We’re working on the Ranking Monitor
We’re switching to a new parsing system for the Ranking Monitor. The switch should be completed on Monday. New features, better performance With the new system, the Ranking Monitor will be able to parse...
Category: Technical Issues
Google: serving content by user-agent language is a bad idea
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller said that it was a bad idea to server content based on the user-agent language setting. Most desktop browsers have settings that allow you to check or change the...
Google’s John Mueller: it does not matter if your website is with or without www
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller said that you can use your website domain name with or without www. For Google, both versions are the same: Curious #seo question..what's preferred, a 'non www' url or...
Google’s John Mueller: the size of your CSS files doesn’t matter
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller confirmed that the size of a CSS file has no influence on the rankings of a website: The amount of CSS is usually no problem (<10's of MBs), for...
Do not get in trouble: check these four crucial website elements
When you do an SEO audit to validate the indexability of your web pages, you have to consider many technical items. Without an error-free website, it will be very difficult to get good visibility...
Google: it’s okay to use sticky footers on your website
A webmaster asked on Twitter if it was okay to use sticky footers. A sticky footer is a footer that sticks to the bottom of the browser’s viewport as you scroll. It usually contains...
Google: if it seems wrong, we will ignore the canonical tag
If you do not use the canonical tag correctly, your search engine rankings might drop. In a Google webmaster hangout, Google’s John Mueller said that Google will ignore the canonical tag if there is...
Flat or deep? How a solid website structure can help your search engine rankings.
The structure of a website is not a large factor in Google’s ranking algorithm. However, a solid website structure helps search engines to understand your website content and the relationships between the different pages...
Google: images on mobile pages should have alt text
In a Google webmaster hangout, Google’s John Mueller confirmed the importance of alternative image texts, especially for mobile pages. “Specifically around images in general – not specific to image links, but images in general...
Google: we recommend self-referencing canonical tags
The canonical tag helps webmaster to show Google the preferred URL of a web page. Some people only use the canonical tag when there are duplicate pages that show the same or similar content....
How the canonical tag can hurt your search engine rankings
Every website has pages that can be requested with different URLs. This can lead to duplicate content issues with search engines. Several things can lead to duplicate pages with different URLs: the HTTP and...
Google’s John Mueller: we might skip URLs that repeat the same path element many times
In an online discussion, a webmaster asked why his dynamic website was not indexed properly. Google’s John Mueller explained that Google might not index URLs that repeat the same path element multiple times: “The...
