Quest for more coverage: Making a case for larger exports from Google Search Console’s Coverage reporting
Google Search Console's Coverage reporting only allows one thousand row exports, which limits the ability to see pattens on larger-scale...
Glenn Gabe
Glenn Gabe is an SEO consultant at G-Squared Interactive (GSQi) and has over 24 years of experience in digital marketing. Glenn currently helps clients with algorithm update recovery, technical SEO audits, SEO for website redesigns and migrations, and SEO training. During his career, Glenn has helped companies across a wide range of industries including publishing, e-commerce, health and medical, finance, startups, military, education, non-profits, real estate, affiliate marketing, and more.
Mixed Directives: A reminder that robots.txt files are handled by subdomain and protocol, including www/non-www and http/https [Case Study]
Since robots.txt files impact crawling, it’s important for site owners to understand how they are treated by search engines. Columnist Glenn Gabe...
SEO
Google’s ‘Interesting finds’ SERP feature: The ‘interesting’ reason why mobile organic search traffic remained strong while desktop dropped
The “Interesting finds” module in mobile search results is tough to track, but could be driving a lot of search traffic to your site so use these...
SEO
Using JavaScript to publish content? Here are 6 ways to view rendered HTML via desktop and mobile
Always test your pages using Google’s own tools and third-party resources to view the rendered HTML to make sure all your content is showing...
Demystifying Google’s guide to clicks, impressions and position in Google Search Console
Here are the answers to the most common questions asked about managing metrics in the Performance reporting in...
SEO
The final recrawl analysis: A powerful and important last step after implementing large-scale SEO changes
You've crawled your client's site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why...
How long does it take to deindex low-quality or thin content published by accident? [case study]
Is mistakenly published content impacting your site's SEO performance? Columnist Glenn Gabe shares a case study detailing how to fix this issue --...
Brace yourself: The benefit and shock of analyzing Googlebot crawl spikes via log files [Case Study]
Site owners really don’t know the full story about who, or what, is crawling their sites until they analyze their server logs. Columnist Glenn Gabe...
SEO
Don’t underestimate the power of advanced filtering when analyzing crawl data
Columnist Glenn Gabe shares various ways of filtering crawl data to obtain actionable...
The impact (and lack thereof) of Google’s mobile popup algorithm
Back in August 2016, Google warned that it would be releasing an algorithm to crack down on interstitials on mobile pages. Now that the update has...
Fetch and Horror: 3 examples of how fetch and render in GSC can reveal big SEO problems
Columnist Glenn Gabe demonstrates why discovering how Googlebot sees your desktop and mobile content is essential to any good SEO...
Finally going mobile-friendly, but on a collision course with Google’s mobile-first index [Case Study]
Google's index has been shifting toward 'mobile-first,' making mobile pages the default pages for ranking purposes. Columnist Glenn Gabe uses a case...
Why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 2]: The connection to low-quality user experience
In the second installment of his two-part series on Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), columnist Glenn Gabe explains the connection...
With Panda in stealth mode, why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 1]
What are Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), and how can you recover? In part one of a two-part series on Phantom, columnist Glenn Gabe...
Analytics & Conversion
How to download all of your landing pages from Google Search Console via Analytics Edge — and I mean ALL of them!
Google Search Console provides a wealth of data on landing pages, but unfortunately, that data is limited. Columnist Glenn Gabe shares his method for...
SEO
9 easy-to-miss crawl reports in Screaming Frog and DeepCrawl that pack serious SEO punch
Troubleshooting SEO issues on a site or performing a technical SEO audit? If so, columnist Glenn Gabe recommends some powerful but little-known...
SEO
Changing domain names in 2016: 10 easily overlooked steps that can save SEO
Moving your site to a new domain can be fraught with SEO issues, even without a redesign or CMS migration. Columnist Glenn Gabe has some insights on...
The terrifying connection between malware, Google Search Console, rogue subdomains and AdWords
In the midst of a malware emergency or want to ensure you never have to deal with one? Columnist Glenn Gabe provides recommendations based on his...
Content
5 Ways To Crawl A Staging Server Before Important Site Changes Go Live (To Save SEO)
You can uncover many potential SEO problems with a thorough crawl of the staging environment, but what if it's not readily accessible? Columnist...
SEO
Robots.txt File Case Study: How Third-Party Directive Changes Led To Leaking URLs And Lost SEO Traffic
Columnist Glenn Gabe shares his troubleshooting process for identifying issues with robots.txt that led to a long, slow drop in traffic over...