After removing the PDF from public download, Google has now published a revised version of the 164 page guidelines designed to help their team of search quality raters evaluate online content.
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At the beginning of the year Google announced that it was going to start using page speed as a ranking factor for mobile searches (previously, page speed was only a ranking factor for desktop searches).
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On June 25, writing in the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Search Console Engineers announced a brand-new URL inspection tool that has been added to the new Search Console.
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TLDR JavaScript helps us enhance user experience. JavaScript runs on user devices — but we shouldn’t abuse their power. Ship only necessary JavaScript and as little as possible. SEO & JavaScript boils down to prerendering, and then you are left with HTML. A user should be able to interact with UI when they see it, so […]
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This guide is to help those who want to make sure their website downtime does not impact on their organic search performance.
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SALT.agency is proud to be attending the Internet Summit 2018, taking place on Thursday 14 June. Throughout the day we’ll be providing live commentary from some of the talks and discussions that we’ll be attending.
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A video by Matt Cutts in 2014 seemingly suggesting guest blogging was dead caused a bit of a stir in SEO and offsite communities, as did more recent statements from Google echoing the same sentiment. However, context is key, and all of these warnings were aimed at guest blogging done badly. By badly I mean […]
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TL;DR Websites that are built using React.JS are perfectly SEO-friendly when built correctly. If you are going to build a website that renders the front-end using React.JS, then make sure you render the first version before serving it to the search engines. It is no news to anyone that old browsers which can’t render the […]
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TL;DR: It can take up to several months for Google to see changes to your website. Core algorithm updates happen all the time; be aware of them. A general reminder that SEO takes time and patience. Reminder! SEO does not yield instant results This is widespread knowledge within the industry, and something that is taught […]
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In March 2017 Google announced that page speed is included as a ranking factor in its mobile-first index. For a long time Google warned that mobile sites are going to take greater priority over desktop sites, and in March, it stated explicitly that it was rolling out mobile-first indexing. In the post on the Webmaster […]
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For a number of years Google has strongly advocated moving sites to HTTPS as a form of basic security, and with Chrome 70 rolling out later this year (which will mark HTTP sites as not secure), the search engine is forcing the hands of Webmasters even further. HTTPS doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a secure website however, […]
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Google confirmed suspicions last Friday that a broad core algorithm update took place on 16 April, much like the one experienced in March. Speaking on Twitter, the Google SearchLiasion, said: “On Monday, we released a broad core algorithm update, as we routinely do throughout the year.” As a result, some sites will have seen fluctuations […]
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