Search News You Can Use - SEO Podcast with Marie Haynes

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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In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: The latest on the January 2020 core update January Featured Snippet changes Reconsideration requests are taking a long time URL removals are back in GSC Favicon changes in the SERPS Can a missing favicon be a sign of a core update hit? Google maps slows down page speed Can you use Javascript 301’s? Do links in PDFs pass PageRank? Potential dangers for people playing around with favicons Was Forbes penalized by Google? Do links in profiles help with ranking? Q&A: Should a blog be on a subdomain or a folder? 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: https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-116/ The latest on the January 13, 2020 Core update Many affiliate sites were hit by the January Core update Was spam deindexed with the January Core update? Important info for recipe sites Legacy mobile app properties for GA shutting down Changes to online shopping Changes to cookies Is structured data necessary in order to rank for recipe sites? A common reason for a disavow file to not upload - and how to fix it Discussion on whether widget links are unnatural Should you noindex tag pages? Is Google My Business insights data reliable? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: January 13, 2020 Core Algorithm update Chrome will still block push notifications Improvements to the rich results tester New features for Google Travel Is Google handing out more manual actions lately? Desktop results are going to look different soon What your headlines say about your content Interesting Disavow case study Link building inspired by Gwenyth Paltrow Will noindexing tag and search pages affect your rankings? What happens when you exploit a link building tactic Should you disavow links from sites that send no traffic? Pinterest Trends Google maps now showing “in between” businesses Google showing sentiment info in GMB reviews It can take several days for Bing local listings to update Q&A: I have old reciprocal links from mommy bloggers. Should I disavow? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: December 26, 2019 - possible minor algorithm update? Conclusion of the Wix SEO competition MHC now has a company Twitter handle Issues with the url parameter tool in GSC New Data Studio released Why do we sometimes see >2 results for one company on Page 1 now that we are supposed to have diversity? Reconsideration requests are taking longer than usual lately Linking in the Google Discover feed Users now commenting about live TV in the Google SERPS You always need text on a page You can mute individual GSC messages Is E-A-T important for eCommerce sites? Google Posts are glitched One reason why businesses cannot get verified on GMB New info from Google on using virtual offices Question about reciprocal linking and November 8 drop Info on how we are working on improving MHC as a company and growing Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: No obvious algorithm updates Interesting thoughts on changes to the Knowledge graph What’s happening in our Wix SEO competition BERT affects 10% of queries world wide How Google uses machine learning in search Google is using machine learning in Google News Site: not working in Google news Doorway page info Quotes from Aleyda Solis’ interview with the webmaster trends analysts Interesting reason for GMB reviews to disappear Win a free paid newsletter subscription! https://www.wixseolovers.com/post/wix-seo-contest-wrap-up Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
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