But, UX remains crucial and Google has introduced Priority Hints to help site owners and browsers prioritize which resources to load first. Since its announcement, the page experience update generated much speculation among SEOs. This was because it made user experience more of a Google ranking factor than it had been before and because it […]

Looking to work with an agency to manage your SEO? Consider these tips when vetting potential agency partners. SEO agencies can vary in terms of their quality of service. That means a large number of brands and organizations have been burned at least once. Additionally, many agencies look and sound the same – just swap […]

You may see changes in your clicks and impression data within the performance and rich result reports. Google has made some changes to how review-types show in Google search and as a result, you may see some changes to the clicks and impressions reported within some of the reports within Search Console. What changed. Google said, “Google began […]

Hiring for SEO roles? Asking these questions can help you separate the pretenders from the contenders during interviews. Hiring is one of the hardest jobs you have as a manager, team builder and even coworker. I have a distinct memory of hiring my first SEO employee at Uber over five years ago. The search took […]

This affected “many” Google Search Console properties, so make sure to check your reports in the next couple of days. Google said there was a bug with its coverage report in Search Console where Google reported pages as being indexed, when in fact, they were not indexed by Google Search. Google said this “affected many […]

Google now says this is a workaround and not a long-term solution. Google has updated the dynamic rendering help documentation to now say Google no longer recommends using dynamic rendering, that this is a workaround and not a long-term solution to your Google Search crawling and indexing problems with JavaScript. Truth is, Google always said this […]

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Try these link-building services to improve your organic rankings. Link building isn’t easy, especially if you want it to be done right (i.e., stay compliant with Google’s Webmaster Guidelines). Nevertheless, if your goal is to siphon more organic traffic through high search engine rankings, it is vital to study the intricacies of modern white hat […]

If you’re missing data, make sure to inform your clients and update your reporting to reflect the glitch. “We’re currently experiencing longer than usual delays in the Search Console performance report. This only affects reporting, not crawling, indexing, or ranking of websites,” said the Google Search Central Twitter account on the morning of Tuesday, September […]

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