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What we do
When a core update moves your rankings
Core updates change how Google's systems judge content across the whole web, in every language. Google describes them as regular updates meant to surface relevant, satisfying content from all types of sites. So a drop rarely has one neat cause, and the first job is to find out what changed for your pages.
What we do before anyone edits a page
Wait for the rollout to finish
A core update can take up to two weeks to roll out, and rankings often swing while it does. Google advises waiting until it's complete before reading your Search Console data. We hold back on site changes until the picture settles, so nothing we do muddies the comparison.
Compare like with like
Google advises waiting at least a full week after the rollout ends, then comparing it with a week before the start. We follow that method and adjust it for the UAE calendar, from Ramadan to the summer slowdown. A late-November window, for example, can overlap Black Friday sales and the UAE National Day holiday.
Fix what the data points to
Once the comparison is clean, we look at the pages and queries that lost clicks. Some need better content, some need technical fixes, and some losses are fair because a competitor answers the search better. You'll know which is which before you spend on changes.
How we work
What the core update review covers
The review runs in four parts, and each one answers a different question about why your pages moved. Together they show where your time and budget should go next.
Measuring the impact
First we confirm the update is the likely cause. We line up the rollout dates against your clicks and average positions in Search Console. Then we rule out other reasons for a drop, such as broken tracking, a site migration or a manual action.
- Search Console clicks and positions for the week before and after the rollout
- Page-level and query-level losses, sorted by the traffic each one cost you
- Separate views for Arabic and English pages, since the update covers every language
- Checks for spam updates, manual actions and indexing errors in the same period
- A plain verdict on whether the core update is the main cause
Content and expertise
Google's own questions for core updates ask whether a page is helpful, reliable and written for people first. We read the pages that lost ground the way a customer would, then set them beside the pages that now outrank you. The gaps tend to be specific, like a thin section, a missing author or an answer buried halfway down.
- Page-by-page notes on how well each lost page answers its main search
- Author, review and source details checked against what the topic needs
- Duplicate or overlapping pages that compete with each other for the same query
- Out-of-date facts, thin sections and pages written for search engines rather than readers
- Arabic pages judged as Arabic content in their own right, not as translations
Fixing and rewriting
Once we know which pages lost ground and why, we fix them in order of what they're worth to your business. That can mean rewriting a service page around what buyers ask, or merging two weak pages into one. For Roxana Aesthetics, an aesthetic and dermatology clinic in Dubai, Adnika rebuilt the website around its treatments rather than the brand. Each treatment got its own page, and that same page-per-topic thinking shapes our rewrites.
- Rewrites of the pages that lost the most valuable clicks, in priority order
- Merged or redirected pages where two thin pages split one topic
- Clearer answers near the top of each page, with the detail buyers ask for
- Internal links that point readers and Google to your strongest pages
- A change log, so every edit can be matched to what happened next
Search results and competitors
A page can lose ground without getting worse, because the search results around it have changed. We check which sites took the positions you lost and what their pages do differently. We also note when Google starts showing maps, videos or AI Overviews for a query, since those push organic results down.
- The sites and pages that took your lost positions, query by query
- What the new top results cover that your page leaves out
- Changes in result layout, such as map packs, videos and AI Overviews
- Local results checked for Dubai and the wider UAE, not a global average
- A short list of the competitor gaps worth closing first
How we use AI
AI recommendations, checked by a strategist
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One view of your data
The Adnika Dashboard: one live view of a client's ads, analytics and CRM data, with AI recommendations reviewed by the strategist. After a core update, it lets you see organic losses next to paid results and leads in one place. That shows whether a ranking drop is costing you enquiries or only impressions.
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AI points to where to look
The dashboard's AI recommendations give the strategist a first idea of where to look. They're a starting point, never the verdict, because a core update drop often has more than one cause.
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A strategist reviews each recommendation
Every recommendation is reviewed by the strategist before it reaches you. They test it against the Search Console comparison, the pages themselves and what your sales team hears from customers.
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Fixes, then tracking
Approved fixes go into a plan you sign off, and we track their effect in the same dashboard. If a later core update moves things again, you'll see it against the same baseline.
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Why us
Why work with Adnika after a core update
Most advice about core updates is written for a global audience and a single language. Your customers search in Dubai, often in Arabic and English, against local competitors, so the review should start there.
Evidence before edits
We don't rewrite pages while a rollout is still moving rankings around. You get a dated comparison first, so every recommendation rests on your numbers rather than a hunch.
Arabic and English, side by side
Google applies core updates to every language, so your Arabic pages can move differently from your English ones. We review both versions and the language tags between them, rather than treating Arabic as an afterthought.
Honest about recovery time
Google says recovery after a core update can take months, and some gains only show after a later update. We say that up front and plan the work around it, with no promised dates.
Judged by leads, not only rankings
We judge a drop by what it costs you in enquiries, using the CRM data in the Adnika Dashboard. A page that lost impressions but no leads sits lower on the list than one that lost buyers.
Capabilities in detail
What you get at the end of the review
Each review ends with written findings and a plan your own team or ours can act on. The items below are what that written plan covers for a typical Dubai business site.
Before-and-after comparison
Clicks, impressions and positions for the week before the rollout and a full week after it ended. It's set out by page and by query, so you can see where the losses sit.
Cause check
A short written verdict on whether the core update explains the drop. It also lists anything else we found, such as a tracking gap, a redirect error or a spam update in the same window.
Page-level findings
Notes on each page that lost valuable traffic, written in plain language. Each note says what the page lacks next to the results that replaced it.
Content plan
A list of pages to rewrite, merge or leave alone, in order of the business value at stake. Leaving a page alone is a real option when its loss was small or fair.
Technical fixes
Indexing, speed and structured data issues that make good pages harder for Google to read. We separate the ones linked to the drop from general clean-up work.
Arabic and English review
Both language versions checked for gaps, mismatched content and broken language tags. A strong English page with a thin Arabic twin is a gap we check for on every bilingual site.
Competitor summary
The sites that gained the positions you lost, and what their pages cover that yours don't. It's written so your team can use it without an SEO glossary.
Tracking plan
A record of the baseline, the fixes and their dates, so results can be read against the right changes. It also sets the comparison to use when the next core update arrives.
Technology
The data and checks behind the review
We work from the data you already own, so nothing depends on a guess about what Google changed. Below are the sources and checks behind each review, grouped by what they tell us.
Search data
Where a core update drop shows up first
- Google Search Console performance data, Google Analytics 4, page and query comparisons, UAE country filters
Speed and page experience
Checked so a slow page doesn't hold back good content
- Core Web Vitals, mobile loading times, image weight, layout shifts
Signals in the code
What Google reads behind the visible page
- Structured data, canonical tags, hreflang for Arabic and English, robots rules, internal links
Local
Content and trust signals we compare with the pages that outrank you
- Author and reviewer details, update dates, cited sources, coverage against the top results
Platforms we optimise
The systems we fix pages in
- WordPress, Shopify, Wix, custom-built sites
Leads
How a ranking change is tied to enquiries
- The Adnika Dashboard, CRM lead data, enquiry form tracking
Industries
Proven results across sectors
Every number below is the count of case studies we have actually published in that sector, and the best result among them. Nothing is a counter.
Client stories
What clients say
On camera and in writing — swipe through the founders and teams we’ve helped design, build and grow.
In their words
★★★★★
GMC is thrilled to extend our heartfelt appreciation to Adnika! Collaborating with Ehsan and his team has consistently been an absolute delight. Ehsan's dedication and commitment have ensured that German Medical Center remains an exceedingly satisfied and happy client, especially regarding their Hubspot Onboarding, Digital Marketing, Website Development, Content Creation and Social Media Marketing. Adnika is indeed the Best Digital and Growth Marketing Agency in UAE!
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Adnika provided us with their Inbound Sales and Marketing solutions through Hubspot. They helped us generate more qualified leads for our sales team, drive website traffic, increase customer engagement, and grow our customer base. Adnika is a reliable partner that has always taken our specific goals and needs seriously.
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Adnika has helped us plan, implement and optimize ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. Adnika is truly committed to Performance Marketing. They provided us with a fantastic dashboard with detailed KPIs that helped us track the campaigns’ performance in real time. Adnika also gave us helpful and dedicated support during the whole project, and the campaigns turned out to be a great success. We highly recommend working with Adnika's growth experts.
★★★★★
We really enjoyed working with Adnika’s team. Not only are they talented, but they all take the time to understand whom they're working with, what they're trying to accomplish, and how to help the business achieve its goals. The quality of work we've experienced has made a huge difference for us and helped drive new business.
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Adnika helped Sea Technology with setting up new digital channels, such as Google Search Ads, to attract more customers and leverage our brand. We are very satisfied with the results and we will continue with the implementation of lead generation, marketing automation, and performance marketing.
★★★★★
Working with the Adnika team has been a real pleasure! Extremely friendly, Ehsan and Elin are always available with prompt replies, valuable insights, patience, a problem-solving attitude, and high knowledge. Super easy to work with them. I highly recommend the Adnika team to help your business!
★★★★★
I am an artist, but I also manage a collective of DJs. In order to promote our services to our clients, we needed Inbound solutions that could attract the right traffic and promote the brand. Adnika built and designed our Inbound processes as well as create and manage campaigns on social media and Google Ads which helped us attract many more customers. I’m very happy!
★★★★★
We've been using Adnika growth marketing solutions only for a few months. They are highly professional, competent, experienced, and creative. Get ready to get to work with this agency. They will come alongside you as a business owner and feel your pain and joy! Get ready to transform your business.
FAQ
Core update questions for UAE site owners
Answers to the questions that come up most often when a core update hits a UAE website. If yours isn't here, send it to us with your site address.
A core update is a broad change to how Google's ranking systems assess content, rolled out several times a year. Google says these updates don't target specific sites or pages. They're meant to keep results current as content across the web changes, so a drop is a re-ranking rather than a penalty.
Open Search Console and compare a full week after the rollout ended with a week before it began. A drop spread across many pages at once suggests the update played a part. A loss on one page or on one day tends to point to a technical fault or a tracking change.
Usually not, because rankings can swing for up to two weeks during a rollout. Edits made in that window also make the before-and-after comparison harder to read. Fix clear technical faults straight away, but hold content changes until the update has settled.
We start with a Search Console comparison that follows Google's own guidance, then rule out other causes. Next we review the affected pages, the competitors that gained and your Arabic and English versions. You get a written plan ranked by business value, and we can make the fixes or hand them to your team.
There's no fixed timeline, and we won't promise one. Google says improvements can take months to show, and some sites only see a change after a later core update. For the detail, see our guide on how long SEO takes to work in the UAE.
No, a penalty is a manual action, and it appears in Search Console's Manual actions report with a reason attached. A core update sends no notice, since Google hasn't flagged anything wrong with your site. The usual response is to make your pages more useful than the ones now ranking above them.
Rarely on their own, since core updates focus on how useful and reliable content is. Technical faults can still make a drop worse or hide good pages from Google, so we check them alongside the content. Google's view is in our piece on why technical SEO still matters for AI search.
It can, because your Arabic and English pages face different competitors and different searches, even though the update covers every language. We review each language on its own, then check the two versions are linked correctly so Google shows the right one.
Yes, the review is one part of the wider work we do as an SEO agency in Dubai. You can stop once you have the plan, or have the same team carry it into content, technical and local SEO work.
Google runs core updates several times a year, so a site that recovers can still move again. If you'd like each rollout tracked against the same baseline, that work continues under our monthly SEO service.
No questions match — try another search.
Free resources
Guides and templates for your SEO planning
If the review turns into a wider plan, these guides and templates help you cost the work and map the pages.
Resources
SEO Packages in Dubai
Our guide to what SEO costs in Dubai and what moves the number. It also covers why a fixed monthly package is usually the wrong shape for the work.
Digital Marketing Glossary
Marketing terms that come up in Dubai agency conversations, defined plainly, including the ones the industry cannot agree on. Handy when an SEO proposal gets technical.
Content Mapping Template
A crash course on content mapping and a Word template with persona profiles and a content map per lifecycle stage. It can help plan pages for each buyer stage.
Marketing Plan Template
A Word marketing plan with a SWOT table, personas, a marketing mix, a budget table and a channel plan. It can show where SEO sits in the wider mix.
Where this sits
Part of our SEO services
A core update review can lead into other SEO work, from local search to link building. Each service below picks up a different part of the plan the review leaves you with.
The hubSEOOur SEO agency in Dubai covers technical SEO, content, local search and AI search for UAE businesses in Arabic and English.Everything in this service
- Local SEO DubaiGoogle Business Profile, map results and location pages for Dubai searches.
- Technical SEOCrawling, indexing, rendering, schema and on-page structure, put right.
- AI SEOBeing found and cited in AI answers as well as in the classic results.
- Link buildingLinks earned through content, digital PR and partnerships, never bought.
- Conversion rate optimisationEarning more from the traffic you already have.
- Generative engine optimisationBeing the source an AI answer cites, and measuring whether you are.
- Answer engine optimisationWinning the direct answer, in AI assistants and in the box above the results.
- Affordable SEO DubaiAffordable SEO plans for Dubai businesses start with an audit. We rank each task by expected return and spend your budget where it can bring enquiries.
- November Core Update in DubaiYou are hereAfter Google's November core update, Adnika compares your Search Console data, separates the update from other causes and plans fixes for Dubai sites.
- Cheap SEO DubaiCheap SEO in Dubai from Adnika: on-page fixes and local content scoped to your budget. We skip spam backlinks and risky shortcuts. Ask for a plan today.
- Monthly SEO DubaiMonthly SEO from Adnika for Dubai businesses. Each month we fix technical issues, improve pages and earn links, then show you what moved and what's next.
- B2B SEO Agency DubaiB2B SEO agency in Dubai for companies with long sales cycles. Adnika builds search around decision-makers, in Arabic and English, and reports on pipeline.
- Ecommerce SEO DubaiEcommerce SEO in Dubai for online stores. Technical fixes, category and product pages, Arabic and English keywords, and links that build authority.
- Shopify SEO DubaiAdnika's Shopify SEO in Dubai fixes your code, cleans up duplicate pages and writes product and collection copy in Arabic and English for UAE buyers.
- On-Page SEO Services in Dubai, UAEOur on-page SEO services in Dubai fix titles, headings, copy, internal links and schema, page by page, in Arabic and English. Ask Adnika about your site.
Next step
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