Google: be consistent in URL versions
John Mueller said that you should be consistent in the URL version on your website. If the URLs on your website work with and without a slash, you should use only one version. The...
Category: Technical Issues
Google: more crawling doesn’t mean better ranking
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that your web pages do not get better rankings if they are crawled more often by Google. A webmaster wanted to know if Google changed crawling behavior if...
Google going to stop support for many robots.txt commands
Google’s Gary Illyes announced in Google’s official blog that Google is going to drop support for crawl-delay, noindex and nofollow in robots.txt files. “In particular, we focused on rules unsupported by the internet draft,...
Google: we don’t support HTTP pipelining
Google’s Gary Illyes said on Twitter that Google does not support HTTP pipelining. HTTP pipelining is a technique in which multiple HTTP requests are sent on a single TCP (transmission control protocol) connection without...
Google: better start with few and strong pages on your website
In a webmaster hangout on YouTube, Google’s John Mueller said that it’s usually better to start your website with few and strong pages. After that, you can start to create niche pages. According to...
Google: your website can rank for text in img alt attributes
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller confirmed that a website can be ranked for words that are used in the img alt attributes of the web pages. Pages can rank in websearch for content that's...
Google: web page titles and links matter for SEO
Google’s Gary Illyes and John Mueller have confirmed that web page titles and links from other websites are still very important for SEO. If you mean HTML titles, they can help a lot. We've...
Official: Google, SEO, and JavaScript
In a video for beginners, Google’s Martin Splitt talked about JavaScript and SEO. Here are the main facts from that video. Google wants to show unique URLs If a dynamically created web page does...
Google: you shouldn’t ignore the HTTPS ranking signal
On Twitter, Google’s Gary Illyes said that you shouldn’t ignore the HTTPS ranking signal: I can't say the exact number but the signal affects enough queries measurably that i wouldn't ignore it— Gary "鯨理"...
Google: it takes time to disavow links – Bing also says you should disavow links
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller said that Google processes disavow link files immediately. However, the it takes some time to disavow the links. There is no fixed timeline. The files are processed immediately. The...
Google indirectly confirms the medic update and the importance of E-A-T
In a webmaster hangout on YouTube, Google’s John Mueller said that Google’s algorithms are much better at judging the quality of medical websites now. He also said that it makes sense to focus on...
Google announces June 2019 broad core algorithm update
Google has announced a broad core algorithm update for today. It’s called the June 2019 Core Update and, according to Google, it’s nothing special or particular big. Tomorrow, we are releasing a broad core...