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Hi! In this episode of Marie's thoughts, which, if you've missed it, is the new name for the paid subscriber content, I've shared my advice for improving for a site that was strongly impacted by the March Core Update. I'll share how we have decided to work on better understanding and meeting user...

Hi everyone, I put together a blog post on the latest changes as this update rolls out. Some seem significant to me. https://www.mariehaynes.com/sep-14-helpful-content-system-update/​ Here's Claude's summary of my article: Google now factors in helpfulness of content on subdomains when...

Hello Reader, Just as we're learning about the changes the August Core Update ushered in, Google has released a new update to the helpful content system. Here's what I've noticed has changed in Google's helpful content documentation: They've changed the opening paragraph to say, "content written...

Search News You Can Use. Ep. 303 View online​ Hello everyone! Hope you like this new version of newsletter. Instead of reporting on everything that’s happening in SEO, I’ve covered the bits I found most interesting and important for the industry to know. It’s still a lot! I’ve shared below about...

I'm making some big changes to newsletter! Let me tell you why. I've been writing a lot lately about producing content that meets the needs of your audience and adds original, insightful information to the body of knowledge that's on the web already. It made me think about my own writing. I love...

Hello Reader, I was so tempted to make this week's episode redirect somewhere else. Episode 301 already! After months of waiting, we finally have another core update. So far, we have not seen much movement, but it is early. In this episode I’ve shared what we are seeing so far as well as answered...

Finally, Google announced a new core update - the August 2023 core update. The last core update we had was March. A few things to know: Core updates represent Google introducing changes to their systems to better determine which content is likely to be relevant and helpful. It is not a penalty....

Hello Reader, This was an interesting episode to write. We have to be due for a significant Google update soon. There’s a new AI feature from Google: SGE while browsing will show SGE results in a sidebar in Chrome. There are some strange ranking and traffic changes August 8, 2023, perhaps...