1 day ago A major Google update starting Sept 14 aims to reduce unhelpful content. Sites across niches like recipes dropped. Real-world experience is now key. To recover, remove unhelpful content or improve it. Passionately create helpful, engaging …
11 days ago The post What changed with Google’s September 14, 2023 helpful content system update? appeared first on Marie Haynes.
21 days ago This video blew my mind. Google shared how they are taking an AI first approach across all their products, saying, "The old way is getting old." AI is “the most profound shift we will see …
21 days ago Google's documentation on the helpful content system does not give us specific instructions for recovery. Their article on this system hints in a couple of places that the key to removing a suppression at the …
22 days ago Starting in July, some sites are seeing an increase in canonical pages errors shown in Google Search Console, with Google choosing different canonical pages than the ones declared by the website. In most cases, Google's …
22 days ago Have you wondered how Google is able to detect and stop artificial link building schemes designed to unfairly manipulate search rankings? SpamBrain, one of Google's artificial intelligence systems, allows them to neutralize the impact of …
2 months ago The post Google’s Vision for Search in 2023 and Beyond – Analysis of the Q2 2023 Earnings Call appeared first on Marie Haynes.
2 months ago As of July 13, we can now use Images within Bard. It then integrates with Google Lens. I spent some time playing with it and here’s what it can and can’t do so far. Bard …
3 months ago The inner workings of Google's search algorithm remain shrouded in secrecy, yet one important piece of the ranking puzzle involves an army of over 16,000 contractors known as quality raters. Just what do these raters …
3 months ago The post Google’s Helpful Content & Other AI Systems May Be Impacting Your Site’s Visibility appeared first on Marie Haynes.
6 months ago Caution: This article contains a conversation with Bard in which we have no idea of knowing which parts are hallucinated. It is an interesting conversation, but should not be relied upon as truth. As Bard …
10 months ago Important to knowWhat's new with the December update of the HCUHow to recover from a December HCU hitHCU recovery stories (coming soon)How to hire professional help to assess your situationSubmit your site to help with …
1 year ago As I write this, we are patiently waiting for the helpful content update to do something. We have heard a few reports of very large and spammy sites possibly being hit, but overall, we …
1 year ago Current status: As of August 25, 2022 the update is live! On the morning of September 8, we are finally seeing some movement in the SERPS. We don't know yet whether this is connected to …
1 year ago There are many changes in the latest update to Google’s search quality evaluator guidelines. Google has given us much more information to understand whether the topics our sites cover are considered YMYL. In this article …
1 year ago In this article, we’ll share detailed thoughts to help you assess a drop in Google organic traffic and determine if it is possible to reverse these losses. This advice is based on over ten years …
1 year ago In this blog post, Marie discusses her thoughts on how the pros & cons and other SERP annotations can give users clues on creating great content! The post Pros & cons and other SERP annotations give …
1 year ago In this in-depth analysis, Marie discusses her findings and thoughts on the May 2022 core update following the completion of the rollout. The post Analysis of the May 2022 Google core update appeared first on Marie …
1 year ago A summary of the #LearnSEO Twitter chat where Marie shares her highlights from SMX advanced on how to use knowledge of semantic search to improve E-A-T. The post Using knowledge of semantic search to improve E-A-T …
1 year ago A summary of the #LearnSEO Twitter chat where Marie discusses the early effects of the Google May core update. The post Discussing the early effects of the Google May core update appeared first on Marie Haynes.
1 year ago In this post Marie investigates a possible Google algorithm update on May 16-18, 2022 (prior to the Google announcement) The post Investigating a possible Google algorithm update on May 16-18, 2022 appeared first on Marie Haynes.
1 year ago In this post Marie and Dana discuss Google Analytics 4 for SEOs who have little to no experience using it. The post Google Analytics 4 & organic traffic data: A quick discussion with Marie Haynes and …