Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about canonicalization, indexing and core algorithm updates that gives a clearer picture of how the different systems work together but independently. A search marketer named David Minchala asked if Google’s canonicalization processes still worked but in a slower manner during a core algorithm update. The answer to that question … Read more
Google updated their emergency and non-emergency image removal guidance with added details that give new clarity to the documentation. Removing Images From Search Index Google offers multiple ways to remove images from the search index on both an emergency and non-emergency basis. There are multiple relatively trivial changes but these are the topics that had … 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
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
Google’s John Mueller debunks the “Index Bloat” theory, stating there’s no limit on the number of pages indexed per site. In a recent episode of the ‘Search Off The Record’ podcast, Google’s Search Relations team addresses questions about webpage indexing. A key point of discussion was the concept of “Index Bloat,”—a theory that has garnered … Read more
Today, at 10:50 a.m Eastern time, Google confirms there’s an ongoing indexing issue affecting a large number of sites. The cause of the issue is unknown at this time. Google will provide an update within the next 12 hours. There’s an ongoing issue with indexing in Google Search that’s affecting a large number of sites. … Read more
Okay, so it’s been a few years now since Google announced the mobile-first index. Most sites have been moved over to Google’s mobile-first index and it’s no longer a “hot” topic in SEO. I found a tweet from John Mueller, Google Search Advocate, in 2021 that sums up the lack of focus on this topic … Read more
