Shopify SEO: The complete beginner’s guide
Learn how to rank your Shopify store in Google with this comprehensive Shopify SEO guide.
Topic: Sitemaps
Brand Visibility Checker: A free tool to check SEO and AI search readiness
Hidden technical issues can keep your brand out of SEO and AI results. Run our free Brand Visibility Checker to find them, ranked by severity, in seconds.
How AI helped build hreflang XML sitemaps at scale
Learn how iterative prompting, Python, and Google Colab helped turn a multilingual hreflang mapping project into a scalable workflow.
Sitemap Generator Tool: Build an XML sitemap for search engines and AI crawlers
Want to make sure search engines and AI crawlers can find your pages? Make a sitemap in seconds with our free Sitemap Generator tool!
How to optimize a website for AI crawlers and AI agents
Learn how to optimize your site for AI crawlers with technical SEO best practices — and control access by blocking or allowing crawlers with directives.
Advanced technical SEO tips: 14 technical SEO issues you’re missing
Think you've got your technical SEO buttoned up? Think again! Find out what you may have overlooked with our guide that's full of advanced SEO tips.
How to build SEO agent skills that actually work
Most AI SEO “skills” are just prompts. Learn the system behind reliable agents: tools, memory, templates, and a built-in review layer.
SEO in 2026: Higher standards, AI influence, and a web still catching up
Technical SEO is getting easier by default — but decisions around bots, LLMs.txt, and structured data are becoming more complex.
Does llms.txt matter? We tracked 10 sites to find out
We analyzed llms.txt across 10 websites. Only two saw AI traffic increases — and it wasn't because of the file.
Robots.txt and SEO: What you need to know in 2026
A practical look at modern robots.txt use, from allow and disallow logic to wildcards, crawl-rate control and avoiding common pitfalls.
The truth about byline dates in SEO (and how they really affect visibility)
Learn how Google interprets byline dates, published vs. updated dates, schema signals, and how freshness impacts rankings, trust, and click-through rates.
Robots.txt: SEO landmine or secret weapon?
Robots.txt tells search engines what to crawl—or skip. Learn how to create, test, and optimize robots.txt for better SEO and site management.
How AI search responds when you make a site more crawlable
Crawl waste cleanup boosted AI search visibility by up to 10% – with a small ChatGPT dip. Sitemap fixes and IA clarity drove results.
XML sitemaps: What they are & why they matter for SEO
Help search engines crawl your site smarter. Learn what an XML sitemap is, how to create one, and why it’s essential for SEO and site visibility.
Crawlability 101: Fix SEO to get seen by search engines
Crawlability refers to how easily search engines access your site. Learn what it is, why it matters, and how to fix crawl issues that hurt SEO.
llms.txt isn’t robots.txt: It’s a treasure map for AI
Not just another SEO file – llms.txt curates your site’s best AI-digestible content for inference. Here's how to use it.
Site migration SEO guide
Learn how to plan and execute a successful site migration without losing SEO traffic. Includes checklists, redirect strategies, and post-launch best practices.
Website migrations: a plan to keep your traffic and SEO safe
Worried your website migration will impact site rankings or performance? Done correctly, web migrations are nothing to fear.
Indexing and SEO: 9 steps to get your content indexed by Google and Bing
No indexing = no visibility. Follow these steps to get your content indexed and boost your presence in search results.
Meet llms.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling
Find out what llms.txt is, how it works, how to think about it, whether LLMs and brands are buying in, and why you should pay attention.
How to fix the ‘Page with redirect’ error in Google Search Console
Have you discovered the “Page with redirect” error in GSC? Learn to spot and fix it by improving content quality, site architecture, and more.
Google updates crawl budget docs for large sites with differing mobile and desktop pages and links
Google said it is best practice to have all links present on both mobile and desktop versions.
14 proven strategies to enhance your website’s SEO
Maximize your website visibility and traffic and stay ahead of the competition with these future-proof SEO strategies.
WordPress 6.5 gains lastmod date for sitemaps files
Google and Bing both encourage sites to include accurate lastmod dates within sitemap files.
How to run a successful site migration from start to finish
Moving to a new domain, changing your CMS or merging sites? Learn best practices for a seamless site migration that boosts search visibility.
Analyze content publishing velocity with this Python script
Use it to uncover competitors' content patterns and identify SEO opportunities while benchmarking your efforts.
12 SEO pitfalls to avoid during a website platform migration
Learn how to safeguard your website's SEO performance during a platform migration with these tips for a smooth transition.
What your enterprise SEO audit may be missing
Build a strong SEO foundation for your enterprise website. Learn how to bridge the gaps in your technical SEO with this guide.
Bing explains the new Sitemap Index Coverage report
After quietly rolling out the new sitemap in Webmaster Tools, Bing explains how it works.
XML sitemaps and SEO: What you need to know
You can’t trust search engine bots to find all your URLs. Give them a guide with your XML sitemap. Learn the SEO benefits here.
Google to deprecate Sitemaps ping endpoint later this year
Instead, Google is recommending an accurate lastmod date in your Sitemap file.
This day in search marketing history: February 14
Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
This day in search marketing history: February 8
Google Chrome's 'not secure' warning, plus: Search Ads 360, Google News and Discover penalties, content farms and more.
Microsoft Bing to rely more on lastmod date in XML sitemap files for crawling
Microsoft also released some interesting stats on lastmod dates in XML sitemap files.
Google Search Console Video indexing report gains video impressions overlay and sitemap filter
Google has upgraded the video indexing report to help your videos perform better in search.
This day in search marketing history: February 1
Bing accused of copying Google's search results, plus: Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo, about this result, fake locksmith issues and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 16
Google explains crawl budget, plus: website outages and blackouts the right way, Google doing 1 trillion searches, and more.
Google launches new HTTPS report in Google Search Console
This new report now shows why some pages are not being served as HTTPS.
Microsoft Bing drops anonymous sitemap submission due to spam issues
You can now only submit sitemaps to Bing using robots.txt or Bing Webmaster Tools.
Google removing support for some video and image sitemap extension tags
These sitemap extension tags are being deprecated on August 6, 2022.