Website owners and SEO professionals are facing a new problem. AI content generation tools are creating fake URLs when referencing real websites. This issue was discussed in a recent social media conversation between industry professionals. Hallucinated Links Causing 404s On Bluesky, agency owner Dan Thornton pointed out a pattern of 404 errors from non-existent URLs … 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
Google’s John Mueller advises site owners on managing outdated AMP subdomains, suggesting redirects or complete DNS removal. Mueller recommends either keeping 301 redirects or removing the AMP subdomain entirely from DNS. For sites with 500,000 pages, crawl budget impact from legacy AMP URLs isn’t a major concern. AMP subdomains have their own separate crawl budget … Read more
Google recently rolled out two changes that affected website rankings: the August 2024 core update and a fix for a separate ranking problem. These happened around the same time, making it tricky for SEO experts to figure out which change caused what effect on their sites’ search rankings. John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst at Google, … Read more
Google’s John Mueller explained on Reddit how to remove unwanted content from search results. This came up when someone asked about getting rid of an old article about their arrest that kept showing up in Google searches. The person was arrested for a minor offense in 2018, but a news article appears in Google searches … Read more
In a recent session of Google’s SEO office-hours Q&A, the Search Relations team addressed a common concern among business owners: how to determine if an SEO agency is actively optimizing your website. The Business Owner’s Question The discussion was prompted by a business owner who asked: “If I have an agency that is managing our … Read more
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller recently addressed the SEO community’s concerns about site recovery after being impacted by algorithm updates. The conversation arose as people questioned whether sites hit by the September helpful content update could regain lost traffic and rankings after future core updates. The exchange began on X when an SEO professional, Thomas … Read more
John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, provided guidance this week regarding the path forward for websites impacted by recent search algorithm updates. The discussion started on X (formerly Twitter) by SEO professional Thomas Jepsen. Jepsen tagged Mueller, asking: “Google has previously said Google doesn’t hold a grudge and sites will recover once issues have been … Read more
A recent discussion on the r/SEO Reddit forum provided insights from Google’s Search Advocate, John Mueller, regarding website penalties and the use of HTTP status codes. Mueller addressed questions raised by a website owner who had previously used AI to generate content for their videogame guide website. After removing approximately 200 AI-generated pages due to … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller recently responded to a post on Reddit from a website owner experiencing a significant increase in indexed foreign language pages. The website owner reported that over 20,000 pages in Japanese and Chinese suddenly appeared on their site, which they didn’t create or intend to host. They asked the Reddit community … Read more
In a recent discussion on Reddit, a user inquired about the advantages of using keyword domain names for SEO to improve visibility for a specific phrase. The user shared an example of utilizing a domain like “swimsuits.com” for selling swimsuits, a keyword with over 10,000 monthly searches in their country. John Mueller, Google’s Search Advocate, … Read more
John Mueller, Google Search Advocate, recently shared his “shower” thoughts on the use of AI-generated images on websites versus stock photography. His discussion opened up an intriguing debate on how users perceive images created with generative AI tools like DALL·E, especially in contexts that are not primarily focused on art or AI. The post included … Read more
A discussion on Reddit involving Google Search Advocate John Mueller offers guidance on optimizing website performance and highlights the challenges of improving scores on Google’s PageSpeed Insights (PSI) tool. In a recent thread, a user asked for guidance after significantly reducing image and video file sizes did not lead to better PSI scores as expected. … Read more
Google’s John Mueller expressed his thoughts in a series of tweets about SEOs who create fake personas for a review site, including false LinkedIn profiles. He said if they think nobody can tell that “you’re deluding yourselves.” Fake LinkedIn Profiles To Look Legit AI is used to catch millions of fake LinkedIn profiles every year. … Read more
Recently, there was a discussion on Twitter about the validity of using custom elements in the section of web pages. Custom elements are part of the Web Components specifications, allowing developers to create HTML elements tailored to their needs. Using custom tags, developers can build reusable and self-contained HTML elements that function independently from the … Read more
In today’s digital world, where personal information is so easily accessible online, protecting your privacy is crucial. Recently a Reddit user wanted to remove personal information from Google Search. Their experience and subsequent discussion with Google’s John Mueller highlight the complex process and policies around Google’s content removal tools. In addition to looking at Mueller’s … Read more
Google Search Advocate, John Mueller, has shed light on the difference between generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), offering practical advice to businesses and SEO professionals. His comments arrive amidst the recent update by Google that categorizes .ai domains as gTLDs, moving away from their previous association with Anguilla, a British … Read more
Google Search Advocate, John Mueller, has turned to Twitter seeking advice on what to consider when hiring an SEO consultant. He posed the question on behalf of someone running an animal park, indicating the need for a local SEO consultant to enhance their online presence. “Does anyone have recommendations in terms of people/companies & things … Read more
