Search News You Can Use Podcast: Search Engine Optimization | Search Engine Marketing | Link Building

Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including: July 2019 algorithm updates Are online gaming sites YMYL? MHC and the Wix SEO contest View source on mobile Are robots.txt files case sensitive? Google sending notifications re noindex in robots.txt Youtube descriptions can be featured snippets Q&A: Disavowing Spammy or Negative SEO links Request a quote in GMB GMB attributes bug is fixed 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: July 2019 algorithm turbulence Maverick? Can you build up E-A-T with a pseudonym? MHC’s theory on the connection between E-A-T and PageRank When will mobile first indexing be done rolling out Review Gating Important news if you lost GMB reviews GMB Q&A is now fixed Q&A: Is a roundup post a good way to build E-A-T? Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Ask Marie a question for the next episode of the podcast: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses: Jul 1-2 and July 8-9, 2019 algorithm turbulence Did Overstock.com benefit from recent updates? New info from Google on brand authority Did Bing Discover get penalized by Google? SEO Tip: What to do with old content How to become part of Google’s knowledge graph How important is domain age as a ranking factor John Mueller on authorship and EAT SEO Chat Forums are gone What does it mean when your knowledge graph info is incorrect? GMB bug: reviews going missing GMB bug: suspensions happening. May be related to adding a short url. GMB bug: photo view stats missing Q&A: Can you see old messages when newly added to GSC? Q&A: Do you need to disavow for a site that does not have a manual action? Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter 
Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Ask Marie a question for the next episode of the podcast: www.mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ 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 Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter
Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

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? Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - twitter.com/Marie_Haynes Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://www.mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/

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" Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

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? Subscribe to the newsletter: https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - https://twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

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? Subscribe to the newsletter: https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - https://twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

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 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes

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 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes

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 Subscribe to the newsletter: Https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter Twitter: @Marie_Haynes

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? Subscribe to the newsletter: Https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter

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

In this week's episode: Algorithm Updates Google Announcements Official announcement of AMP real URL Google’s Daniel Waisberg talks enriching search results through structured data Google News indexing issues has been resolved AJAX/XHR calls have been added to Google’s list of things which will use up your crawl budget More images appearing in the SERPs Disavow Question: Backlink on Site A redirects to Site B. Which site should you disavow? Why robots.txt noindex is not officially used by Google Marie Kondo your URL parameters Tips from John about how to recover from quality updates Have you rebranded with a new site but you didn’t redirect? John Mueller weighs in Ex-Googler says Google tolerated non-search spam Suggested posts from Google My Business Short business names rolling out on GMB Google My Business suspensions are causing reviews to vanish JSON-LD Schema Generator For SEO Local Sponsorship finding tool Read the full newsletter at: https://Mariehaynes.com/newsletter

On the agenda this week: Algo updates: April 2-9, 2019 turbulence More on the GSC de-indexing bug GSC consolidating views Javascript coming to AMP: Amp-script Amp stories - dedicated section in search GSC to include AMP story traffic Ranking at position -1??? Site:query counts Interesting info on Blockquote Is HTML to text ratio important Interesting case: Google can’t render a site’s CSS Should we submit every new page to the index? Tip from Cyrus Shepard on images Vimeo videos now appearing in featured snippets? New algorithm updates are more granular than in the past Test showing Google is not using rel=prev/next Is Google really using Chrome 41 for rendering? New metric for Youtube rankings being tested GMB category bug Mark best answer on GMB

In this podcast episode, Marie covers: No Algorithm Updates Widespread Google deindexing Lazy loading by default in Chrome 75 New data in GSC for Android Apps Changes to AMP Story results Does a 301 redirect count as a backlink? Seeing more DuckDuckGo conversions? Bolded title tags? Schema v3.5 released Product catalogs in GMB How to report a fake, unverified GMB listing FTC fines robocalling companies

In this episode, Marie covers: Algorithm updates Canonical info in GSC More reports dropped from old GSC GMB help community Debugging Chrome for iOS New resource from Google for improving mobile experience Google+ is dead Robots.txt tip Should you delete your old properties in GSC? Folders vs parameters for paginated content If a link is not in GSC is it important? If you have both an m. and responsive version, what does Google prefer? Tip for redirected content How to address thin content A new search engine from Ahrefs? AMP for email Use translate in Google Sheets Local SEO: Where to get GMB help

In this week's episode we discuss: Algo updates - March turbulence Rel=prev/next How neural matching differs from RankBrain Code editing for AMP pages Google on Webspam Google premier partner frauds Expandable featured snippets Fetch as Google going away How to remove a sitemap from GSC Do you need schema for a featured snippet? How does Google treat duplicate content like that of laws and other legal content? How does Google evaluate quality? Mailchimp no longer works with Shopify Algo changes affecting Pinterest

Oops! I said at the beginning of the podcast that I’d talk about changes to use of rel=prev/next and subsequently forgot to talk about it. Stay tuned for more on that next week! In this week's episode we discuss: Mar 12, 2019 Core update Chrome lite pages Interesting info on url length We should avoid 500 error codes Good tips from Google on creating great product/category pages Be careful using iframes in the head Great tips for use of Javascript Local SEO: Guidelines for seasonal businesses updated Local SEO: How to add Q&A when it’s not currently offered for your client

In this episode Marie covers: Algorithm updates - Mar 12, 2019 - Big Core update Algorithm updates - Mar 6, 2019 GSC Sets shutting down Mar 28 How does Google determine dates? Mobile friendly test in lighthouse Mobile friendly tip Tip on internal linking and content consolidation robots.txt is case sensitive Tip for multi-lingual sites Ahrefs tip Google on whether they prefer HTML or PDFs Advice for image search optimization Tips for those using video content Confusion about how the Quality Raters work Confusion about the new Moz DA SEMRush glitch Google Assistant now making phone calls How to deal with reviews with no text