X-Robots-Tag Headers, Done Properly
Indexing instructions delivered in HTTP headers rather than HTML tags, used for files such as PDFs and images. Where most projects go wrong The usual mistakes:...
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Indexing instructions delivered in HTTP headers rather than HTML tags, used for files such as PDFs and images. Where most projects go wrong The usual mistakes:...
Situations where canonical tags, robots rules, sitemaps and redirects tell search engines contradictory things. Why does it matter? Conflicting signals produce...
How content delivery networks affect what search engine crawlers see and how quickly they are served. At a glance Bot protection security rules can block legiti...
Automatically sending visitors to a country or language version based on their location, and what it does to crawling. What is at stake Automatic redirects can...
Working out why organic search traffic fell, and whether the cause is technical, algorithmic, seasonal or measurement error. The key figures Measurement trackin...
Search result formats that display several items from one page in a scrollable list, such as recipes or courses. Where most projects go wrong The usual mistakes...
The Search Console report showing how often Google crawls a site, what it requests and how the server responds. Why does it matter? Crawl statistics reveal serv...
An API that notifies Google about new or removed pages, limited to specific content types. At a glance Supported types the API supports job posting and broadcas...
Pages sharing the same title tag, common on paginated, filtered and templated sections. What is at stake Duplicate titles make listings ambiguous, and they ofte...
The control that lets visitors choose their language or country version of a site. The key figures Visibility selectors should be findable without scrolling to...
Healthcare SEO is search optimization for providers, clinics and health information sites: hospitals and health systems, independent practices, specialty clinic...
Search optimization for law firms, which compete in expensive local and practice-area markets. Why does it matter? Legal search is among the most competitive co...
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