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Technical SEO

Google: When Buying Links Use rel=nofollow or rel=sponsored

Buying backlinks is against the Google Webmaster Guidelines. You should use rel=nofollow or rel=sponsored to prevent PageRank from being passed.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

Google doesn't crawl content behind JavaScript Load More buttons. Infinite scroll not much better.

Google's John Mueller has confirmed that they no longer index content behind JavaScript 'load more' buttons, or content shown within infinite scroll.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Statistics

Voice Search Statistics for 2022

Voice Search is becoming increasingly popular. Here are some statistics showcasing why you need to start preparing in 2019 for the voice search era.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 9 min read

Technical SEO

Does Google index PDF files and content?

John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, confirmed that they index PDF files and content in the Google Search just like they would any other webpage.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 5 min read

Technical SEO

AMP vs Responsive Design. Is AMP a valid replacement?

Former Googler, Pedro Dias said on Twitter that AMP should not be used as a replacement for a mobile-friendly website. John Muller and others disagreed.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 5 min read

Statistics

What percentage of searches are performed on mobile devices?

According to a recent report, nearly 60 percent of all Online Searches are now carried out on a mobile device, with some sectors reaching 72 percent.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 4 min read

Technical SEO

SEO Title Tag: Definitive guide including title tag length and other best practices

The title tag is one of the most important on-page SEO elements. We look at the best practices such as title length, keyword usage, separators, and more.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 10 min read

Technical SEO

Google: Don't build too many links too fast or we may ignore them.

Google said that if you build backlinks too fast their algorithms might just ignore them. You may also risk a manual spam penalty from their webspam team.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Google: Using Hreflang for all possible languages and countries might be a mistake.

Google's John Mueller said that you should limit the number of pages created with hreflang to those that are absolutely critical & valuable.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 4 min read

Technical SEO

Mueller: Google only uses one price per URL from structured data. Or do they?

Webmaster Trends Analyst, John Mueller says that it is not possible to have more than one price per URL. We show one example where this is not the case.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

Google Patent: Website Representation Vectors used to classify a website's Expertise, Authority, and Trust

A newly released Google Patent reveals some insight on how they may classify a website's Expertise, Authority, and Trust (EAT) for particular queries.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 7 min read

Analytics

Google's new Site Kit WordPress Plugin provides analytics directly in your dashboard

Google has launched Site Kit, a new WordPress plugin that provides analytics, tips to improve and monetize your content, all from the dashboard.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Google: Sitemap showing for search queries indicates Site Quality Issues

If you are Googling something specific on your site and one of the results is your XML sitemap, then it is likely that you have site quality issues.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Google: Don't use Crawlers to build Sitemaps. Automate them.

Google's John Mueller replied to a Reddit Thread with some advice on how best to build an XML sitemap, including warning against crawler-based

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

Cameos on Google App Shows Q&A Knowledge Graph for Universities

Originally designed for celebrities and public figures to share answers to popular questions, it has now been spotted being used by UC Davis University.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

PageRank Sculpting with Nofollow Links a Waste of Time, says Google's John Mueller.

Google's John Mueller says that using internal Nofollow links for PageRank Sculpting is a waste of time and does not work.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Use Multiple Sitemaps to Monitor Different Parts of Your Site, says Google's John Mueller.

Google recommends that you use multiple sitemaps. This enables you to filter issues in the Search Console to parts of your site.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

If your rankings drop after submitting Disavow file, remove less shady links

If your rankings drop after submitting a disavow file then, according to Google, you may wish to remove some of the less shady links from your disavow file.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Google: Crawl Rate and Crawl Demand affects the Crawl Budget

Google has recently clarified what the term "Googlebot" means, and how it may affect SEO. We take a detailed look at what they had to say.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 7 min read

Technical SEO

Rich Cards extended to recipes, movies, restaurants, and online courses

Rich Cards, the new mobile search result format for Recipes and Movies, has now been extended to cover Local Restaurants and Online courses.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 4 min read

Technical SEO

Bing will not implement Mobile-first indexing, despite Google doing so.

Bing has confirmed that it will not be following in the footsteps of Google and indexing the mobile version of a website, rather than the desktop version.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 2 min read

Technical SEO

Google: When redirecting URLs upload and keep old sitemap for 6 months

Google confirmed that when redirecting content to new URLs you should upload a copy of the old Sitemap so that Google can pick up on the redirects faster.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Analytics

Google: Search Console ranking data anomalies explained

Google responds to question asking why the Search Console Ranking data can differ from what you see when searching for that term.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 3 min read

Technical SEO

Google - No Need to Update External Backlinks When Changing website URL

Google's Gary Illyes has said that there is no need to update external backlinks when migrating to HTTPS. The link juice loss is minimal.

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

· 4 min read