In a recent video, Google’s Gary Illyes, a search team engineer, shared details about how the search engine assesses webpage quality during indexing. This information is timely, as Google has steadily raised the bar for “quality” content. Quality: A Key Factor in Indexing & Crawling Frequency Illyes described the indexing stage, which involves analyzing a … Read more
Google investigating indexing delays affecting some sites since Monday night, working to identify and resolve root cause. Google confirmed an indexing issue affecting some websites. The issue started around 11:30pm ET Monday night. Google is investigating the root cause and working to fix it. Source link
In a Google Office Hours Q & A, Google’s John Mueller answered a question about a site not getting indexed that brought to light a technical SEO fact about domains and subdomains that not everyone may be aware of and how that might cause the perception that a site is having trouble getting indexed. The … Read more
After years in the making, Google has fully transitioned to mobile-first indexing, the search engine giant announced Tuesday. This means Google prioritizes mobile versions when crawling pages and indexing content. The shift reflects Google’s increased focus on mobile devices that began in 2015. At the time, Google updated its search algorithm to favor “mobile-friendly” sites. … Read more
Users over the weekend were bewildered by Google Search Console failure to index webpages and the accompanying cryptic message, Failure: hostload exceeded. Many publishers checked with their web hosts then reported that the problem was not at the web host. It was assumed that the problem was on Google’s side. Google’s John Mueller helped to … Read more
Google has confirmed reports of an ongoing technical issue causing delays in indexing newly published web content. In a post published to X on Thursday evening, Google’s Search Liaison announced that the company is actively working to identify the root cause of the problem. However, Google didn’t provide an estimated timeline for resolving the issue. … Read more
Google is coming under scrutiny after people discovered transcripts of conversations with its AI chatbot are being indexed in search results. While it’s unclear if this is an intentional change or simply a bug, users of Google’s chatbot should exercise caution as their private conversations could become public. Google Bard Conversations In Search Results On … Read more
Quality is a critical factor influencing nearly every aspect of search, according to a recent discussion between John Mueller and Gary Illyes of Google’s Search Relations team. During the recent “Search Off the Record” podcast, the two delved into quality’s role in everything from crawling and indexing to ranking. While quality content doesn’t guarantee high … Read more
Google quietly updated their Google Search Central documentation to note that they are now indexing .csv files. This opens up a new way to get crawled or if a publisher doesn’t want their .csv files crawled, it may mean updating robots.txt to exclude those files. Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Comma-separated values (CSV) files are text files … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller suggests three ways to prevent potentially inaccurate AI chatbot content from being indexed. Website owners should be mindful of potential issues caused by AI chatbots that could impact the visibility and search presence of their websites. Mueller suggests the use of a ‘robotted iframe’, ‘robotted JavaScript file/resource’, or ‘data-nosnippet’ to … Read more
Google is investigating a service disruption affecting Google News indexing, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. There’s an ongoing issue with indexing in Google News that’s affecting all sites. Sites may be experiencing a decrease in traffic from Google News. We’re working on identifying the root cause. Next update will be within 24 hours. … Read more
Google recently expanded the video indexing report in Search Console, providing more specific reasons why a video may not appear prominently in search results. The search giant hopes to aid in better optimizing video content for visibility and discovery on its platforms. More Specific Feedback for Webmasters Previously, Search Console displayed a vague “Google could … Read more
A recent discussion on the r/BigSEO forum on Reddit revealed some confusion surrounding Google’s treatment of WebP images when it comes to indexing. John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, weighed in on the matter and explained why WebP images appear in the “Crawled – currently not indexed” report in Google Search Console. Mueller Addresses Reddit … Read more
The latest episode of Google’s Search Off The Record podcast discusses the challenges of launching websites and preventing staging sites from being indexed by search engines. Staging sites used for testing and development should ideally not be indexed, and Google highlights password protection as one method of preventing accidental indexing. Hosts John Mueller, Gary Illyes, … Read more
Sitemap auditing involves syntax, crawlability, and indexation checks for the URLs and tags in your sitemap files. A sitemap file contains the URLs to index with further information regarding the last modification date, priority of the URL, images, videos on the URL, and other language alternates of the URL, along with the change frequency. Sitemap … Read more
