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How To Build A Diverse & Healthy Link Profile
This detailed guide reveals how to build and maintain a diverse backlink profile to boost your website’s search performance.
Google Answers Question About Toxic Link Sabotage
Google’s Gary Illyes responded to a question about concerns over toxic link sabotage
Google On Traffic Diversity As A Ranking Factor
Despite being clear in his original statement recommending diversifying traffic sources, someone still asked SearchLiaison if traffic diversity is a ranking factor
What Is Schema Markup & Why Is It Important For SEO?
Discover how schema markup can improve your website’s performance in search results. Use variants schema to highlight product variations and provide context to search engines.
Google: Should H1 & Title Tags Match?
Should H1 and title tags match? This is what Google recommends
When Is Duplicate Content Acceptable For Local SEO? Google Explains
Google’s John Mueller clarified that localized duplicate content across regional websites is acceptable. Unique content is still recommended for specific page types.
Google’s Response to Affiliate Link Heavy Content
Google’s John Mueller answers if having a lot of affiliate links on a web page can negatively impact rankings
Google’s Stance On AI Translations & Content Drafting Tools
For SEO, Google’s John Mueller says to evaluate AI-translation quality, get third-party feedback on AI-assisted content.
Is Google Broken Or Are Googlers Right That It’s Working Fine?
How to make sense of what Google is saying about updates, fixing an algorithm that’s not “broken” and turning that into better rankings
Why Now’s The Time To Adopt Schema Markup
Harness Schema Markup to create a content knowledge graph. Explore the reasons behind adopting structured data and its benefits in the age of generative AI.
Google Warns Of Quirk In Some Hreflang Implementations
Google identifies a quirk in some hreflang implementations and updates documentation to make it more widely known
Want More Clicks? Use Simple Headlines, Study Advises
New study shows simpler headlines with common words can increase reader clicks and engagement.
Google Search Console Complete Guide For SEO
Get started with Google Search Console and take control of your website’s performance in the search results. Boost rankings and fix issues with ease.
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David Vs. Goliath [Part 2]: Algorithm Updates Have Become The Biggest Risk In SEO
Gain insights into algorithm updates and their effects on Google search rankings for different industries in this latest analysis.
Google Quietly Ends Covid-Era Rich Results
Google discontinues support for rich results associated with Covid-era livestreamed events, classes and pre-recorded videos
Google’s Structured Data Update May Boost Merchant Sales
Google revised their structured data guidelines to enhance brand panels in a way that may improve merchant search traffic and sales
6 Local SEO Full-Guides That Help You Rank For Your Business Type
The Local SEO guides you need to expand your local presence and visibility, all in one place.
Google’s Gary Illyes: Lastmod Signal Is Binary
Google’s Gary Illyes reveals lastmod signal treatment is binary – trusted completely or ignored.
Google Reminds Websites To Use Robots.txt To Block Action URLs
Google’s Gary Illyes recommends using robots.txt to block crawlers from “add to cart” URLs, preventing wasted server resources.
Something Weird Is Going On In Google’s SERPs
Why is Google ranking a hyphenated domain name site for “SEO” related keywords it’s clearly not relevant for?
Google Ranking Systems & Signals: How To Adapt Your SEO Strategy In 2024 & Beyond
Confused by recent Google updates? Download our latest Google Ranking ebook and learn valuable insights and tips from 11 SEO experts.
Google’s Statement About CTR And HCU
Google’s Search Liaison responds to the idea of CTR for ranking and to suggestions of connections with the HCU
Apple’s AI Push: ChatGPT For Everyone, But At What Cost?
Apple unveils ChatGPT integration, sparking concerns about search, discoverability, and closed ecosystems.
Google Gives Merchants New Insights Into Shopping Search Performance
Google’s Search Console now provides ecommerce sites data on product listing performance across Google’s shopping surfaces.
Google Responds: Is Desktop SEO Still Necessary?
Google’s John Mueller answers question if it’s now okay to stop optimizing for desktop version of website
Google: Can 10 Pages Impact Sitewide Rankings?
Google’s John Mueller answers whether a May 2024 ranking drop was caused by ten problematic webpages
Google Quietly Fixed Site Names In Search Results
Google fixed a longstanding issue with site names not showing correctly in the search results when inner pages were ranked
Google On How It Manages Disclosure Of Search Incidents
Google reveals the internal decision-making process for public disclosing incidents that affect search, crawling and indexing
Google Case Study Shows Importance Of Structured Data
Google published a case study showing how adding structured data and improving crawlability nearly doubled the amount of clicks to the site
Rand Fishkin At MozCon: Rethinking Strategies Amid Google API “Leak”
At MozCon, Rand Fishkin shared recommendations based on purported Google leaks, sparking skepticism and debate.