In this episode Marie discusses the latest in SEO news, including: The current impact of COVID-19 on the SERPS Google can move to prefer authoritative sites in times of crisis Google shopping free for all merchants Google had another indexing issue - Apr 21 We’re seeing more YouTube videos in featured snippets Study: Does removing featured snippets result in less traffic? Do all of your hreflang attributes need to be correct in order for it to work properly? Does Google follow links from a 404 page Does Google always give out example links with a manual action? How BingBot works What do you do if you buy a domain with a pure spam penalty on it? Will Google delay mobile first indexing because of Coronavirus? Shopify seeing Black Friday levels of traffic every day. GMB reviews are coming back for some restaurants and shopping businesses GMB marketing kit Q&A: Is it best to have a smaller niche site, or a larger more comprehensive site? Submit a question for the next Q&A: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/ Subscribe to the newsletter: Mariehaynes.com/newsletter  Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

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