4 technical SEO issues auditing tools won’t show you
Here are four of the top technical SEO issues that your auditing tools won't show you and how to find them.
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Optimizing mobile sites: What’s the alternative to AMP?
As publishers continue to move away from AMP, how can they maintain site performance?
11 breadcrumb SEO best practices for a mobile-first strategy
Learn when to use three types of breadcrumb trails, the SEO benefits of breadcrumbs and best practices for UX and mobile.
The benefits of dynamic rendering for SEO
Google is getting better at crawling JavaScript, but there are still limitations. At SMX Next, Nati Elimelich explained how dynamic rendering can overcome those limitations while avoiding potential cloaking issues.
Shopify SEO Guide: How to increase organic traffic to your store
SEO tips to fully optimize your Shopify site for higher rankings and more sales.
Shopify chat bug leads to titles with (1) in Google’s search results
The issue is resolved but it might take time for your titles to be reprocessed.
How marketers can prepare for what’s next in page experience
A lot has change since the Page Experience update rolled out. At SMX Next, Patrick Stox shared tactics to prepare for what's next.
The cost of ignoring website accessibility
Non-compliant sites are vulnerable to lawsuits, but SEOs can help protect them by advocating for accessibility, which can serve both differently-abled audiences as well as your business goals.
Google is hiring a Search Quality Analyst to fight search spam
The job is based in Mountain View, California and you would work on helping keep the search results spam free.
Google throttled non-AMP page speeds, created format to hamper header bidding, antitrust complaint claims
Recently unredacted sections of the complaint paint a damning picture of Google's motivations that, if true, could erode any trust it has left with publishers.
Microsoft Advertisers can analyze post-click behavior, analyze engagement with new Clarity integration
The tool helps advertisers better understand post-click user behavior and engagement on landing pages.
Why automation is the future of lead management (and RevOps)
RevOps is trending toward low-code automation that closes software gaps and solves fundamental marketing and sales challenges.
Google’s help guide on redirects and Google Search updated
This document has been updated to show you how various forms of redirects impact your site's performance in Google Search.
Core Web Vitals: Google is not backing down in the fight against the slow web
Core Web Vitals fixes and industry-specific benchmarks
The greatest hits from Google Marketing Livestream, plus Microsoft Advertising’s new ads and social management pilot; Friday’s daily brief
New features are available in Google Ads for local businesses, travel, and more.
Skyrocket your rankings with a head-to-toe website audit
On average, each crawled web page has at least one critical error—make sure to fix yours
Google postpones page experience update rollout
The page experience update will now gradually rollout in mid-June and won't be fully live until the end of August.
Google expands its core web vitals and page experience update FAQs
Google explained it "will continue to prioritize pages with the best information overall, even if some aspects of page experience are subpar."
Google clarifies the SharedArrayBuffer notification
After much confusion, Google explained why it send out these notifications and what your next steps should be.
FLoC is coming — Here’s what we know so far
Google has positioned its third-party cookie replacement squarely between advertisers and users, and both sides are worried.
Server-side rendering: What SEOs need to understand
A guide for search marketers on how rendering JavaScript impacts search results.
Passage based rankings, core web vitals and responsive search ads; Friday’s daily brief
I hope you like SEO rants...
What to evaluate ahead of Google’s Page Experience update
The content you’re competing against, the AMP option, your organization’s resources and business requirements are all part of the decision.
How to audit sites inside corporate networks
Turn private (VPN required) URLs into temporary ones that allow for page changes but hide the content to preserve its privacy.
How to earn your place in Google’s index in 2020
The four distinct types of indexing problems and how to identify them.
Bing considers page quality before indexing
Bing does not want to index and show search results for low quality, spammy or manipulative content.
Replay: What SEOs need to know about Bing Webmaster Guidelines
The latest updates to the guidelines include how Bing crawls, indexes, ranks web pages and handles search spam.
Google announces ‘Virtual Webmaster Unconference’
It seems like there won't be any formal presentations, instead, expect an open dialog between Google and attendees.
How technology is changing what it means to be an effective (search) marketer
Tools and tech to help improve analysis, decision making, and strategic planning.
Bing updates its Webmaster Guidelines
These new Bing guidelines discuss the fundamental principles behind how Bing crawls, indexes and ranks content - make sure to review them.
Google confirms fixing issue with indexing Disqus comments
It is not clear how many blogs were impacted by this Google issue but it is now resolved.
Live with Search Engine Land
Live with Search Engine Land is a series of live discussions, presentations, tutorials and less formal meetups led by the editorial team at Search Engine Land. No matter the format, we want everyone to stay sharp and up-to-date on tactics and best practices. These weekly meetups are about giving great marketers a platform to inform, […]
Common JavaScript errors that can harm your SEO [Video]
And, why JavaScript may not be the real cause of your crawling issues.
Why the evergreen Googlebot is such a big deal [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt discusses the effort behind making Googlebot ‘evergreen’ in this clip from Live with Search Engine Land.
SEOs and developers: Why they’re better together [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt discusses his mission to provide both sides with the knowledge and vocabulary necessary to close the gap.
Common oversights that can impede Google from crawling your content [Video]
SEOs and developers shouldn’t over-engineer workarounds when basic, reliable solutions already exist, says Martin Splitt in this clip from Live with Search Engine Land.
How Google crawls and indexes: a non-technical explanation [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt provides a simple summary of the processes that pave the way for ranking search results.
Don’t try to reinvent the SEO wheel, says Google’s Martin Splitt
Splitt addresses the most common indexing and JavaScript mistakes, why he doesn’t take ranking questions and shares why Google’s communications aren’t always as proactive as we’d like.
Replay: Google’s Martin Splitt gets technical on Live with Search Engine Land
If you are having indexing issues with your HTML or JavaScript-based website, then you won’t want to miss this chat.
The right way to apply JavaScript to your links for SEO
Google’s Martin Splitt explains why fragment identifiers don’t get crawled and the importance of href attributes.