Google Updates Guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals via @sejournal, @martinibuster

On Thursday, January 26th, there were some signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update. The signals and chatter I was tracking, honestly, were not at super high levels. However, now that I see Glenn Gabe shared some really shocking charts of sites previously impacted by the product reviews update, seeing massive swings on the 26th.

Some folks were complaining that SEO is to blame for the bloat on the web. Specifically when some sites that are so bloated with trackers and other add-ons that the sites are not only slow but slow down your computer. John Mueller from Google said “there is no SEO reason for making such terrible & bloated sites.”