SEO content is content optimized to rank high on search engines. I’ve created plenty of them in my career. In fact, I’ve written 111 articles for this blog, of which ~80%—90% are SEO content. Altogether, they receive an estimated 121,000 monthly search visits from Google. Suffice it to say, I know a little something about … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes clarified on the Search Off The Record podcast that Google technically does not follow links. Instead, Google will extract the links, collect them in a database, and then check them later. Of course, most of you know this already and it doesn’t really matter much for SEO to know the difference but … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes reveals Googlebot collects links instead of “following” them, contradicting official documentation. Googlebot collects links rather than following them in real-time. Gary Illyes shared this information in Google’s ‘Search Off The Record’ podcast. Google’s documentation contradicts the actual crawler behavior. Source link : Searchenginejournal.com
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Nicolò, who asks: “What are the best resources to learn SEO and who are the best people to follow online for good advice?” This is a great question that goes to the heart of what a lot of people struggle with when learning SEO. There is a … Read more
I have been in the SEO industry for over seven years, and I have been leading the SEO team for the last year and a half. One thing that keeps the job exciting is how dynamic the industry can be. But this can also be a challenge for some. Like any average person, especially those … Read more
If marketers know one thing for sure, it’s this: content marketing trends are constantly changing. And according to industry experts, artificial intelligence (AI) dominates the 2024 content marketing trends. With the explosion of AI technology over the last two years, the need for the human touch has never been greater. Using the experts’ advice from … Read more
What Are Nofollow Links? Nofollow links are hyperlinks with the rel=”nofollow” attribute in their HTML code. The “nofollow” value tells Google not to crawl (scan to understand) the linked page to pass link equity (ranking strength) to it. A nofollow link might look like this in HTML code: <a href=”https://example.com/” rel=”nofollow”>Click here</a> The presence of the rel=”nofollow” attribute … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about a commonly used robots meta tag and what would happen if it was missing. Mueller’s answer, while it makes sense and is documented, may still come as a surprise to many publishers and SEOs. Robots Meta Tag The HTML meta element communicates metadata. Metadata is machine … Read more
Generally, above the Google Explore is a “more results” button, but Google is now testing adding “Follow This Search” next to the More Results button. The follow feature probably is related to the follow feature Google announced last month. Shameem Adhikarath posted about this on X – he shared this screenshot with me: Syed Irfan … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. It was a very busy week, so I apologize for the length of this video, so buckle up and get ready. Not that Google wanted to say that, but changes are coming to Google Search. We saw signs earlier this week that the Reviews update has rolled … Read more
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