E748: Google's June 2025 Core Algorithm Update was supposed to end on July 17 - but many SEOs and site owners are still seeing wild ranking swings, traffic crashes, and unexplained volatility.

In this episode, we break down: - Why many believe the update is still ongoing - Reports of traffic drops as high as 60% - The real impact of AI Overviews on rankings and click-through rates - Why some informational content sites are seeing massive traffic spikes - How one AI-generated news site grew from 300K to 2.2M visits/month in 3 days - What Google's changes mean for internal linking, query parameters, and more - Why your click-through rate might be falling even if your rankings go up - What you should be doing right now to protect your rankings and grow traffic - Tactical SEO advice: above-the-fold content, search intent, backlink profiles, and more

If you're feeling uncertain about where your SEO stands after this update - this episode is for you. Get ahead of the chaos. Here's how to adapt.

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00:00 Introduction 00:13 Finding Stability in Volatile Times 00:52 Unexpected Volatility Post-Update 01:23 Webmasters' Reactions and Speculations 01:51 Impact on Click-Through Rates and AI Overviews 02:44 Observations on Google's Algorithm Changes 03:41 Mixed Reactions from Publishers 04:59 Success Stories and Traffic Spikes 07:36 Advice for Navigating the Update 09:04 Wrapping

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