Google's Content Update Recovery May Require Longer Time, Says John Mueller

The Google helpful content update is an algorithm update by Google aimed at promoting content that provides a helpful and satisfying experience to users. It specifically targets and demotes content that seems to have been created primarily for ranking well in search engines rather than to help and inform people.

According to John Mueller from Google, while recoveries from the September 2023 Google helpful content update are possible, some sites may take much longer to be reassessed, sometimes even months. Additionally, he mentioned that some bigger effects from the update might require another update cycle before recovery can be seen.

Yes, sites will recover from the Google helpful content update once issues are resolved, as confirmed by John Mueller. However, the timeline for recovery is not fixed and can vary greatly depending on the extent of the issues and the work done on the site. It may require a considerable amount of work, a long time, and possibly another update cycle for the recovery to take effect.