What does Google say about SEO?

How can you verify if your structured data is correctly implemented according to Google?

Daniel Waisberg May 04, 2021 ★★★

The Rich Results Status Report in Search Console allows you to check if you have properly implemented your structured data. You can view the pages where Google has recognized the markup and identify any potential issues.

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Is the Search Performance Report really enough to analyze your organic traffic?

Daniel Waisberg May 04, 2021 ★★★

The Search Performance Report helps monitor your site's performance trends on Google Search. It reveals the queries used to find your site, the landing pages, the countries of origin, the devices used, and the rich results where you appear.

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Is Google’s Site Kit really worth it for centralizing your SEO data in WordPress?

Mariya Moeva May 04, 2021 ★★

Site Kit is a WordPress plugin that centralizes insights from various Google products (Search Console, Analytics, AdSense, PageSpeed Insights) directly in the WordPress dashboard. It automatically places tags on your site without requiring any code m...

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Can Google really remove content that harms your SEO?

Google May 04, 2021 ★★★

Google can remove links to potentially illegal content from its search results, but only the host of the website can remove the content from their site. You must contact the site owner to remove the content at its source.

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How can you leverage g.co/legal to tackle content removals and safeguard your SEO strategy?

Google May 04, 2021 ★★

Google offers an intuitive problem-solving tool at g.co/legal to report illegal content on any Google platform. This tool allows users to select the relevant Google product and the reason for removal, such as intellectual property infringement.

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How can you effectively describe protected content in a DMCA takedown request to maximize your chances of approval?

Google May 04, 2021 ★★

It is advisable to clearly describe which content on the page you own when making a takedown request for copyright infringement to facilitate the review of the request by Google's teams.

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Does Breadcrumb Placement on Your Page Actually Impact SEO?

John Mueller May 03, 2021 ★★★

John Mueller explained on Twitter that while Google does use breadcrumbs, their placement has no impact on this analysis: "We use breadcrumbs for crawling (finding internal links) and for rich results (structured data); both don't depend on the place...

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How Does Google Identify Content Authors Without the Authorship Tag?

John Mueller May 03, 2021 ★★★

John Mueller explained during a webmaster hangout how the search engine manages to detect who the author of a piece of content is, even without the authorship tag, which was removed many years ago. His advice was to make a link on the author's name "...

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Can Google really delete content from your site?

Google May 03, 2021 ★★★

Google can remove links to potentially illegal content from its search results pages, but only the site owner can delete the content on the page itself. You must contact the site owner directly to remove the content from the page.

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How does Google really handle requests for the removal of illegal content from its search results?

Google May 03, 2021 ★★

Google allows users to report and request the removal of potentially illegal or unauthorized content from search results and other Google products through an official request process.

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How can you effectively report illegal content that impacts your SEO on Google platforms?

Google May 03, 2021 ★★

Google offers an intuitive tool accessible via g.co/legal that allows users to report illegal content on any Google platform, featuring an interface that guides the user through the removal request process.

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Do you need to own copyright to report duplicate content to Google?

Google May 03, 2021 ★★★

To report a copyright infringement, you must be the rights holder of the content in question. If not, your request will be denied by Google.

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Should you really send specific URLs instead of entire domains in your Google removal requests?

Google May 03, 2021 ★★★

For faster analysis and better chances of acceptance, send only the URL of the specific page in question, not the entire site URL. Clearly describe what content on the page belongs to you.

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Should you really rush to optimize your Page Experience?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★★

Page Experience is just one of the many factors considered by Google's systems. There's no need to rush to implement it. Take the time to find good solutions tailored to your site and your users.

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Do Core Web Vitals really depend on your actual users?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★★

The Core Web Vitals portion of the ranking factor is based on real user metrics, which take time to collect and are automatically updated. Improvements made at any time will be reflected in these metrics.

Web Performance

Should you aim for technical perfection before launching a website?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★

A website does not need to be perfect from the beginning and is rarely so. You will start to see positive results as soon as your pages exceed the threshold of 'needs improvement' to achieve a 'good' rating.

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Does Google Page Experience really impact rankings for Top Stories and News?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★★

Google plans to use Page Experience factors for the Top Stories carousel and Google News as well.

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Will Google's Signed Exchanges revolutionize your preloading strategy?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★

Signed Exchanges will be available for all web pages. This system allows Google Search to preload your pages while preserving privacy, thereby enhancing user experience.

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How does Google really want you to optimize your videos for search?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★

Google has updated and expanded its best practices documentation for videos, including how to help Google find and index your videos, and how to specify how you want your videos to be highlighted in search results.

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Are you really making the most of all the video features available for your SEO?

John Mueller Apr 28, 2021 ★★

It is strongly recommended to verify that you are using all available features for videos to your advantage, even if you are already including videos on your web pages.

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