SEO: Redirects & Moving Sites
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...
How to avoid a site migration disaster
There are many reasons you might be considering a site migration: introducing a new CMS, changing hosting providers or relaunching your...
Link building tool roundup: Site crawlers
Link building is hard work! Here's how to utilize site crawling tools to make sure your effort pays off....
5 ways to avoid duplicate content and indexing issues on your e-commerce site
Before a page can rank well, it needs to be crawled and indexed. Contributor Manish Dudharejia shares five tips to give your pages the best...
5 ways to improve ROI on seasonal pages by optimizing your SEO crawl budget
What is a crawl budget? Google’s goal is to make useful information available to people searching the web. To accomplish that, Google...
Ask an SMXpert — Advanced Technical SEO for Bing
SMXpert and Microsoft Senior Program Manager Frederic Dubut answers questions on how Bing handles redirects, crawl budgets and...
The ultimate guide to HTTP status codes and headers for SEO
Do you understand how HTTP protocol works and the impact it has on crawling and indexing web pages? No? Here's a guide written by Contributor...
Be careful what content you cut from your site
Contributor Janet Driscoll Miller helps you determine how to make your website lean and mean without eliminating big traffic drivers....
The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling — Part 3
In this third and final installment, contributor Stephan Spencer outlines common coding, mobile and localization issues and offers workarounds...
SMX Advanced Recap: Bing’s Fabrice Canel keynote
Contributor and SMXpert Eric Enge recaps the opening keynote and big announcement by Bing's Fabrice Canel at SMX Advanced...
Ranking factors session recap from SMX Advanced 2018
If you couldn't attend SMX Advanced, have no fear. Contributor Eric Enge outlines one of the more controversial sessions and reports on what the...
How to determine if you’ve been hit by negative SEO
Knowing you've been hit by a negative SEO campaign is crucial to fighting it. Contributor Joe Sinkwitz outlines the tools and steps you can take...
Is a 301 or 302 redirect best for SEO?
Confused on which redirect to use? Contributor Bryson Meunier breaks down the differences between 301 and 302 redirects and explains how Google...
Monitoring web migrations: A checklist for moving from one site to another
Contributor Aleyda Solis walks through what to monitor during a web migration and explains how to fix issues so you don't lose traffic and...
Website redesigns: How to retain and improve your SEO
Columnist Marcus Miller explains how to make the most of your website redesign so that you not only preserve your SEO efforts but embrace the...
A site migration SEO checklist: Don’t lose traffic
Planning a site migration? Columnist Pratik Dholakiya's helpful guide will ensure that you cover all the SEO bases to make the transition as...
19 technical SEO facts for beginners
Want to dip your toes into technical SEO? Columnist John Lincoln shares some fun tidbits for those just starting...
Moving to HTTPS? Don’t miss this unique opportunity!
Google recently announced that forms on web pages over HTTP will be marked as 'not secure' in Chrome starting this month. Columnist Fili Wiese...
Canonical tags gone wild
What happens when canonical tags get out of control and how can you rein them in? Columnist Patrick Stox shares his findings and...
3 ways to improve link equity distribution and capture missed opportunities
You've worked hard to accumulate as much link equity as possible from external sources, but is your internal linking structure diluting that...