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Why Does Google Replace Page Titles?
Google reveals new information about the page title update and explains why it replaces some titles and not others.
Website Themes Impact SEO
Google’s John Mueller says that website themes impact SEO. Site design and SEO experts share what to know before choosing a website theme
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We Analyzed 88 Google Ranking Factors & Here’s What We Found [Ebook]
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Have you ever wondered what is and isn’t a ranking factor? This guide determines whether these 88 signals are Google ranking factors.
Do Prominent Lead Gen Forms Impact SEO?
Google’s John Mueller answered question regarding under which conditions prominent lead generation forms may cause a site to rank lower
What’s Driving Google’s Title Tag Rewrites?
What Google recommends for title tags and if that influences why title tags are rewritten
Google Lighthouse 8.3.0 Update
Update affects PageSpeed Insights, SEO description emphasizes CWV over SEO and introduces Project Fraggle Rock
Google Still Uses Original Page Titles For Search Rankings
Google’s John Mueller confirms a webpage’s original title will still be used for ranking purposes even when it’s replaced in SERPs.
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The State of SEO 2021: Key Industry Survey Findings [Research]
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Search Engine Journal’s first State of SEO Report will help guide your SEO strategy into 2022 with unique data, graphs, and commentary.
Why Web Pages Disappear from Search Console Reports
Google’s John Mueller answers why the amount of web pages in various search console reports may decline month after month
Google Shows How to Optimize for Beta Discover Follow
Get more traffic. Google published how to optimize a site to receive followers from the Discover Follow feature currently in Beta
Google Page Experience Update Fully Rolled Out – This is Why it Matters
Google’s Page Experience Update finished rolling out. These are the reasons why this update is important.
Google Adds New Shipping & Return Annotations in Search Results
Google is giving retailers the option to indicate in search results when they offer special promotions related to shipping and returns.
Google: Interstitials are Fine Under this Condition
Google’s John Mueller offered a nuanced explanation of how the negative ranking factor related to interstitials works
Google: Low Traffic Does Not Always Mean Low Quality
Google’s John Mueller offers solutions for what to do about web pages that have little to no search traffic
Google’s Not Fooled By Fake Lighthouse Scores
Google’s John Mueller tells SEOs that fake Lighthouse scores won’t help websites rank any higher in search results.
Google Title Tag Update Casualties Lose Search Traffic
Google’s Title Tag Update is causing so much disruption that some have started calling it Titlepocalypse
Google Reportedly Paying Apple $15B to Stay Default Search Engine
Financial analysts estimate Google is paying Apple $15 billion to remain the default search provider on the Safari browser.
Google’s Page Title Update is Dynamic and Reactive to Changes
As more new information comes out about Google’s update to generating web page titles, we learn it’s dynamic and will react to on-site changes.
Google Confirms Update to Generating Web Page Titles
Google’s Danny Sullivan confirms the search engine is updating the way it generates web page titles in search results.
Google Redesigns ‘How Search Works’ Website
Google has updated its ‘How Search Works’ website which contains information on how Google organizes, ranks, and tests search results.
Ranking for Head Term Keywords
Google’s John Mueller answers a question about ranking for massive traffic head term keyword phrases
Google Wants to Fix Page Title Rewrites
Google’s Danny Sullivan hears the criticism of the recent page title rewrite update and suggests a way that it could be improved.
Google is Rewriting Title Tags in SERPs
Google is rewriting title tags for a limited amount of pages in search results, often replacing the text with a page’s H1 tag.
Google Bug Causing Issues With Images in Top Stories
Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, reports that a bug in search results is causing images in Top Stories not to render properly.
Google: It’s Normal for 20% of a Site to Not Be Indexed
John Mueller on why it’s normal for 20% of a site to not be indexed and the influence of overall site quality on indexing
Google: A ‘Site:’ Search Doesn’t Show All Pages
Google’s John Mueller says the results of a site: query are not a comprehensive collection of all a website’s pages.
How 500 Error Codes Can Impact Google Indexing
John Mueller explains the circumstances that trigger Google to start dropping web pages from their index in response to 500 errors
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Which Schema Types Are Used Most by Industry [Research]
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Find out which schema types are most prominent across industries including travel, education, home improvement, health care, and finance.
Can Being Crawled by Googlebot Desktop Cause Indexing Delay?
John Mueller was asked if getting crawled by Googlebot Desktop can explain why they’re suffering from delayed indexing
Google: Increase Discover Traffic with Max Image Preview Tag
Google published case study showing how a simple meta tag can increase clicks from Discover by over 300%