It couldn't be more timely! Michel Fortin, long time SEO professional, has recently written a fantastic article regarding "user-first" SEO principles, a concept that he has been championing for sometime. The article came out just weeks before the Google Helpful Content Update algorithm change that came in August of 2022. This is exactly where Google is telling us where to go with the user and Michel is the coach to help us along the way.

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[00:05:44] Michel's User-First SEO Focus Couldn't Be More Timely!

[00:08:15] Google Wants to Take Itself Out of the Picture

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Michel's recent article:

https://www.wix.com/seo/learn/resource/user-first-seo

Google's recent update announcement:

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update