In this episode, Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: November 3, 2019 - possible quality tweak The most recent BERT info that is important to SEOs Summary of Dawn Anderson’s post on BERT - What SEOs need to know https://searchengineland.com/a-deep-dive-into-bert-how-bert-launched-a-rocket-into-natural-language-understanding-324522 Does Google have a BERT score? Does Google use Bert to understand pages? Site Kit by Google available for all WordPress users The new speed report in GSC - is it accurate? What Fitbit being acquired by Google could mean for SEO Highlights from the Google Webmaster Conference Controversy over how Google parses robots.txt Rich snippets bug affecting recipe sites You need to be https to appear for voice searches Can Google overwrite your phone number? CPU consumption of JavaScript can affect indexing Bing is going to hand out more penalties Should rankings change after you are moved to mobile first indexing? Can getting too many links too fast hurt? Can spammy links hurt a site’s ability to rank? Your GSC numbers could be off Google now showing short names in GMB 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: October 21, 2019 update - is it connected to BERT? Examine’s partial recovery What you need to know on BERT What are the effects of losing rich result enhanced searches? Is Google still pushing more image thumbnails on desktop? Youtube’s “in this video” timestamps are appearing now Google chooses the timestamps for your pages New FTC ruling: selling followers/likes is now illegal How many SEOs have purchased links in the last 5 years? Microsoft no longer supporting flash Google maps bug can affect sites using tracking parameters Q&A: how to identify what content is thin? Q&A: how impactful is url structure on rankings? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

It's been 2 weeks since the last podcast, so there is lots to discuss in the episode. This week Marie covers: -Many tips Marie learned at Pubcon Vegas and SearchLove Boston -New user strings used by Googlebot -New change of address tool in GSC -Poss small Google update October 14-19, 2019 -Indexing issues October 16, 2019 -Structured data for Google Assistant -Tips for winning featured snippets -Is content behind tabs still being devalued? -How to tell if your Google Analytics data is being sampled -How valuable is your About page content? -How to find competitors’ GMB categories -Tip for ranking better on Apple maps -Complete overview of Gary Illyes’ Pubcon Q&A along with Marie’s thoughts, including a lot about E-A-T, the QRG, content accuracy, medical consensus and more. Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: September 24-30 (approx) core quality update Was there a local component to the core quality update? Did the Daily Mail recover from their June 3 hit? Google fixed an error causing people to get breadcrumb validation problems Can Google read text in images? Does your agency publish its address? More snippet control for webmasters Are we seeing a reduction in review stars since the rich snippet update? Changes to Yoast for snippet control Boris Johnson’s smart SEO moves You can now remove the “order online” button for restaurants in the knowledge panel SEO Q&A: Why are sites with unnatural links outranking me? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: Algorithm updates - September 24-27, 2019 (approx) core update announced September 17, 2019 - Probably a quality tweak Aug 22-29, and September 13 - probable link related update The latest on Starmageddon Fresher data in GSC New snippets to use New info in GSC on breadcrumbs Changes for European press publications Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: Possible quality updates September 9 and September 13, 2019 The leased Subdomain update is likely live Changes to review star schema to prevent “self serving” reviews being marked up Bing’s stance on rel=sponsored and rel=ugc Changes to page title length? Should you now be nofollowing disavowed links? Great disavow case study Should you disavow spammy image stealing sites? New lazy loading WP plugin Tip for ranking well in a nearby city (well, sort of) Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

In this episode Marie hosted a live version of the Podcast for our 100th episode: Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXna5NGvwuM

Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: Aug 22-29 - possibly a big link related update 100th episode is coming soon - free paid version for everyone, contest and live podcast next week Auto DNS verification with Google Reminder - no index no longer supported in robots.txt Analytics for AMP stories How to check GSC to see if you have been moved to Mobile First Indexing Google can still crawl with Googlebot for Desktop after being moved to MFI When will the robots.txt tools be available in new GSC? Update on Dejan SEO manual action GSC not consolidating m. Data properly GMB removing distance based service areas Google displaying competitor ads on local business profiles Import GMB listing directly into Bing Places Url inspection bookmarklet Marie's Interview with Barry Schwartz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHfAsLTxD4 Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

In this episode, Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: Algo update: Aug 19-21 - small tweak Algo update affecting coupon sites Can you remove a manual action by disavowing alone? More from https://WixSEOLovers.com Changes to GSC API Test of Featured Snippet Anchors Difference between Mobile First Indexing and Mobile Friendliness Do affiliate links need to be nofollowed? Can structured data manual actions be caused by invalid markup? The Dejan SEO unnatural link penalty It’s now easier to reply to reviews on GMB Google Screened vs. Google Guaranteed Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

In this episode, Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: Aug 12 and 18 algo tweaks Leaked documents from Google give us some info on what’s going on with core updates More on scientific consensus in search What we’re doing to win the Wix SEO Competition (https://wixseolovers.com) Changes to AMP share buttons More indexing issues Googlebot has caught up to Chrome 76 College information appearing in the SERPS Detailed advice on when to nofollow a link Do rankings go up when you win FAQ snippets? New from Google: warning about ranking via subdomains Should you be concerned about foreign language links pointing to your site? More from Google on displaying author info on your site Do pages marked in GSC as discovered not indexed hurt crawl budget? Google Go is live Tips for improving your about page Q&A: How to display scientific references Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes