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Lesley Marchant

Lesley is a writer and editor who has written for industries like eCommerce, travel, publishing and digital marketing. A lover of language and storyteller at heart, she enjoys using compelling narratives that engage her readers, no matter the subject.

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SEO News You Can Use: Google’s Privacy Sandbox Initiatives Are Coming to Android

Feb 21, 2022 by Lesley Marchant

In the weird and not-so-wonderful world of big tech, privacy has been ...

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SEO News You Can Use: Google’s Revamped Partners Program Has Launched – With New Requirements

Feb 07, 2022 by Lesley Marchant

After two years of updates, postponements and feedback from unhappy ad...

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SEO News You Can Use: Semrush Has Acquired SEO Training Platform Backlinko

Jan 24, 2022 by Lesley Marchant

On Wednesday, popular SEO toolset provider Semrush made an announcemen...

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SEO News You Can Use: Facebook Is Scaling Back on Its Audience Targeting Options

Jan 10, 2022 by Lesley Marchant

Advertisers, take note: Facebook – er, Meta – will officially upda...

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SEO News You Can Use: Google’s Volatile December 2021 Product Reviews Update Is Complete

Dec 27, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

Back in April, Google launched a product reviews update designed to gi...

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SEO News You Can Use: Google To Replace First Input Delay With a New Core Web Vitals Metric

Dec 13, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

Could we soon be saying goodbye to First Input Delay (FID), Google’s...

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SEO News You Can Use: YouTube’s Search Insights Simplifies and Improves Keyword Research

Dec 06, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

YouTube is the second-largest search engine after its big brother, Goo...

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SEO News You Can Use: Google’s November 2021 Core Update Is Rolling Out

Nov 22, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

If you’re an SEO or site owner, 2021 has put you through the wringer...

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SEO News You Can Use: Google My Business Is Now ‘Google Business Profile’

Nov 08, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

Local SEO is having a moment, with more and more small businesses clai...

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SEO News You Can Use: SEOs Feel That Optimizing for Page Experience Wasn’t Worth It

Nov 01, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

When Google’s Page Experience update began rolling out in June, SEOs...

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SEO News You Can Use: Indented Search Results Take Over SERPs

Oct 25, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

If search engine results pages (SERPs) are looking a little different ...

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SEO News You Can Use: Continuous Scrolling Is Live on Mobile Search Results

Oct 18, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

Google is continuously improving the Search experience, but in more th...

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SEO News You Can Use: Outbound Links to High-Authority Sites Don’t Matter for SEO

Oct 11, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

Backlinks: Yes, we’re going back to basics. Evidently, there’s sti...

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SEO News You Can Use: A Google Search Redesign Using MUM Is in the Works

Oct 04, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

If you’re an SEO, you’re not alone in the feeling that magma is bu...

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SEO News You Can Use: A PageSpeed Insights Update Improves LCP Scores for WordPress Websites

Sep 27, 2021 by Lesley Marchant

A welcome update sees PageSpeed Insights using Lighthouse 8.4.0 – a ...

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