Somehow I had no episode for this week’s show. So I said, “as an SEO myself, what do I really want to know about right now that I can share with my listeners ?” The answer I kept coming to was “what happened at SMX Advanced that I need to know about for the SEO work I do?”
So today … an episode just recorded an hour ago, I invited Marie Haynes (the very first guest ever on Experts) to come back and share what she learned at SMX Advanced.
We covered a ton … including what user engagement really is to Google, mobile ranking factors, should you disavow links and more.
Enjoy 🙂
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Show Agenda & Timestamps
- Marie & Dan Reminiscing On Episode #1 [2:09]
- Marie Background [3:16]
- SMX Advanced Recap Begins [6:21]
- Buying Links [6:30]
- User Engagement as a Ranking Factor [14:16]
- Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) [28:00]
- Marie’s Newsletter Info [30:23]
- Mobile First [33:24]
- Chatbots [43:13]
- Penguin Update [46:49]
- Disavowing Links [49:40]
- The Fred Update [55:22]
- Traffic Drop Assessment [59:33]
- Newsletter & Twitter [1:06:28]
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People & Companies
June 27, 2017
Grace Adato
ok so the speed comment is the complete opposite of what I read. John was talking about mobile page speed not a factor but you’re saying the opposite. Now I’m thoroughly confused
June 27, 2017
Dan Shure
Hi Grace!
Sorry you’re confused! Do you mean John Mueller from Google said something about it contradicting what we said in the episode? If you can clarify I can help un-confuse things!
June 27, 2017
Marie Haynes
Hi Grace,
I can’t remember the exact words that we spoke about in the podcast, but I think I was talking about what will be happening in the upcoming mobile first index. When the mobile first index launches, according to Gary Illyes, the page speed of your mobile site will be a ranking factor.