Five reasons why Google isn’t indexing all of your web pages
Although you do not know it, some of your web pages might block Google. If Google cannot access all of your web pages, you’re losing visitors and sales. Here are five reasons why Google...
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Google AdWords or SEO? What is better?
Paid search marketing on Google AdWords and other sites is a quick and easy way to get listed on Google and other search engines for the keywords that are related to your business. Unfortunately,...
Four tips that make sure that SEO works for your website
All website owners need more traffic and more sales. Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the best ways to reach these goals. Many people lose a lot of money because they don’t use...
Google’s John Mueller: user actions on your website aren’t a ranking factor
In a webmaster hangout, a webmaster asked if it was a positive ranking factor if a visitor filled out a form or spent time on a website. Google’s John Mueller said that this is...
Google: links to 404 pages on your website do not count
On Twitter, Google’s Gary Illyes said that links that point to non-existent (404) pages on your website do not count. This even applies to “soft” 404 pages, i.e. pages that show an error message...
3 reasons why you didn’t get the links that you asked for
Now that Google penalizes websites with bad backlinks, getting high quality backlinks has become even more important than it was before. Many people say that content matters most, which is true to some degree....
Google: do not noindex your website when you go on vacation
It seems that some webmasters add a noindex command to the robots.txt file of their website when they go on vacation. Google’s John Mueller has said on Google+ that you should not do that:...
Even Google needs SEO - better do not ignore it for your own site
Search engine optimization is so important that even Google is looking for SEO managers who help it to improve the organic rankings of their web pages. If you think that your website does not...
Google: the Panda 4.2 update is slow for technical reasons
In a Google Hangout, Google’s John Mueller explained why the latest Panda 4.2 rollout update is taking months instead of weeks: “[The Panda rollout] is actually pretty much a similar update to before. For...
Official: how Google handles new top level domains (TLDs)
In a post on Google’s Webmaster Central blog, Google’s John Mueller explained how Google handles new top level domains (TLDs) such as .guru or .how. Here are the details: 1. Google does not favor...
Google: rich snippets are not for your home page
In an online discussion, Google’s Gary Illyes said that rich snippets markup should not be used on the home page of a website: “Review rich snippets should only be used in cases where ‘the...
Google: HTTPS can be a dealbreaker
The HTTPS ranking signal that was announced by Google some weeks ago has not been very significant to many webmasters. Google’s Gary Illyes commented on that on Twitter: @MattSouthern more like a dealbreaker. All...
Google: content with CSS display:none has less value
There are a lot of legitimate reasons to use ‘display:none’ in the CSS of a web page. However, you should be aware that Google gives hidden content less weight. Google’s Gary Illyes has explained...
