In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: In depth look at how Coronavirus is continuing to affect search patterns Will Google stop pushing core updates during this crisis? New ways to highlight COVID-19 announcements in Google Search Google is temporarily rolling back same site cookie labelling Some SERPS have featured snippets lower down on the page now Google is testing review star placement and colour More discussion on whether content behind tabs is given less weight Should your most popular pages be linked to from your navigation? Does old school link building hold any merit? More on Amazon suspending affiliate programs Google no longer tracks the number of total indexed pages on the web Foundem vs Google lawsuit reveals info about Panda Critical vulnerabilities with the Rank Math WordPress plugin Local SEO: How to remove the COVID-19 warning on your GMB listing Local SEO: Some review responses are appearing now Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: Possible Google update March 23, 2020 (and maybe March 27?) Weekly poll - how is Coronavirus impacting your search traffic? Are you seeing a drop in leads due to Covid-19? How to pause your business online in Google Search New info from Google for health sites re Covid-19 content Update on Chrome release timeline New GSC features Interesting case of a site hurt by odd robots.txt issue Google may be using author vectors to determine who wrote your content If your site is down, how long will it take for rankings to be impacted What to do with domain names you are not going to renew Amazon asking affiliates in India not to send them traffic Local SEO: GMB dashboard has a temporarily closed button Local SEO: GMB has new categories for takeout and delivery Local SEO: GMB reviews are apparently in a queue Q&A: Why is this site with low E-A-T ranking above me? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: The current impact of the Coronavirus on SEO Examples of businesses that are adapting in this hard time Chrome 81 is delayed Insecure images now blocked by Chrome New Google resource for Covid-19 Right sided featured snippets have mostly all been moved Important info for sites using urls with anchor fragments Hosting companies may have issues in this hard time New guide from Youtube about hosting virtual events How manual actions are handled Reasons for your AMP carousels to not rank Will Google hide search results that require a paywall to read? New schema recognized by Bing in pandemic times Will the internet go offline in these hard times? Local SEO: GMB reviews, responses and Q&A halted Local SEO: Issues with Google posts Local SEO: Event Canceled schema may not work Some tips on how SEO companies and agencies are coping with working from home Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: Possible small update March 10, 2020 Discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, SEO companies and more Bing may be pushing out more algorithm updates lately GMB and Google Ads support may be unavailable for a while New schema for COVID-19 info sharing Increase to AMP CSS limit Youtube video review is all machine learning for now If have multiple product variations, should you create pages for each? Does Google hate affiliate sites? You can filter and sort Google sheets by colour now Reddit is using rel=ugc nofollow for outbound links Project verily’s COVID-19 triage tool is in testing Should you mark your business as temporarily closed in GMB? Google using Duplex to call business owners for updates Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: Do you need an SSL certificate on a site that you are going to redirect? Coronavirus is likely affecting your site’s traffic March 3-7 possible Google update Mobile first indexing soon to be rolled out to 100% of websites Google assistant can now read articles aloud on your browser More “in this video” in the SERPS PDFs in mobile SERPS Training info from Google re sitemaps How does Google process hreflang? How does Google use H tags? Google analytics bug causing people to not be able to switch accounts Don’t index your search pages Several WordPress plugins are having issues Google is recommending we do free site audits??? Local SEO: Update your GMB profile if Coronavirus affects your hours Local SEO: Possible update? Local SEO: News for auto dealers Local SEO: Changes to event visibility Local SEO: Does Google really manually review images for GMB? Q&A: Does Google crawl your robots.txt file first before your site? Q&A: Should you noindex forum profile pages? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: More on the February algo turbulence Google’s new nofollow changes are live People are still having trouble getting new content indexed Google planning to switch all sites to Mobile First Indexing soon New tips from Google on best practices for News coverage Free access to Google’s advanced Hangouts Meet video conferencing New Youtube Liaison New icons on Google images Has there been an increase in manual actions for outbound unnatural links? Google has updated their FAQ guidelines Googlebot will not click a “load more” button Google has a new course on technical writing How to contact Bing re ranking issues Q&A: Is it against Google’s Guidelines to own 3 websites in the same niche? Q&A: Why aren’t these pages getting indexed? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: Continuing ranking shifts throughout February Is Coronavirus interfering with your client’s traffic patterns? You can now export more data from GSC New options for displaying licensing badging on Google Images Great content idea - X vs Y How to increase your odds of getting a featured snippet Can you see Discover traffic in Google Analytics? Are H1 tags necessary for ranking? How does Google use E-A-T? Ahrefs keyword data is a little different now New Bing Webmaster Tools Safari no longer accepts https certificates valid for more than 398 days Can posting fresh images on your GMB listing boost rankings? More discussion on using keywords in your GMB description A tip for guest posting Quick title tag tip Q&A - Is it ok to use the same testimonials on every page? Q&A - Should I nofollow links to authoritative but non-relevant sites? Q&A - Does Google use BBB ratings? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: The latest on the February 7-14(ish) Google update Local Search update February 14-18 Nofollow changes go live soon Changes made to the GSC change of address tool Interesting observation about E-A-T and knowledge graphs How long does it take Google to process your disavow file Internal linking advice More on affiliate link disclosure You can now add more images to Google posts Google changed their advice on adding keywords to your GMB description Q&A: Why is this site getting more than 2 organic listings for this search? Q&A: Why does GSC show me ranking at #7 and SEMRush at #31? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: If you have two noindex tags on a page, which one will Google honour? Early thoughts on the February 7 Google update - it’s a big one! More discussion on the issue where pages are dropping out of the index New GSC report for review snippets Interesting comments from Gary Illyes on the future of nofollow Chrome to block intrusive ads Aug 2020 Google mistakenly issued GSC verification notices for sites verifying with GTM Problem with GMB images Many LA law firms being reported as permanently closed Don’t list urls or phone numbers in GMB Q&A Interesting point about the featured snippet algorithm Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: Possible minor updates on January 27 and February 3, 2020 Is Google dealing with low quality content even before it gets indexed? More info from Google on the use of affiliate links Is Google suppressing sites that give potentially harmful information about coronavirus GTM verification in GSC is fixed Right sided featured snippets no longer deduplicated If you lose a featured snippet, you’ll likely lose voice queries How long does it take for Google to index site changes? What does the closure of Jumpshot mean for SEOs? SEO is listed as the hardest skill for marketers Part three of our E-A-T webinar is coming up soon! Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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