SEO Newsletter #51: Google Helpful Content Update & So Much More!

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Updated: August 24, 2022.

Welcome to episode #51 of the SEOSLY newsletter. 

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Here are the champion SEO quality and SEO tips I person curated for you this week. There is truly a batch to speech about!

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Top SEO News & Articles

Here are the astir important quality from the satellite of SEO.

❗Google Helpful Content Update to rotation retired this week

Google has announced a caller large hunt ranking algorithm update named the adjuvant contented update – yes, Google named it that. This update volition commencement to rotation retired this week and volition people contented that is, um, not adjuvant to humans and people. Learn more.

❗The International Targeting Report has been deprecated

The International Targeting study has been deprecated, and volition beryllium removed from Search Console soon. We proceed to enactment hreflang and our recommendations for managing multilingual and multiregional sites inactive stand.

The International Targeting study has been deprecated, and volition beryllium removed from Search Console soon. We proceed to enactment hreflang and our recommendations for managing multilingual and multiregional sites inactive stand. https://t.co/yz4lsHhXhO

— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) August 24, 2022

❗Update to the Core Web Vitals Report successful Google Search Console

From contiguous we’ll commencement surfacing URL-level information successful the illustration URLs, and we’ve made immoderate textual changes to the study to marque it clearer.

We're improving the Core Web Vitals study 🎉 From contiguous we'll commencement surfacing URL-level information successful the illustration URLs, and we've made immoderate textual changes to the study to marque it clearer. Read much astir the Core Web Vitals study astatine https://t.co/fz0FD2uCH3 pic.twitter.com/7c12izliQr

— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) August 22, 2022

❗Olga & Dan Shure Talk SEO Mistakes

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Check these SEO guides!

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⚡ How to identify speedy SEO wins successful 3 casual steps

In this guide, I americium showing you however to look for speedy SEO wins for your website successful 3 steps (using SE Ranking).

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⚡ How to bash an SEO Audit (188+ Steps)

This is simply a complete SEO audit checklist that volition fto you execute an in-depth method SEO audit of immoderate website. I personally usage this checklist each clip I bash a method SEO audit. And I invitation you to usage it arsenic well! 

⚡ Top 100 SEO Mistakes I Identified In My Last 100 SEO Audits

Over the past 2 years, I’ve performed astir 100 audits and identified assorted SEO mistakes. In this list, I americium sharing with you the 99+ disfigured SEO mistakes I identified successful the past 100 SEO audits I person performed.

Check a caller occurrence of the Experts connected the Wire podcast wherever I had a pleasance to speech astir SEO mistakes with Dan Shure:

NEW Podcast Episode: The Top 10 Worst Tech SEO Mistakes w/@olgazarzeczna

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— Dan Shure (@dan_shure) August 23, 2022

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SEO Tips 

And present are the SEO tips for you.

☑️ #1 Google Search Cannot Interpret Your Poem

Do you constitute poems, originative texts, abstract thoughts, and the similar and are wondering however Google Search tin and volition fertile that benignant of content? Well, John Mueller of Google was asked astir that and helium said “Search engines don’t construe your poem.” From Barry Schwartz.

☑️ #2 Google: Just Because You Didn’t Write It, Doesn’t Mean Google Won’t Count It Against You

Google’s John Mueller explained that Google doesn’t truly attraction who wrote the contented connected your tract and saying idiosyncratic other wrote it and you did not constitute it won’t prevention you from ranking issues related to the prime of that third-party content. From Barry Schwartz.

☑️ #3 Google: Tons Of SEOs & Sites Produce Terrible Content Not Worth Indexing

Google’s John Mueller said connected Twitter that “lots of SEOs & sites nutrient unspeakable contented that’s not worthy indexing,” erstwhile idiosyncratic was complaining his contented was not indexed. “Just due to the fact that it exists doesn’t mean it’s utile to users,” helium added. From Barry Schwartz.

Well, tons of SEOs & sites (perhaps not you/yours!) nutrient unspeakable contented that's not worthy indexing. Just due to the fact that it exists doesn't mean it's utile to users.

— 🥔 johnmu (personal) updated for 2022 🥔 (@JohnMu) August 16, 2022

Other SEO News

And present are other, less-breaking SEO news.

❗Google Fixes Search Console Bug Labeling Pages As Indexed When Not Indexed

Google conscionable announced that it fixed a bug with Google Search Console that labeled pages arsenic being indexed erstwhile they were not indexed. Google said this bug “affected galore properties”. From Barry Schwartz.

Today we fixed a Search Console contented that affected galore properties: we were reporting pages that are not indexed arsenic being indexed. As a consequence, you mightiness spot a driblet successful your indexed pages successful the Index Coverage report.

— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) August 17, 2022

❗A canvass tally by Aleyda connected whether SEOs are acrophobic with the upcoming Helpful Content Update

It looks like, astatine slightest based connected that poll, astir of you won’t beryllium deleting your contented due to the fact that of this update.

Are you acrophobic from Google’s announced Helpful Content Update result successful your sites?

— Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦 (@aleyda) August 18, 2022

❗Full database of Google Search Operators

The full database of 50+ Google hunt operators to assistance you hunt much efficaciously and find precisely what you are looking for. By Olga Zarzeczna.

❗Google: No Rush To Switch Away From Dynamic Rendering

Google’s John Mueller says there’s nary SEO ranking bonus for power from dynamic rendering to server-side rendering. By Matt Southern (SEJ).

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SEO Resources You Don’t Want To Miss

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☝️ Google’s ‘Helpful Content Update’ to Devalue ‘Search-Engine First’ Content and Elevate Authentic, Expert Voices successful Search

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☝️ Agency to Agency: How to Find and Land Local SEO Clients

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☝️ Screaming Frog SEO Spider Update – Version 17.0

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☝️ 6 cardinal truths astir SEO

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Lidia Infante, Senior SEO Manager astatine Sanity.io, joins Loren Baker connected the SEJ Show to explicate however headless CMS works and however it tin beryllium peculiarly beneficial for ecommerce businesses.

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SEO Twitter Nuggests

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Google's Content Quality & Helpfulness Questions 🙋🏻‍♀️ – A Checklist with Questions to Ask successful English and Spanish: https://t.co/z3rZXt3feJ

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See you adjacent week!

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