weeks to roll out completely.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Encourages more visibility for independent content creators.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Does not require any specific fixes for affected sites, but Google advises webmasters to follow their core update guidelines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite Google\u2019s reassurances that this is a \u201cregular\u201d update, early indications suggest it is causing major fluctuations in search rankings, leading to mixed reactions from industry experts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"early-observations\"><\/span><b>Early Observations<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SEO expert Glenn Gabe initially speculated that Google\u2019s March 2025 Core Update may have started before its official announcement on March 13, as some sites experienced significant ranking fluctuations as early as March 6, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/glenngabe\/status\/1900912437584367917\"><b>March 15 Tweet<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Many sites started seeing core update-like impact on 3\/6, and I&#8217;m seeing more of that as I dig into the volatility based on the March core update. Some sites are seeing surges or drops post-announcement, but many were impacted earlier. Either Google started releasing the update earlier than announced, or they had to adjust several ranking systems before the rollout.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glenngabe\/status\/1901266617813627081\"><b>March 16 Tweet<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<i>&#8220;Now that we\u2019re a few days into the update, I\u2019m seeing more movement across sites and verticals. But there was already a ton of movement starting 3\/6. Google either released this update earlier than they admitted, or they tweaked ranking factors that led to widespread volatility before the official launch.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Gabe also shared screenshots of ranking surges and drops, indicating sharp traffic gains for some affiliate marketers, while other sites saw devastating losses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality.png\" alt=\"Glenn Gabe March 2025 Google Core Update Volatility\" width=\"1068\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-1024x439.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-3.png\" alt=\"Glenn Gabe March 2025 Google Core Update Volatility 3\" width=\"1072\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-3.png 1072w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-3-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-3-1024x426.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-2.png\" alt=\"Glenn Gabe March 2025 Google Core Update Volatility 2\" width=\"1070\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-2.png 1070w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-2-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-2-1024x440.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-1.png\" alt=\"Glenn Gabe March 2025 Google Core Update Volatility 1\" width=\"1070\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-1.png 1070w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glenn-Gabe-March-2025-Google-Core-Update-Volatality-1-1024x433.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1471\">However, after reaching out to Google directly, Glenn Gabe received confirmation that the ranking movements observed before March 13 were caused by other algorithmic changes, not the core update itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Regarding the movement many sites saw starting BEFORE the core update (on 3\/6), I reached out to Google about that yesterday to learn more. As I thought, Google explained that the core update was released when the core update was announced, so any movement before that *WOULD NOT*\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nfyMh2HHB8\">pic.twitter.com\/nfyMh2HHB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glenngabe\/status\/1901978198767735200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While this may not be a surprise, Gabe also reminded the SEO community that Google frequently makes smaller adjustments to its ranking algorithms that aren\u2019t always announced.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seo-community-reactions-confusion-and-frustration\"><\/span><b>SEO Community Reactions: Confusion and Frustration<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SEO journalist Barry Schwartz asked his X followers if they were seeing volatility due to the core update. The responses were a mix of excitement, frustration, and disbelief.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone seeing movement \/ volatility over the past few days from this Google core update? If so, please share charts in your response. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7udrUbQgC3\">https:\/\/t.co\/7udrUbQgC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/status\/1901255636043636753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some sites are seeing traffic spikes, others, especially small independent publishers, are expressing frustration at what they perceive as Google prioritizing AI-generated content over human-created work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone seeing movement \/ volatility over the past few days from this Google core update? If so, please share charts in your response. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7udrUbQgC3\">https:\/\/t.co\/7udrUbQgC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/status\/1901255636043636753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots of movement for me.<\/p>\n<p>After nice growth during Fem-early March, I am rolled back to January results. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5NBqrcxZZw\">pic.twitter.com\/5NBqrcxZZw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alon (@KKorvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KKorvin\/status\/1901316959515643968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Traffic dropping by the minute&#8230;. We got a 96% upswing in last year in september. Before that we dropped till nearly nothing for 10 months. Before taht always high traffic. Now its as terrible as it can get&#8230;. We can follow all traffic sources on our site due to our CMS.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vechtsport Info \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@vechtsport_Info) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vechtsport_Info\/status\/1901334449557491873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My traffic has been up the past few weeks, but not from Google. I get 90% of my traffic now from Newsbreak, Bing, Yahoo, Pinterest, and direct. Google traffic continues to drop &#8211; from 50,000 clicks per month to less than 100. Pathetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Top Ten Travel List (@Travel_Top_Ten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travel_Top_Ten\/status\/1901309242159538469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s a disaster. Traffic is declining even more. Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googlesearchc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@googlesearchc<\/a> for taking our work\u2019s visibility from bad to worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Londinium (@londiniumsurfer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/londiniumsurfer\/status\/1901285786659524959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No improvement here. My traffic is still moving in the wrong direction, while AI slop and stolen content ranks above me. Google&#8217;s dishonesty gets more tiresome every day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/searchliaison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@searchliaison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The World Travel Guy (@aworldtravelguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aworldtravelguy\/status\/1901518885830156390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots of volatility but ranking coming back to normal today. This time volatility was way too high. I don&#8217;t know why redit, quora links are getting promoted though on lots of Queries<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ankit Jindal (@ankitjindal2013) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ankitjindal2013\/status\/1901271245142011999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rankings are dropping even more with this update. The only thing Google is surfacing is more Reddit<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Juha Hopeasepp\u00e4 (@jusax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jusax\/status\/1901314494132781107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i&#8217;m seeing a comeback in web traffic; we&#8217;d seen a horrible downturn in traffic from feb 11th &#8211; we&#8217;re back to jan levels (which gave us a bump after the nov\/dec updates)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sura (@notsurakazan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notsurakazan\/status\/1901356821186519216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"who-are-the-winners-and-losers\"><\/span><b>Who Are the Winners and Losers?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Early tracking data suggests a mixed bag of winners and losers across different sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Affiliate marketing sites appear to be among the biggest beneficiaries, experiencing noticeable traffic increases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, e-commerce websites are seeing both gains and losses, with rankings fluctuating unpredictably.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news industry, particularly Google Discover, has been hit with volatile traffic swings, making it difficult for publishers to maintain stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite Google\u2019s claims that this update will help content creators, many independent publishers remain skeptical. While some have reported modest recoveries, many are still struggling to regain lost traffic from previous updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given Google\u2019s history of updates that disproportionately affected small publishers, many in the SEO community remain doubtful about whether this update will truly prioritize original, high-quality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-helpful-content-algorithm-update\/\">helpful content<\/a> or if AI-generated and corporate-backed sites will continue to dominate the search results.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-comes-next\"><\/span><b>What Comes Next?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SEO professionals and website owners should expect continued volatility over the next two weeks as the rollout progresses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google has also stated that it will continue making improvements throughout the year, meaning further adjustments may come soon.<\/p>\n<p>For those negatively impacted, Google\u2019s advice remains the same:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Focus on high-quality, original content.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Improve user experience.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/technical-seo\/\">technical SEO<\/a> best practices are in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, based on past core updates, recovery may not happen until the next update, and even then, there are no guarantees.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a-puzzling-update-with-more-questions-than-answers\"><\/span><b>A Puzzling Update with More Questions Than Answers<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Google\u2019s March 2025 Core Update has left the SEO industry divided. While some are enjoying a nice bump in traffic, others are feeling the pinch with significant drops and no clear insight into why.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the rollout continues, experts like Glenn Gabe, Barry Schwartz, and many dedicated SEOs will be keeping a close eye on the trend.<\/p>\n<p>For website owners, it\u2019s a time to carefully monitor analytics, adapt strategies, and prepare for any potential ranking shifts in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this Google update? Do you feel that Google is genuinely supporting content creators, or do you think this is just another shake-up that leans towards AI-driven content? We\u2019d love to hear your perspective!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has officially rolled out its first core update of 2025, sparking discussions across the SEO industry. 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