Google: we might not crawl large files so much
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you shouldn’t worry to much about crawl budgets as Google might not crawl large files so much anyway. I wouldn't worry about crawl budget in most cases,...
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All you need to know about Google’s January 2020 core update
Google announced the January 2020 core update this week. Google’s last core didn’t have a big impact on the search engine rankings of most websites. It might be that this update is bigger. Google...
Google: cookie banners are okay if they do not replace your content
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that cookie banners are fine as long as you do not replace the content of yourw eb pages with an insterstitial: Cookie banners are fine. The thing to...
How to identify thin content on your website
Web pages with thin content do not rank well on Google’s search result pages. How do you identify thin content pages on your website, and what should you do with that content? What is...
Google: it doesn’t matter how you set up separate mobile URLs (but you should avoid them)
Some days ago, Google’s John Mueller said that you should migrate from m-dot domains to responsive design. He added that it doesn’t matter if you separate mobile URLs with m.example.com subdomains, with other subdomains,...
Google: do not link to non-existent pages on your website
Google said on Twitter that they will remove pages from their index if the page URLs show a 404 HTTP status code. Google also said that you should remove any internal links to those...
Google: there’s no bonus for using a .com domain
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that there is no bonus for using a .com domain. For example, .club is a generic top-level domain just like .com for Google. .club is a generic top...
Google: third party comments on your website are primary content
Google’s John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout on YouTube that the comment section on your web pages counts as primary content. “We see [comments] as a part of the page so that’s something...
Google: two things you should know about robots.txt
Google’s John Mueller talked about robots.txt in a recent webmaster hangout. Here are two things that you should know about the robots.txt file on your website. 1. Your subdomains need their own robots.txt files...
Google: don’t hope, act
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you shouldn’t hope for a particular outcome when optimizing your website. You should give Google the clearest ranking signals that you can. My recommendation would be not...
Bingbot has turned evergreen
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has announced that they now use an evergreen user-agent: #Bing future user agent is here! This will get roll out to wider set of websites as #Bingbot has turned evergreen....
Technical SEO website audits made easy
Regular technical audits of your website are important. Servers can have problems, links can change, and there can be many other things that can have a negative impact on the search engine rankings of...