Understanding Google updates, effectively using Google Search Console, and getting the most out of ads on a food blog with Casey Markee from Media Wyse.

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Welcome to episode 327 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Casey Markee, our FBP SEO Expert, about understanding the Google algorithm.

Understanding the Google Algorithm

We’re so excited to welcome Food Blogger Pro expert Casey Markee back to the podcast today!

As our resident SEO wizard, he has helped countless FBP members out by answering their toughest SEO questions over the years. And at his company Media Wyse, Casey handles site audits for algorithm and rank issues, spammy structured markup actions, unnatural link issues for food blogs, and more.

In this episode, he’s chatting with Bjork all about what food bloggers need to know about the Google algorithm. You’ll hear Casey’s insights on how to understand Google updates, how to effectively use Google Search Console, how to get the most out of your ads, and more.

If you’re looking to increase your traffic, or you’re just curious and want to learn more about the Google algorithm, we know you’ll enjoy this interview!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Casey got into the food blogging SEO space
What Google’s Webmaster Guidelines are
What Google Patents are
How he learns about updates to the Google algorithm
How updates to the algorithm help publishers
What core updates are
Why a recipe card can only be used for one individual recipe
What manual actions are
Why it’s so important to use Google Search Console
What makes warnings and errors different
How to analyze and understand traffic drops
How the pandemic has affected traffic for food bloggers
Why he thinks you shouldn’t put recipes in your recipe cards
His advice for running ads on a food blog
What teaser text is on food blogs

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