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Key points and frequently answered questions for website owners and SEOs

Key points and frequently answered questions for website owners and SEOs

The last two months in Google Land have been one of the most volatile times in the search industry that I can remember. Google has published it Extensive core update in Augustthen a powerful, helpful content update in September, then this Extensive core update in Octoberand also jammed in one Spam update which overlapped with […]

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Google’s helpful content update (HCU) and the danger of low-quality user-generated AI content

Google’s helpful content update (HCU) and the danger of low-quality user-generated AI content

Including tips and recommendations to help website owners navigate the AI-UGC triple (detection, volume and speed of low-quality AI user-generated content).) The term “low-quality user-generated AI content” is a chatty term, but it is an important issue for website owners who allow UGC to be published on their websites. And I’ve encountered several difficult situations

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Analyzing the long-term impact of Google’s ratings updates and what this could mean for sites affected by the Helpful Content Update (HCU).

Analyzing the long-term impact of Google’s ratings updates and what this could mean for sites affected by the Helpful Content Update (HCU).

Google introduced this November 2023 review update on November 8, 2023 and announced that it will move to a more continuous rollout (so the November update will likely be the last review update announced). Unless significant changes are made to the system (e.g. expansion to additional languages ​​or other major changes). As a quick update:

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Highly visible and low quality (or unhelpful) – an extremely dangerous SEO combination

Highly visible and low quality (or unhelpful) – an extremely dangerous SEO combination

As I have helped companies that were heavily impacted by the Fall of Insane Algorithm Updates in 2023, I once again heard from several website owners who were at their peak traffic levels just before the disaster. I’ll share more about this soon, but it’s something I’ve seen for a long time. And now that

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How to use data-nosnippet to block the use of specific content in a Google search snippet (experiment)

How to use data-nosnippet to block the use of specific content in a Google search snippet (experiment)

For some reason, I’ve recently noticed an increase in the number of website owners contacting me because search snippets are popping up that they’re not happy with. For example, Google selects text for a search snippet that it simply doesn’t want to appear in search results. The site owners didn’t know if they had any

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How to find embedded YouTube videos that are unavailable or marked as private using Screaming Frog

How to find embedded YouTube videos that are unavailable or marked as private using Screaming Frog

There is nothing more frustrating than coming across articles that contain YouTube videos that have been removed for some reason. This is extremely frustrating for users and can be easy for website owners to miss (especially for large websites). And from an SEO perspective, fixing unavailable videos can avoid UX barriers and unhappy users. So

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Here’s how to find Google Notes for your site and what these notes can say about quality, UX, the ad experience, and more

Here’s how to find Google Notes for your site and what these notes can say about quality, UX, the ad experience, and more

Google published Notes as an experiment on November 15, 2023, which is essentially a global commenting system that can appear in search results, in Discover, and now while browsing a webpage via “SGE while browsing.” It allows anyone participating in the experiment to post a note for a specific URL and read notes from other

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There is still hope for the sites affected by HCU in September

There is still hope for the sites affected by HCU in September

Google’s Danny Sullivan and John Mueller both made comments on social media that give me hope that sites affected by September’s Helpful Content update still have a chance at some recovery with Google’s next core update have. Travel blogger Katie Café Travel has been working hard on improving their website and asked whether she should

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