Search News You Can Use - SEO Podcast with Marie Haynes

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June 24, 2020 Google Indexing Disqus Comments, HARO Links and More SEO News
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
Possible Google update June 23?
Google glitch with indexing Disqus comments
How To Schema producing rich results again
Why did this site see no uplift after building 109 links through HARO and other methods?
Could Google be selectively choosing which links to pass PageRank through?
How to verify if your site has been moved to mobile first indexing
What can happen if your site goes unverified in GSC for a while
Does the order of urls in your sitemap matter?
Tips for optimizing eCommerce category pages
You can track Web Core Vitals using Google Tag Manager
How to diagnose what is causing Largest Contentful Paint slowness
More on discovered - currently not indexed
Why would you see a surge in impressions but no change in clicks?
Possible reasons why you haven’t been moved to Google’s mobile first index
Does Google consider word count a ranking factor?
A tip for winning image rankings
Google is launching a Pinterest rival
Local SEO: New online appointments, care, classes and estimate in GMB
Local SEO: What are these square pins on the maps?
Q&A: Are dates in urls important? Should I change my urls?
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 138:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-138
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
53 min
June 17, 2020 Changes in Search Patterns, Getting Content Indexed and More SEO News
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
June 7-9 algorithm turbulence
Another hint from Google that might explain why you’re struggling to get content indexed
More from Google on the nofollow changes
Recent manual action removals at MHC
How to monitor performance of Recipe Structured Data
How-To schema testing appears to be over
Can rel=sponsored and rel=ugc be used for ranking purposes?
Are all links in guest posts unnatural?
Interesting case where two similar sites could not rank at the same time
Are old quality issues still seen by Google?
Can you still rank some pages of your website while under a manual action?
What does, “Indexed though blocked by robots.txt” mean?
How much of an impact can recipe structured data have?
Does Google use links from Youtube for ranking purposes?
SERP volatility for new sites
What do you do if suddenly a competitor creates thousands of spammy backlinks pointing to your site?
Is there still success in disavowing?
Many sites flagged by Google ads also did poorly with recent organic updates
Is Etsy giving poor link building advice to merchants?
Local SEO: Online appointments as a new attribute
Local SEO: Ownership info being pulled from Facebook?
Local SEO: How to flag user profiles for abuse
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 137:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-137
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59 min
June 10, 2020 Google's Webspam Report, A Possible Algorithm Update and Much More SEO News
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
A Possible algorithm update today?
What does it mean now that Prabhacker Raghavan is the new head of search at Google?
What we learned from the Google webspam report
Bing has a new backlink tool
Bing site scan
Google is now highlighting text on a page that was in the featured snippet you clicked - you can disable this apparently
Are homepages now eligible for rich results?
Should we be optimizing for user intent?
Is a link still a good link if it points to a 404 page?
Discussion on Google crawling RSS feeds
A tip for news sites managing the indexability of their content
Marie’s thoughts on SEMRush being called out for selling links
Google cutting down on Garage Door spam
Do keywords in your GMB Q&A impact ranking?
Q&A: A foreign site just linked 500 spammy backlinks to my images. Disavow?
Q&A: Should I hire a medical writer?
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 136:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-136
Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - https://Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
58 min
June 03, 2020 Marie interviews Google's John Mueller, Discussing Link Quality, Thin Content, E-A-T and Much More
In this special episode of Search News You Can Use, Marie Interviews Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, John Mueller!
Just prior to their conversation, Marie discusses some SEO new including:
- Core web vitals announced as a future ranking factor
https://www.mariehaynes.com/core-web-vitals/
- Was there a tweak to the Google core update?
In the full interview with Google’s John Mueller they dive into topics like link quality, content quality, thin content, manual actions, E-A-T and much more.
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 135:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-135
Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - https://Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
55 min
May 27, 2020 A Theory on Ranking After the May Core Update, Plus More SEO News and Q&A
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
The latest on the May core update
Have search results improved since the May core update? And an interesting theory that could help you rank really well.
**John Mueller is our guest next week!**
New podcast from Google Webmasters
Was there a Google update tool
Are robots.txt directives case sensitive?
Do unlinked brand citations help?
Marie’s thoughts on the SEMRush post on manual actions
SERP autocomplete research tip
How to remove “uploaded by” attribution in SERPS
A possible non-technical reason for pages to drop out of the index
Google can usually work around technical errors
Does linking to your GMB profile improve rankings?
Users can now suggest an edit to mark a business temporarily closed
Did your keywords switch to local intent?
GMB insights not working since May 18
New Structured Data visualizer tool
Q&A: Does the order of H tags matter?
Q&A: Are there benefits to getting links to author pages?
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 134:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-134
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
53 min
May 20, 2020 The Latest on the May 2020 Core Update and More SEO Q&A
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
The latest on the May 2020 core update
Exciting guest joining the MHC podcast soon!
Chrome to block resource heady ads
Support for Guided Recipes has arrived
Pages with minimal text can still rank well
Index selection is closely associated with space and content quality
Infinite scroll can cause indexing issues
Google on user generated content
How long does it take for Google to revisit a 410 page?
How many url parameters are too many?
How does Google handle a site with multiple meta descriptions or title tags?
Should you add a forum to your medical site?
Does Google use bounce rate to rank websites?
GSC performance report data is off from May 12 to 25th
Intermittent issues with GSC
Local SEO: some ranking fluctuations
Local SEO: You may be eligible to add secondary hours to GMB
Local SEO: Some reviews are returning to GMB
Local SEO: If you lost data in GMB, is that due to the core update?
Q&A: Any advice for those who want to start a website as a side project?
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 133:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-133/
Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
56 min
May 13, 2020 Early Thoughts on the May Core Update and Much More SEO News
In this episode of the Search News You Can Use Podcast, Marie Haynes discusses:
MHC’s early analysis of the May 2020 Core update
New - Rising Retail Categories by Google
Google is displaying date and creator of Youtube videos rather than the article itself
Robots.txt is always obeyed by Google
Updating your title tag to the current year is not enough
Geotargeting does not restrict a site to only be shown in that region
Being on the first page is a sign you’re doing things well
Slow declines over time may mean that your website is becoming less relevant
Negative SEO is not the reason Google created the disavow tool
Google almost never indexes all content
There is no special tool or technique that will alert Google of your canonical changes
Hyphens vs underscores in urls: a test
GSC lags are not related to core updates
What likely happened with LinkedIn dropping out of the index
Local SEO: Possible update
Local SEO: What you should know about Covid-19 Google posts
Local SEO: Reviews are coming back
Local SEO: Be careful before marking your business as closed
This episode corresponds with newsletter episode 132:
https://courses.mariehaynes.com/search-news-you-can-use/episode-132/
Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes
56 min
May 06, 2020 May 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update and More SEO News
In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including:
Early thoughts on the May 2020 core update
How to stay up to date on algorithm changes
How to determine whether your traffic changed due to an update or Coronavirus
Web Vitals from Google
GSC now supports Special Announcement structured data
Gary Illyes on the importance of page speed
Does old, out of date content bring down Google’s perception of quality for your site?
Don’t resubmit a second reconsideration request if you have one still pending
How long does it take for Google to deindex pages if your site goes down?
Should you use emojis in your snippets?
Interesting info about Google looking at the intent of a query
Does the location of a link on the page change its value?
Can you get a search box in the SERPS by adding schema?
Do non-canonical versions of pages eat up crawl budget?
Why your articles may get deindexed
Let’s talk about Backlinko’s ranking study
Google has slashed its marketing budget
AMP stories are now web stories
Possible serious issue with Yoast
Local SEO: Possible update? Connected to the core update?
Local SEO: Form for GMB name spam
Local SEO: March reviews are beginning to surface in GMB dashboards
Q&A: Should I use expired domains to help rank my website?
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1 hr 4 min
April 29, 2020 Content Silios, How-to Schema and Much More SEO News
In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including:
No significant algorithm updates this week (but many changes due to covid-19)
GSC adds copy to clipboard button
New how-to schema appearing in SERPS
Should you link internally across topic silos
Tips for using Google trends
Http images could be harming your site
Can non-owners submit indexing requests in GSC?
Using html and CSS to show different images in dark mode
Can hrefllang help you rank better?
Missing GSC data again - what impact are we seeing at MHC?
Cloudflare more fully integrated with Shopify now
Moz released their guide to keyword research for free
Some local SEO ranking flux
Q&A returning to knowledge panels
Q&A: Why is this page outranking mine?
Podcast Featuring our team member, Callum Scott - https://bytraject.com/blog/covid-19-search-engine-shifts/
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46 min
April 22, 2020 SERP Changes in Times of Crisis, E-A-T Webinar and More SEO News
In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including:
The current impact of COVID-19 on the SERPS
Google can move to prefer authoritative sites in times of crisis
Google shopping free for all merchants
Google had another indexing issue - Apr 21
We’re seeing more YouTube videos in featured snippets
Study: Does removing featured snippets result in less traffic?
Do all of your hreflang attributes need to be correct in order for it to work properly?
Does Google follow links from a 404 page
Does Google always give out example links with a manual action?
How BingBot works
What do you do if you buy a domain with a pure spam penalty on it?
Will Google delay mobile first indexing because of Coronavirus?
Shopify seeing Black Friday levels of traffic every day.
GMB reviews are coming back for some restaurants and shopping businesses
GMB marketing kit
Q&A: Is it best to have a smaller niche site, or a larger more comprehensive site?
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37 min

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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…