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★★★ Why does spoofing Googlebot's user agent in your browser actually accomplish nothing?

Changing the user agent to Googlebot in your browser may not work as expected because Googlebot also respects robots.txt (which browsers ignore) and some websites verify whether the request actually c...

Feb 07, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Are HTTP response headers sabotaging your search rankings without you knowing it?

The Network tab in developer tools allows you to see all request and response headers, which lets you verify the presence of elements like the X-Robots header that influences SEO....

Feb 07, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Are DevTools really enough to debug your technical SEO problems?

Browser developer tools can be used together with Google Search Console tools to perform an initial analysis and debug various technical SEO problems before using more advanced tools....

Feb 07, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Does your browser's DOM really show what Google actually indexes?

The DOM (Document Object Model) visible in your browser's developer tools is the closest equivalent to the rendered HTML as displayed in Google Search Console tools....

Feb 07, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Does Googlebot really ignore scrolling and user interactions?

Googlebot does not interact with pages, which includes not only clicking but also scrolling. JavaScript code that depends on scroll events will therefore not be executed by Googlebot during exploratio...

Feb 07, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Should You Add Multiple Supplier Links to Boost Your Google Rankings?

Alan Kent (Google) explained on Twitter that, in an article describing a product, linking to multiple suppliers/vendors offering that product could give a slight "boost" to the page in terms of rankin...

Jan 16, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Should You Really Add Page Numbers to Your Title Tags for Better SEO?

Alan Kent (Google) explained in a video for webmasters that in paginated content, it is not necessary to add a number corresponding to the pagination (1/12, 2/12, 3/12...) in the Title tag, as it does...

Jan 04, 2023 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Do Core Web Vitals really override relevance in Google rankings?

Google measures Core Web Vitals for most websites, which includes factors such as site speed. Core Web Vitals are used in the Page Experience ranking factor. While this is not something that overrides...

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Does Google really limit deindexing to just two methods, or are there hidden alternatives?

There are really only a handful of ways to deindex URLs: remove the page and serve a 404, 410, or similar code, or add a noindex rule to pages and allow Googlebot to crawl those pages....

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ How many redirects can you really have on a site without triggering an SEO penalty?

You can have as many redirects as you want on your website overall. Just make sure that individual URLs don't have too many jumps in their redirect chains....

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Do you really need to add paginated pages to your XML sitemap?

You can include paginated pages in an XML sitemap, but if each category page has a link to the next page, there may not be much advantage. Google will discover the following pages automatically....

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Can backlinks to a 404 page really be recovered, or are they permanently lost?

As soon as a page comes back online after being in 404 status, links to that page will be counted again once the linking pages have been recrawled and the links have been deemed still relevant by the ...

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Should you switch domains when cutting your catalog, or is keeping your existing one the smarter move?

Google recommends keeping your existing domain name whenever possible. It is acceptable to clean up old pages by returning 404s or redirecting to new versions, even if this affects many pages on your ...

Dec 29, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ Is implementing Product structured data absolutely required to appear in Merchant Center?

To benefit from the automated feed in Google Merchant Center, your e-commerce site must use Product structured data on your product pages. This implementation is necessary for simplified integration f...

Dec 07, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Does Google really automate your entire product feed without any manual intervention?

Once your Google Merchant Center account is created via Search Console by providing your business name, country, and accepting the terms, Google automates the rest of your product integration process ...

Dec 07, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★★ How does Google's new direct integration from Search Console simplify setting up Merchant Center for e-commerce sites?

Google Merchant Center now offers a simplified integration process directly from Search Console for e-commerce sites using Product structured data. This integration allows you to automatically create ...

Dec 07, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Can AI-Modified Scraped Content Really Slip Past Google's Spam Filters?

Duy Nguyen, another SEO spokesperson for Google, in the same hangout as above, responded to a question about texts scraped from the Web then modified using artificial intelligence algorithms before be...

Dec 05, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Why does Google emphasize original content for AdSense?

To be approved by AdSense, you must create original, unique, and useful content for users, in sufficient quantity. The content-to-ad ratio is crucial: too many ads compared to the content can result i...

Oct 13, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Is it true that AdSense and affiliate marketing can coexist for SEO success?

Using AdSense and affiliate links (ASPs) simultaneously is not a policy violation in itself. The rejection of AdSense approval is tied to other criteria, including the quality and quantity of original...

Oct 13, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available

★★ Do Google’s auto ads really harm your SEO through CLS?

A decline in the Core Web Vitals CLS score caused by AdSense auto ads is unlikely to have a significant effect on rankings in natural search results. There’s no need to overly worry about it....

Oct 13, 2022 ⚡ Analysis available