Google’s John Mueller posted his thoughts on AI, which were two fold. (1) AI is not going away, so he doesn’t recommend you take a stance against AI and (2) he isn’t a fan of all the hype around AI, because it is making many feel insecure about their future. Let’s start with the AI … Read more
John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, said on Reddit, that he does not recommend you use generic server or CMS holding pages for new sites. Instead, either “keep DNS disabled or put up a custom holding page.” Meaning, Google may be slower to discover the new site if you use a generic holding page. Why? … Read more
Google has updated its search developer canonical documentation to specify that you should not set specify a fragment URL as canonical. Google added that bullet point to the best practices section of the document. The bullet point added was, “Don’t specify a fragment URL as canonical, as Google generally doesn’t support fragment URLs.” I mean, … Read more
Google’s John Mueller repeated advice from a while ago that you should not switch your m-dot URLs to be the canonical URL, even though Google is fully switched over to mobile-first indexing. He said this is just because it is how it is done, how it was done, and switching it on Google’s end would … Read more
I’ll share some of my favorite example prompts; use them! But the true goal of this post is for you to understand why they work.
Google’s John Mueller said on LinkedIn he does not recommend you use LLMs (AI tools) for SEO advice. He wrote, “please don’t use LLMs for SEO advice.” “They learn from all the bad SEO information out there,” he added. Gary Illyes from Google said something similar last month. This was in response to Google Gemini … Read more
Google has updated its URL structure best practices for Google Search help documentation to tell us again to not use URL fragments to change the content on that page. Google added this line, “Don’t use fragments to change the content of a page, as Google generally doesn’t support fragment URLs. If you’re using JavaScript to … Read more
We’ve recently crossed 10k downloads for Ahrefs Podcast. And, to be honest with you, I thought this 10k would come easier. I mean, Ahrefs is a fairly ****** brand in the SEO industry, and most of our channels are measured in millions: So when we reached that 10k milestone I felt both happy about it, … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes shares an unconventional but valid method for centralizing robots.txt rules on CDNs. Robots.txt files can be centralized on CDNs, not just root domains. Websites can redirect robots.txt from main domain to CDN. This unorthodox approach complies with updated standards. Source link : Searchenginejournal.com
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, responded to some new SEO ‘advice’ floating around the SEOverse that suggests you should not add the brand name of the products you are reviewing in your review content. Sullivan disagreed with this advice and said, “you shouldn’t be afraid to mention the brand name of something you are reviewing.” … Read more
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