10 ways Claude can derail your SEO if you don’t check its work
Technical audits, title tags, link building, and indexing can all go sideways when AI applies SEO best practices without enough context.
Topic: Noindex
Google indexed Claude Chats because Anthropic didn’t block your private chats from search engines
If you make URLs accessible to search engines and do not exclude them properly, search engines will index them.
How to prioritize technical SEO fixes by business impact
Not every critical error deserves immediate attention. Focus your resources on the fixes that actually improve visibility and performance.
Google explains JavaScript execution on non-200 HTTP status codes
Google noted that if the HTTP status code is non-200 (for example, on error pages with 404 status code), rendering might be skipped.
What is technical SEO? The definitive guide
Learn what technical SEO is, why it matters, and how to optimize your site for speed, crawlability, indexation, and structured data—all in one expert guide.
How to fix ‘Blocked by robots.txt’ and ‘Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’ errors in GSC
Confused by these Google Search Console errors? Learn what they mean, why they happen, and how to fix them effectively.
How to deal with SEO emergencies
From rankings drops to site issues, learn which SEO problems require urgent action and how to prioritize your efforts effectively.
Key Google Search Console metrics to monitor every month
Refine your analysis techniques by learning how to effectively track technical SEO metrics in Google Search Console.
How to fix ‘Crawled – Currently not indexed’ error in Google Search Console
Uncover the reasons behind the 'Crawled – Currently not indexed' error in Google Search Console and solutions to get your pages indexed.
Website migration checklist: 11 steps for success
Website migration is complicated. Eliminate errors and help streamline the site migration process with these steps.
Driving traffic to gated content and paywalled sites: SEO tips + examples
Explore SEO tactics to effectively market premium content and drive site traffic while preserving the value of your gated assets.
Google-Extended does not stop Google Search Generative Experience from using your site’s content
Instead, you need to block SGE by blocking Googlebot completely.
This day in search marketing history: February 25
SEOs upset over Google featured snippets, plus: Google's red Slow label, Google Panda fallout, PageRank 301 redirect dilution myth and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 23
Google penalizes Natural News, plus: Google AdSense separates YouTube earnings, BrightEdge acquires Oncrawl, florist war on AdWords and more.
Microsoft Advertising will deprecate ETAs too; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, October 8 is the Diversity Award nomination deadline
We asked, you answered: Should Google add noindex support to robots.txt? Poll results
In total, 84% of the 87 respondents said “yes,” they would like this feature.
Need to expedite page removal in Google’s search index? Try a temporary sitemap file
Do you need to remove a lot content from Google quickly? Here is how to do it if you own the site.
SearchCap: AMP data, agency relationships & hip hop Doodles
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is your marketing organization ready for martech?Aug 11, 2017 by Scott Brinker Join me August 15 live for this exclusive webinar. Disclosure and transparency: The agency/client relationship twinsAug 11, 2017 by […]
SearchCap: Google’s latest Smart Bidding option, Zaha Hadid Google Doodle & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 7 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 2 weeks May 31, 2017 by Search Engine Land Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just 2 weeks away. Don’t miss your only […]
SearchCap: 2 trillion Google searches, AdWords announcements & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google now handles at least 2 trillion searches per yearMay 24, 2016 by Danny Sullivan The search giant won’t say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it’s […]
SearchCap: Google App Interstitial Penalty, Bing Ads Academy & SEO Horror Stories
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s App Interstitial Giant Ad Penalty Is Now Live Nov 3, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Yesterday, Google released an update to their mobile-friendly algorithm, penalizing sites using giant app install interstitial […]
No, Bing Doesn’t Support Pagination Attributes to Consolidate Pages In A Series
Last week, the Bing Webmaster blog published a post about how Bing handles rel=”next” and rel=”prev” attributes. On the surface, it seemed as though Bing was announcing that it now supported these tags in the same way Google does. Last September, Google announced support of the rel=”prev” and rel=”next” attributes to designate paginated content, which enables […]
How The Bing Toolbar May Accidentally Submit Private Pages & Ads
Microsoft has confirmed that they do discover and index URLs that they find through users surfing the Internet with the Bing Toolbar installed. This can be a concern for those who know certain URLs are only accessible if the individual knows about it and navigates to the URL with the Bing Toolbar installed. For example, […]
SMX East 2011: Pagination & SEO
Pagination & SEO Presentations from SMX East – NYC, NY, September 2011 What’s the best way to implement complex, paginated sites for effective indexing and ranking? It may not be using conventional wisdom, despite what Google has said to the contrary. Come hear our panelists discuss controversial, but undeniably effective ways to use the rel=canonical […]
Google Webmaster Tools Remove URL With Blocking Not Required
Google announced on the Webmaster blog that they have removed a requirement for removing URLs via Google Webmaster Tools. Google no longer requires you to block access to the URL you want to remove from Google prior to submitted the URL removal request. Google said they have eliminated “the requirement that the webpage’s URL must […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 14, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Twitter Says Activity Levels Are Soaring With the five-year anniversary of the first tweet approaching, Twitter says user activity is soaring. In a blog post that details tweet and account activity, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 1, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Now Likely Using Online Merchant Reviews As Ranking Signal Earlier this week, the New York Times spotlighted how a merchant with bad reviews nonetheless was ranked well in Google. Today, […]
Removing Pages From Google: A Comprehensive Guide For Content Owners
As a site owner, you generally want Google to index as many pages of your site as possible. But there are certainly times when you find that you’ve accidentally let Google index confidential content or other information you don’t want published, and you want to get it removed as quickly as possible. Read on for […]
Twitter Not Giving Access To Private Tweets
Is Twitter allowing search engines access to protected tweets or not? Not, Twitter tells me, though the company probably needs to do a bit more to prevent this type of confusion in the future. The LA Times reported yesterday about a “Twitter hole” that it believed allowed Google special access to protected tweets, tweets made […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 16, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
The Growth Of Framebars & Kevin Rose On The DiggBar
The DiggBar has been out for about a week now. Since then, there continues to be concerns over twin issues of whether it robs sites of link love and frames their contents in a way that’s unfair to publishers. I had a good conversation with Digg cofounder Kevin Rose today about these issues and how […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 6, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 4, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 26, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 25, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SEOs Want The NOINDEX Tag To Not Show A Page In The Index
Matt Cutts of Google posted a blog entry asking SEOs how they want Google to handle the NOINDEX meta tag. If you use the NOINDEX meta tag now, Google won’t show the page in any way in the Google index — not even a “link only” listing. Matt asks SEOs if this is what they […]
Yahoo Search Weather Update & Support For X-Robots Tag
The Yahoo Blog issued a weather report for changes to rankings in Yahoo Search, along with news that they are now supporting the X-Robots-Tag directive — a way to control indexing of content that cannot accept meta robots tags.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: