Google recently rolled out its August 2024 Core Update. And it’s driving everyone crazy.  People (and this includes the place I work at) have been seeing a significant increase in their traffic. A lot of people have also seen their traffic go down (running theory is that this is a crackdown against AI-generated content and we all know how I feel about that). And I am happy to report that I’m one of the “small, independent” websites Google wanted to promote in this update. Check this out: Side note: I’ve seen a similar hike around this time at work too.  Now, I haven’t done anything. This traffic has come out…