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Did Google Search Console send an email with an error message?
We are big fans of Google Search Console — and you should be too! It’s an essential tool to keep your site working properly and find opportunities to get better results from the SERPs.…
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How to check the performance of your rich results in Google Search Console
Adding structured data to your site is a great way of describing your content to Google so that it makes it easier for it to grasp your pages.…
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10 reasons your page won’t rank – even though it’s optimized
If your perfectly optimized post isn’t ranking, what could be the matter? Is the problem that your site is not on Google at all, or is something else going wrong?…
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SEO news in May 2021: Google introduces a new language model
This month, Google held their annual I/O conference, an event at which they announce new product releases and other interesting stuff. They introduced us to MUM, their new language model and the next step in understanding online content.…
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Yoast SEO 16.3: Schema structured data improvements
Making sure search engines can understand your site is one of the top priorities in SEO. One of the most effective ways of getting that understanding is to add Schema.org…
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Local business listings with Schema.org structured data
One of the things you can do to present your local business better in search results is Schema.org data for rich snippets. By adding structured data to your site, you can help search engines understand what your business is about and how it performs.…
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What is an XML sitemap and why should you have one?
A good XML sitemap acts as a roadmap of your website that leads Google to all your important pages. XML sitemaps can be good for SEO, as they allow Google to find your essential website pages quickly, even if your internal linking isn’t perfect.…
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Technical SEO fitness: take our quiz to assess your fitness
Going to the gym regularly might get you fit, but dropping that routine will get out out of shape in no time. The same goes for your website — without a good fitness routine and proper maintenance, it might become a mess.…
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SEO news in April 2021: More time for your Core Web Vitals
A bit of a scandal involving hospitals and the noindex tag, a postponed deadline for your Core Web Vitals and a whole new editing experience in WordPress.…
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News SEO: How to optimize your news site
If your website is all about news, there’s a lot you can do to optimize it for search engines (and your users in the process). In this post, we’ll address some things you need to keep in mind, specifically when optimizing your news website.…
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How does video SEO work?
Video is great for explaining a topic in just a couple of minutes. Or, to give people an idea of that product they’re thinking of buying.…
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The latest news in SEO and WordPress: January 2021
Google’s new subtopics ranking, a page builder that’s also focusing on performance and a tool to easily rewrite and repost old content. These are a few of the news items that our SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson discussed during our SEO news webinar on the 26th of January 2021.…
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How to get your new WordPress site indexed
When you roll out the red carpet on a new website, you might be expecting visitors to start coming eagerly. In reality, before people start visiting your site, search engines need to find, index and rank it.…
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Get More Readers to Your Business Blog
Blogging is a great way to communicate with your customers and reach new ones. Business owner Phoebe Clare blogs at Sage and Clare, where she documents her exotic trips scouting merchandise for her online home decor store she runs with Jemma Sage. Learn…
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