Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2018 and has been updated since to ensure accuracy and to adhere to modern best practices. When you’re an SEO managing a website for years and publishing content consistently, there comes a point where things can seem out of control. You’ve published so many test pages, thank … 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
The Optimizely configured commerce introduces Elasticsearch v7 for a better search experience. In the dynamic landscape of the Commerce world, there is always room for extended code customization. Furthermore, Optimizely provides explicit steps to customize Elasticsearch v7 indexes. There are a lot of advantages to using Elasticsearch v7. some are Improved Performance Security Enhancements Elasticsearch … Read more
Bing Webmaster Tools began testing its new Sitemap Index Coverage report in June after it was announced a few months prior. As of a few weeks ago, it went fully live, but Microsoft didn’t announce it until yesterday at the keynote Fabrice Canel gave at PubCon. Here is what the report looks like: You should … Read more
Bing has quietly rolled out the new sitemap index coverage report in Bing Webmaster Tools and today posted a how-to on that reporting tool. I believe the new sitemap index coverage report began rolling out in late June 2023 and pushed it to everyone a few weeks ago but Bing has never formally announced the … Read more
April 23, 2014 | Posted by Rank Ranger The Rank Risk Index has been in the danger zone for more than a week, indicating that something’s brewing over at Google. We all know that with the sometimes hundreds of Google algorithm changes that take place each year, SERPs can be negatively affected. We’re … Read more
Google Search has added to its file types indexable by Google help document that it can now index Comma-Separated Values (.csv) files. I confirmed with John Mueller of Google that this is not just a help document update but a new update to Google Search in what it can index. More details. I spotted the … Read more
With all these AI chatbots out there now, Google Search seems to be seeing more and more of them publishing AI-generated outputted content in the wild. And if you don’t want Google indexing that content, make sure to block Googlebot from seeing that content. John Mueller of Google posted a PSA on Twitter saying, “PSA … Read more
Better keyword rankings. More traffic. Extra conversions from organic search. These are the KPIs used to measure SEO performance. But beyond growth metrics, there’s a key element that some consultants or agencies overlook when managing a client’s SEO campaigns: Preventing confidential client content from appearing in Google search results. When neglected, this might result in … Read more
Brave Search announced the launch of its privacy-preserving image and video search results this week, freeing itself from reliance on companies like Microsoft and Google. The announcement reads: “Users will no longer need to leave Brave Search for image and video search results. Now, any Brave Search query can be served directly from Brave’s index, … Read more
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