GEO is a distraction
AI is absolutely rewriting how the internet works, but optimizing for LLM visibility misses where the actual ROI exists as the web morphs from a place to find information to the agentic web. Have you…
Marie Haynes
Algorithm update analysis, quality signals and E-E-A-T. We follow it in Specialist Blogs. Our archive holds 14 of its stories, collected since 29 August 2026; on recent form it publishes about monthly.
Oct 21, 2026
Last post
About monthly
How often it publishes
14
Stories in our archive
50%
Rated medium or high impact
| Website | www.mariehaynes.com |
|---|---|
| Section here | Specialist Blogs |
| Publishes | About monthly · its 10 most recent posts span 145 days |
| Algorithm updates | 1 of its archived stories were flagged as ranking-update coverage |
| Original feed | RSS / Atom → |
| Follow just this source | Our filtered feed · in the stream · search its headlines |
What it writes about
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Latest from Marie Haynes
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It’s possible your migration issues may be due to site quality
There have been a number of reports recently of sites struggling to be properly indexed following a site migration. I have consulted with a few sites on this issue and have developed a theory. Please…
Google changed their helpful content guidelines to emphasize good “Main Content”
Google recently made substantial updates to my favorite piece of search documentation: Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content. For years, this has been my favourite Google documentation…
How I Built an MCP Server for agents to use my Algo Update list
I turned my 15-year archive of Google algorithm updates into an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at algo.mariehaynes.com. Here is how it was built, the architecture behind it, and how you…
The future of Search & AI: What I learned from Google’s latest earnings call
Google shared some interesting information about the future of Search and AI in their most recent earnings call. While many are focusing on the first negative cash flow since their IPO 20 years ago,…
Why your pages are stuck in crawled-currently not indexed. And what to do about it.
I have had a number of site owners reach out to ask for help with indexing issues lately. In most cases, I am finding that Google has classified their pages as “crawled-not currently indexed” in the…
Build an OKF brain like mine!
Standardizing knowledge for the future of AI agents My last piece on Google’s Open Knowledge Format (OKF) was one of the most popular I’ve ever published. Since then, I have been heads down working…
The Open Knowledge Format (OKF) from Google is a new layer for agents
Google just published documentation on what they're calling the Open Knowledge Format (OKF). It represents a standardized way for agents to access knowledge via very simple directories of Markdown…
GSC’s new AI Overview reporting – How can we use this information?
Tracking your performance in Google’s AI Overviews & AI Mode Google is giving us brand new information within our Google Search Consoles to tell us how our content is being used in AI Overviews, AI…
How to use the new Lighthouse Report to see if your website is agent ready
Google just shared more information to help us get our websites ready for agents. There is a new report from Lighthouse which anybody can run. You do not need external software to run it. You can do…
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