Default Search in Chrome Switched to Bing for Office 365 ProPlus users
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is bundling a payload that switches default search engine for Chrome and Firefox over to Bing.
Detlef Johnson is the SEO for Developers Expert for Search Engine Land and SMX. He is also a member of the programming team for SMX events and writes the SEO for Developers series on Search Engine Land. Detlef is one of the original group of pioneering webmasters who established the professional SEO field more than 25 years ago. Since then he has worked for major search engine technology providers such as PositionTech, managed programming and marketing teams for Chicago Tribune, and advised numerous entities including several Fortune companies. Detlef lends a strong understanding of Technical SEO and a passion for Web development to company reports and special freelance services.
SameSite requirements for cookies: What SEOs and developers need to know
Get prepared for SameSite cookie handling behavior coming to Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers.
Connect to remote hosts with secure shell
The terminal is important because it provides
- access to command line utilities
- the ability to perform SEO hacking on remote machines by opening shells in the cloud, and
- the ability to write or utilize programs that automate work tasks and power websites.
Getting started with a terminal emulator for SEO programming
The terminal is important because it provides
- access to command line utilities
- the ability to perform SEO hacking on remote machines by opening shells in the cloud, and
- the ability to write or utilize programs that automate work tasks and power websites.
Learn to think like an SEO developer
Enhance your skill set by bringing your SEO knowledge to the world of computer programming.
Googlebot renders, indexes AJAX-style dynamic content driven by XHR POST
More of your dynamic content can now be indexed by Google.
Evergreen Googlebot with Chromium rendering engine: What technical SEOs need to know
Googlebot now supports many more features and will make it easier for developers to ensure their sites work with Googlebot.
Sites vulnerable to XSS can be used to phish Googlebot
How to protect your site from being used in XSS exploits.
The SEO Advantages of Machine-Readable HTML5 Semantic Markup
Semantic HTML5 provides us with an opportunity to improve our websites and optimize for search engines. We can take full advantage of these opportunities by using machine-readable semantic HTML5 elements to describe page outlines. Specially-named containers can help search engines and browsers more easily identify how our pages are arranged. For example, <header> is its […]
How to get brand URLs in Google AMP cache by extending TLS for Web Package
Google has successfully rushed a solution with an implementation scheme that will display your brand URLs in your page’s Google AMP cache search results. If your business depends on Google AMP search results, you may want to consult the following guide to implementing the Web Package bundle with new Signed Exchanges. This entails either a […]
Why SEOs should get to know Karen Spärck Jones, originator of search engine algorithms
Let Jones' tf*idf be your guide. It underpins nearly all modern sophisticated search engine algorithms.
A WordPress safety plan for SEOs and developers
How to protect your WordPress site from attack and keep it safe and secure.
How to set up Google Search Console domain verification for site-wide reporting data
Getting technical: What you need to know about verifing your site with GSC using a DNS TXT record entry.
Service workers and SEO: What developers should know
What are service workers, why would you implement them and what's the potential impact on your site's rankings? Find out.
Using Google Search Console to manage ‘search enhancement’ validation errors and employing the API
In this wrap-up of our series on Google Search Console, get tips on the most productive uses of the GSC API.
Managing Sitemap XML with Google Search Console
What to look for in Search Console indexing reports, plus learn why and how to create a dynamic Sitemap file.
Getting started with Google Search Console
In this first part of our in-depth exploration of the new Google Search Console, we'll explain the overview section, Performance report and URL inspector.
Introducing SEO for developers. It’s time.
Let's bring developers into the search engine optimization conversation and community so sites are built for efficient indexing from the get-go.