Home / Google News / Google Updates / Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up April 27th & 28th Apr 28, 2026 - 7:21 am 17 — by I am seeing new signs of the Google search ranking volatility heating up. When I reported on it last week , the tools began to show volatility trend upwards. But now, while some of the tools are calm, the chatter within the forums has spiked over the past 24 hours or so. This might be the start of something or it might just be typical Google. Always hard to say but 90% of the time, these don't end up being confirmed by Google. As a reminder, the March 2026 core update started on March 27, 2026 and completed April 8, 2026. SEO Chatter So here is the chatter over the past day or so at WebmasterWorld : Lowest traffic today. Someone pulled the plug? This morning I had to check all my email addresses were working since the only thing I had received were 6 spams ... This afternoon genuine mails started coming through but not the volume I am used to ... Strange.…