

Search News You Can Use - SEO Podcast with Marie Haynes
Marie Haynes
Search News You Can Use is Marie Haynes' Weekly Podcast where she provides useful advice on Google Algorithm updates, tips and information to help you improve your website. During the podcast she breaks down the most interesting and important changes that have happened in SEO and the world of search!
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Jul 3, 2019 • 45min
Diversity Algorithm Update, Listener Q&A and More SEO News
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In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
June 29, 2019 algorithm update
More on the June 3 core update
More on the June 4 diversity update
More on the Daily Mail’s drop
Important info on robots.txt changes
New info from Google on how to tell if you’ve been moved to mobile first indexing
Wayback machine changes
Can using expired domains cause a penalty?
John Mueller on E-A-T
Q&A: Question about a business with multiple locations
Q&A: Question about medical authors and E-A-T
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Jun 26, 2019 • 37min
Tweaks to the June Algorithm Update and Much More SEO News
In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
-More discussion on the June 3 algo update
-Recent tweaks to the June 3 update - June 17-24
-Why did Mercola.com see drops?
-New GSC feature for testing code
-New odd knowledge panels
-Does a click on a SERP feature count as a click?
-Do nofollowed and disavowed links appear in GSC?
-Are manual actions manually reviewed?
-Company sued because of the content of their social media comments
-Sex crime SERPS return
-GMB short names
-GMB backlog
-GMB Q&A bug
-Q&A: Can you view competitors’ image search traffic?
-Q&A: What is the best way to learn SEO?
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Jun 19, 2019 • 35min
More On The June 3 Core Update And June 4 Diversity Update And More Search News You Can Use
In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
Extensive talk on the June 3 core update
The June 4 diversity update
Is it true you can’t recover from a core quality hit?
Google will be pre-announcing algo updates
Is FAQ schema bad for traffic?
New Google Posts feature
GMB “You’ve reached your maximum number of listings"
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Jun 12, 2019 • 27min
Google's Diversity Algorithm Update, thoughts on the June Algo Update and more SEO news
In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
June 3 core update news
June 4 diversity update
Google bug affecting AMP pages
90 days of data in Google discover
Do you need a valid security certificate for an https boost?
Will new subdomains be automatically mobile first indexed?
Should we be disavowing links on Bing?
More on Q&A auto suggest
Q&A: I disavowed 14K foreign language links and traffic improved. Why?
Q&A: Does a site with a manual action remain forever stained in Google’s eyes?
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Jun 6, 2019 • 45min
June 2019 Core Algorithm Update, SEO Trends and Listener Q&A
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
June 3, 2019 Core quality update
Possible odd local search update
Google confirms they are working on improving medical search results
Author E-A-T webinar
Can you see past manual actions for a site?
New desktop.mobile selector in Rich Results Test
New help from Google on HowTo schema implementation
Google testing page title length
AR and 3D images available in search
With indexing bug resolved, GSC coverage should be normal
How does Google handle a disavow file
Chrome now allows you to select geolocation
Q&A in GMB updated
GMB missing data May 30 and 31
Listener SEO Question: Should you put team members on your About page to improve E-A-T?
Listener SEO Question: Can I get a job in SEO when I’ve been out of the field for 2 years?
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May 29, 2019 • 31min
Favicon Controversy, Mobile First Indexing News, Plus More SEO Tips and Tricks
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
Algorithm updates: May 20-24, 2019
Algorithm updates: May 29, 2019
Author E-A-T Webinar
Mobile first indexing news
Favicons in SERPS
Google news indexing bug is resolved
Will the indexing issues cause a loss in data in GSC?
News on beta testing Google’s speed report
Adsense ads not displaying?
New video layout in SERPS
Be careful verifying in GSC with domain properties
301 vs 302 redirects
Should you create multiple websites?
Can featured snippets come from hidden content?
Brighton SEO talks available for streaming
Amp stories plugin for WordPress
LinkedIn hit by previous algorithm update
Favicons in the 3 pack
People also search for in the maps results
Is your GMB logo/cover photo not showing up?
GMB review suspension fixed now
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May 22, 2019 • 35min
Updates to the Quality Raters Guidelines, How Google's algorithms work and more SEO News
Marie discusses the latest SEO news including:
May 14, 2019 - possible mild algo update
Google News indexing bug (AGAIN)
Google’s QRG have updated - Here are Marie’s thoughts
Google’s cache is still buggy
No more referrals for Google images
Can you use howTo schema for recipes?
GSC may show 410s as 404s
Can an image on a no-indexed page get in the index?
New features in Moz Keyword Explorer
More on content behind tabs
Your ads may be breaking your
Google Posts may now be called Updates
GMB Insights does not include data from voice search
Local SEO guide has been updated
Interesting stuff on how Google’s algorithms work
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May 15, 2019 • 23min
Thoughts on Recent Google Bugs, Structured Data and More SEO News
In this latest episode:
Possible May 9 algo update
Is Google gearing up for an update?
New speed report coming
Structured data: FAQ and How-to
Top Stories news
High res image opt in
New Googlebot is live
Incognito mode in maps
Google podcasts
Should we rely on URL inspection tool or cached version?
Is a paid SSL certificate better?
Remove duplicates in Google sheets
Mail-chimp offering websites
Should you create a service area radius?
Top 5 suggestions for optimizing GMB
Generate Google ID’s
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May 8, 2019 • 45min
Googlebot using New Chrome, Algorithm Updates and Much More SEO News
In the latest episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
Algo Updates - Apr 27-May 1
Structured Data reports
Googlebot using latest version of Chromium
Google is going to index podcasts
EAT and Google News
Quick Lazy Loading
Chrome changes for non-secure sites
Disappearing manual actions
No relevant search results
Featured snippets showing more text
Are sitemaps important?
Manual action showed Reddit links
Cool SEO tip from Dan Sure
Reputation matters
Test re keyword placement in title tags
Subdomain quality is important
Importance of keywords in url structure
Is infinite scroll ok for news sites?
How far is Google with mobile first indexing?
Moz SEO certificate
Wix SEO contest
Possible GMB bug
Does hiding your address impact GMB rankings?
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May 1, 2019 • 34min
Possible Algorithm Updates, Google Indexing and Manual Action Bugs, Plus More SEO News
In this episode:
Possible small quality update
Yet another Google indexing bug
Did your manual action disappear? Looks like another Google bug
GSC reports back on track. Does this mean this April de-indexing bug is fixed? Perhaps not...
Google says they have no plans for moving the disavow tool to new GSC. Here are our thoughts!
Is Google cracking down on footer links?
Eric Schmidt stepping down from Google as CEO
Google using Q&A when they think they don’t have the right content in the SERPs
Does GSC count the links at the bottom of a result in the SERPs as an impression?
Interesting case where traffic and impressions spiked and then dropped again
Some guidance on when to use structured data
Curious how find out the age of someone’s content? Here’s a neat tip!
Annoyed by seeing “Your Site on Google” statistics?
You can opt out of featured snippets for a page...FYI, you do lose ALL display snippets when you do this!
Easily create PDFs from your Google Docs
What does Google think about two sites sharing the same checkout flow & site template?
Is Firefox blocking Google Analytics and other trackers?
Massive upgrade to Twitter Data Export
MozCon 2019 Community Speakers Announced
New Local feature: Auto suggested answers as you type in Q&A
Is it possible that Google is gearing up to start monetizing GMB?
Nearly fixed: GMB suspensions which were causing reviews to vanish
For agencies with smaller clients: Here’s a browser extension to opt out of Google Analytics tracking
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