Last week we reported that Googlebot will pretty much halt crawling and indexing websites using its desktop crawler and just crawl using its smartphone crawler (which caused a lot of confusion). But John Mueller of Google said on Reddit that he doesn’t think it means you can “completely disregard what’s served on desktop in terms … Read more
The world of SEO has been in a constant state of upheaval for the past 18 months. But what hasn’t changed? Getting quality backlinks is one of the hardest parts of SEO, and Google is still committed to ensuring that link spam doesn’t affect the quality of results. It’s crucial you know how to build … Read more
Whether there’s an ideal blog post length for SEO has been the subject of debate for as long as search engines have been on the web. If I may borrow a phrase from Google itself, the answer to that question is “it depends.” The two main variables to consider when deciding how long your posts … Read more
CSS. HTTP. URL. HTML. It’s possible the only field that uses more acronyms and initializations than web marketing is the military. The military uses them to save time. Sometimes, it seems like our industry only uses them to confuse newcomers. And it’s not uncommon for even experienced professionals to mix them up. Some of the … Read more
Google’s Danny Sullivan disputed the assertions made in a Reddit discussion that Google is showing a preference for Reddit in the search results. But a Redditor’s example proves that it’s possible for a Reddit post to rank in the top ten of the search results within minutes and to actually improve rankings to position #2 … Read more
Mark Traphagen Mark Traphagen is Vice President of Product Marketing and Training for seoClarity. His previous careers as a salesman and then a teacher were excellent preparations for what he does now. Mark’s deep dive into online marketing began about 14 years ago when he was tasked with turning around a failing independent bookstore. He … Read more
I don’t see ranking factors anymore. All I see is user satisfaction. A series of tweets from Danny Sullivan, search liaison at Google, about doing things for Google vs. users set the SEO scene on fire. The main point: Focus on users, not Google. Screenshot from X (Twitter), March 2024 (Image Credit: Kevin Indig) Every … Read more
Blog / Technical SEO / 401 vs 403 Status Codes and Their SEO Consequences When accessing a website, you may stumble upon 401 or 403 HTTP response codes. They indicate that you are trying to access the site without the appropriate credentials. But what’s the actual difference between these two HTTP status codes? At first … Read more
Blog / SEO Industry News / Google’s March 2024 Core Update and New Spam Policies: Penalties Already in Action On March 5th, Google announced a core update to its search algorithms and spam policies. It aims to greatly reduce the appearance of content created solely to attract clicks and display more content that people find … Read more
Vetted.ai is one of many AI chatbots that are gaining traction in Google search. It’s not much, maybe 10,000 monthly visits, but Google found the site to be the best result for ~100 keywords. Trend: growing. Organic traffic and top 3 keywords for vetted.ai (Image Credit: Kevin Indig) A click on one of Vetted AI’s … Read more
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