Google is rolling out a new feature for the about this result overlay that actually tells searchers (and SEOs) why Google is ranking that page for that given query. Yes, Google is telling you which high level ranking factors are the reason this page is ranking. Google said the “About This Result will show searchers
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When approaching a graphic design project brief, it’s easy to get carried away with the little details, like moving an illustration one pixel to the left and back again or changing a color’s hex code by one digit. But there’s one detail you should never ignore, and that’s choosing the right typeface for the job.
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Google’s John Mueller said this morning that the Google Search team has removed a classifier it was using to determine soft 404s. As a reminder, a ton of sites were complaining about pages being deindexed and noticed a spike in soft 404s reported by Google Search Console. This was due to a change Google made
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Google is rolling out a feature to show in the about this result overlay why the company ranked that page for that query, it is pretty cool. John Mueller of Google confirmed that core updates can influence the people also ask (PAA) results in Google Search. Gary Illyes of Google said that if a redirect
Technically, when it comes to using file extensions in your URLs, it doesn’t really make a difference which one you use for ranking purposes. .PHP, .HTML, .ASP, etc – it doesn’t matter. But if you use image based file extensions for web page based file extensions, that might end up confusing Google Search for a
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You have probably heard that to be successful you need to be data-driven, only if it was that simple. Collecting data is the easy part; figuring out what matters and how to use this information to your advantage is a lot more difficult. Here to save the day are click maps – a simple yet
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This template includes 13 vital sections needed to protect yourself and set clear expectations with your clients. It’s also fully customizable—you can easily swap out the names, edit the prices and services, and tweak the sample terms and conditions. How did we create it? We surveyed over 40 SEO agencies and freelancers, analyzed their SEO contracts,
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If you’re working on an eCommerce site, the robots.txt file is one of the biggest foundational elements of your site’s SEO. Ecommerce sites are generally much bigger than most sites on the Web and also contain features such as faceted navigation that can exponentially increase the size of the site. This means that these sites
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Over the past week or so, Stan, the Google dinosaur has been dressed up in this green hat that says RTO Squad. I am not sure what RTO squad is, I assume some internal Google team meeting but maybe radio telephone operator but I doubt it. Anyway, there are numerous photos of Stan with this
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Gary Illyes and Lizzi Harvey published a new Google Search developer help document on an overview of of Google search operators. This document differs from the existing one in that it is more focused on what SEOs should be aware of in regards to these search operator limitations. Here is the announcement tweets on this