How does Googlebot render your pages?
Google has published a new page on which Google explains how Google renders web pages for indexing. Googlebot uses a web rendering service (WRS) that is based on Chrome 41 (M41). Generally, the WRS...
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Google does not use the geo meta tags on your web pages
On Twitter, Google’s John Mueller said that Google does not use geo meta tags. Geo meta tags are meta tags that enable website owners to specify a particular location of a page: <meta name=”geo.region”...
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...
All or nothing. The winner takes it all in three rounds!
Website promotion is often a “the winner takes it all” game. That means that the best website will get the deal and all other websites will get nothing, no matter how good they are....
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...
The top 9 on-page optimizations that you can do to improve the position of your website on Google and other search engines
Every Internet marketer knows that good links from other websites are the most important factor in Google’s ranking algorithm. However, there are several things that you can improve on your website to make sure...
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...
