How does the rapid growth of bots change the open web? More than half of the web’s traffic comes from bots: Imperva’s Bad Bot Report 2024 reveals that almost 50% of total internet traffic wasn’t human in 2024. Trend: declining. Cloudflare’s Radar shows ~70% human traffic and 30% from bots. Akami reports that 42% of … Read more
HTTPArchive is offering a new technology comparison dashboard, currently in beta testing. Users can now view real-world web hosting performance scores for Core Web Vitals. We compare six web hosts and find one that consistently performs better across nearly all metrics. About HTTPArchive HTTPArchive tracks websites through crawling and with data collected in the Chrome … Read more
This post was sponsored by DebugBear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Want to make your website fast? Luckily, many techniques and guides exist to help you speed up your website. In fact, just in the last year, several new browser features have been released that offer: New ways to optimize … Read more
Is your website up to the task – delivering the utmost for your business? As we’ve consistently stated, in the 2020s businesses and other organisations must have a robust online presence to have any opportunity of success in our modern economy. Moreover, with more than 200 million active sites online and more than 250,000 new … Read more
Google’s John Mueller said it again, he said on LinkedIn, “We’ve been pretty clear that Core Web Vitals are not giant factors in ranking, and I doubt you’d see a big drop just because of that.” Google has been saying Core Web Vitals are important in general but when it comes to search rankings, they … Read more
The official documentation for how Core Web Vitals are scored was recently updated with new insights into how Interaction to Next Paint (INP) scoring thresholds were chosen and offers a better understanding of Interaction To Next Paint. Interaction to Next Paint (INP) Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is a relatively new metric, officially becoming a … Read more
You’ve done everything technically possible to optimize your local landing page, ensuring: local landing pages follow SEO best practices relevant media and images are seamlessly integrated local maps are incorporated local listings are well managed Every detail seems well executed. Yet one challenging issue remains – your pages need unique, locally relevant copy to rank … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller has reaffirmed that Core Web Vitals are not major ranking factors, responding to data that suggested otherwise. His statements come amid growing industry discussion about the immediate impact of site performance on search visibility. Mueller’s Stance Mueller stated on LinkedIn: “We’ve been pretty clear that Core Web Vitals are not … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. Google may be forced to breakup, the DOJ is leaning towards forcing that and more as a remedy to its monopoly ruling. This morning we are seeing a spike in Google Search ranking volatility. Google is testing quick view, where it just takes recipe blogger content and … Read more
Google is testing another variation of “from the web” sections in its search results. This one is more for local queries, where Google shows a carousel of cards snippets titled “From the web.” They can come up for [near me] types of queries but I am not able to replicate this. This was spotted by … Read more
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