Google’s Search Relations team has released a new SEO Office Hours video with Martin Splitt. He tackles a common problem many website owners face: unwanted noindex tags that keep pages out of search results. In the video, Splitt helps a user named Balant who couldn’t remove a noindex tag from their website. Balant wanted their … Read more
The evolution of Instagram has been action-packed. One day, we’re trying to find the perfect filter for a square-cropped photo of a cup of tea; the next, we’re exploring how to get approved for Instagram Shopping. At least, that’s how this marketer’s story arc went. The platform has gone from a simple feed of blurry … Read more
Google’s John Mueller offered a surprising explanation about the ranking impact of title tags. His answer challenged the SEO belief that title tags are a critical ranking factor and clarified their actual role. Mueller also discussed the proper use of meta descriptions. Title Elements The purpose of title tags is to provide a general description … Read more
In a recent episode of Google’s Search Off The Record podcast, Gary Illyes, a Google’s Search Relations team member, addressed concerns about incorrect hreflang implementation and its potential impact on SEO. Hreflang Errors: Less Problematic Than Expected? During the discussion, Illyes was asked about the consequences of mismatched hreflang annotations and actual page content. Specifically, … Read more
Google’s Office Hours podcast answered the important question of whether it matters if the title element and the H1 element match. It’s a good question because Google handles these elements in a unique way that’s different from how traditional SEO thinks about it. How Important Is It For H1 & Title Tags To Match? The … Read more
Header tags are a fundamental element of web design and SEO, influencing user experience and search rankings. While often overlooked, these HTML tags provide a hierarchical structure to content, enhancing readability and navigation for human visitors. At the same time, header tags offer semantic signals that help search engines better understand context and key topics. … Read more
Header tags are a fundamental element of web design and SEO, influencing user experience and search rankings. While often overlooked, these HTML tags provide a hierarchical structure to content, enhancing readability and navigation for human visitors. At the same time, header tags offer semantic signals that help search engines better understand context and key topics. … Read more
HTML meta tags have been called one of the most important aspects of SEO for quite a long time. And you know what? This is still true. You may (and should) write good content, attract backlinks, and do your best in page layout design. But all of the above is hardly useful without HTML tags. … Read more
HTML meta tags have been called one of the most important aspects of SEO for quite a long time. And you know what? This is still true. You may (and should) write good content, attract backlinks, and do your best in page layout design. But all of the above is hardly useful without HTML tags. … Read more
Understanding how users engage with a website is essential for any business, especially when assessing the effectiveness of advertising efforts. To assist advertisers with this, Microsoft introduced new insights for Universal Event Tracking (UET) tags designed to meet these business requirements more effectively and boost website traffic and conversions. Scheduled for rolling activation starting on … Read more
Is it testworthy, or is it untestworthy? There’s a fine line between optimizations and experiments. Testing something is an exercise in curiosity, whereas optimizing a thing is an act of certainty. If we know the outcome of a given activity before we perform that activity, we’re in optimization territory. For example, if you’ve discovered a … Read more
Melissa Clayton is the founder and CEO of motherhood jewelry brand Tiny Tags. She is a former CPA who is passionate about entrepreneurship and motherhood and is committed to sharing the lessons she has learned along the way with other women. As of 2022, Melissa has grown Tiny Tags to a multi-million dollar business without … Read more
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Syed in Kerala, India, who writes: “Should we use tags for blog posts? Do blog tags help SEO?” Thanks for the awesome question, Syed! I get this a lot, especially when speaking at influencer and blogging conferences. The answer, in almost every case, is no. Do not use … Read more
As the most visible component of Google’s search results pages (SERPs), page titles are thought to carry significant weight as a ranking factor. Is it possible to overvalue the impact of your title tags when it comes to improving search rankings? There’s little doubt Google’s algorithm takes page titles into consideration. The questions around page … Read more
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller addresses whether including publishing dates in webpage title tags has any impact as far as SEO is concerned. This topic is discussed during a recent Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout. An SEO professional, who’s working on a website that reports on currencies, asks Mueller if he should include dates … Read more
