Robots Meta Tags and Noindex: The Decisions That Matter
Page-level instructions, in a meta tag or X-Robots-Tag header, that control whether a page is indexed and how its snippet can be shown. Why does it matter? Noin...
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Page-level instructions, in a meta tag or X-Robots-Tag header, that control whether a page is indexed and how its snippet can be shown. Why does it matter? Noin...
Moving a website to a new domain, protocol or URL structure while keeping search visibility, using redirects and Search Console's Change of Address tool. At a g...
Pages that tell visitors something does not exist, such as an out-of-stock or empty search page, while returning a 200 success status to crawlers. What is at st...
The site name and small icon Google shows next to results, taken from the site's structured data, title and favicon. The key figures Site name source WebSite st...
The Search Console report that shows which known pages are indexed, which are not, and the reason for each excluded page. Where most projects go wrong The usual...
The Search Console tool that shows Google's indexed version of a specific URL and can test the live page, including rendering, canonical selection and indexabil...
Penalties applied by a person at Google when a site violates spam policies, reported in Search Console with the affected pages and the issue found. At a glance...
Compromised websites that serve spam, malware or deceptive content, and the Search Console report that flags them. What is at stake Hacked content can trigger b...
The tools and methods for getting pages or images out of Google's results, from temporary removal requests to permanent fixes such as deletion or noindex. The k...
The Search Console report that groups a site's URLs by Core Web Vitals status for mobile and desktop, using field data from the Chrome UX Report. Where most pro...
The Search Console report showing top linking sites, most-linked pages, top anchor text and internal link counts for a property. Why does it matter? It gives a...
Analyzing the Search Console performance report, which shows clicks, impressions, click-through rate and average position by query, page, country and device. At...
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