I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]

I’ll be spending the next few weeks looking at content that has been impacted by the March 2024 core update to try and understand more about this change in Google’s ranking systems that they call an evolution in how they assess the helpfulness of content. As part of my course and workbooks I am filming […]

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google called the March Core and spam updates “an evolution in how [they] identify the helpfulness of content.” (See below for my thoughts on […]

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates to understand what is happening or what direction to take. I know so many good, hardworking people who are struggling immensely right now […]

I thought I’d share some thoughts on why we may be seeing Reddit ranking for so many search queries. I think it's mostly related to the value that Reddit gives in training Gemini on how people talk. This tweet by Mordy Oberstein got me thinking. He searched for “What Reddit on the SERP means for […]

Marie Haynes. March 27, 2024. The helpful content system has changed. As of March 2024, it is no longer its own separate system, but now, helpfulness is determined primarily on the page level by Google's core systems. I spent some time reviewing Google's previous wording to help us understand this significance of what has changed. […]

Two articles were published this week that spoke of the frustration most of us who have worked in SEO have felt over the dominance of large brands for many search results. I’d like to share why I think Google has this problem, and why I think we will soon be seeing a change where more […]