Category: Technical SEO
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Need Advice: Adding hreflang tags to sitemap vs. Source code. Will adding hreflang tags to sitemap (previously in source code) cause indexing issues?
“`markdown Seeking Guidance: Implementing Hreflang Tags in Sitemaps vs. Source Code I am managing a website featuring ten languages and twenty culture codes. For instance, when a blog post titled “blog-abc” is published in all languages, the hreflang tags direct each language version back to its respective language page. For English, this would be en/blog-abc.…
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Reviewing and Improving My robots.txt
Quick Review Needed for a robots.txt File Is Anything Incorrect? Hello everyone, I’m looking for a quick review of the robots.txt file content below. Is there anything obviously wrong with it? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you! 🙂 “`plaintext Sitemap: https://www.mysite.com.hk/sitemap.xml User-agent: AdsBot-Google Disallow: User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: User-agent: dotbot Disallow: / User-agent: BLEXBot Disallow:…
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Is Xpath experience relevant for resumes?
Should You Include Xpath on Your Resume? Are you pondering whether to list Xpath as a skill on your resume? If you’re aiming for mid-level strategist positions, this is a valid consideration. Xpath seems like an essential tool for any SEO professional. However, I’m surprised by how infrequently my peers in SEO seem to use…
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What’s a straightforward method to load 100,000 sitemap URLs into Excel or Sheets?
Simplifying the Process of Importing 100,000 Sitemap URLs into Excel or Google Sheets Overview Hi there! I’ve encountered an issue with Excel where using the “Data” > “Get Data” > “From File” option doesn’t capture all the URLs from my website’s sitemap. Question Does anyone know of an easy method to import all URLs into…
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Future of Microdata Tagging: Schema.org Without JSON-LD
Experiment: Is Microdata Tagging Relevant in 2024? (Complete Schema.org Without JSON+LD) I’m revisiting a project from over five years ago to determine the significance of microdata tagging on websites. From trusted sources, I’ve learned that search engines can interpret the full schema described by Schema.org. While these tags might not alter their display in rich…
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Google’s ‘Discovered – Currently Not Indexed’ Alert Explained: Causes and Fixes
Why “Discovered – Currently Not Indexed” is Missing in Google Search Console Have you experienced the “Discovered – currently not indexed” status disappearing from Google Search Console? Our site previously showed this status, but now it’s absent. We have around 300 quality content pages that are not hindered by robots.txt, canonicalized elsewhere, or buried deep…
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Preserving Your Customizations: What to Know Before Updating Your Theme”
Creating an Effective Sitemap: Best Practices Hello fellow enthusiasts, I’m currently employed at a major company and have been tasked with generating a new sitemap for their extensive website. Given the size of the site, I want to ensure everything is done correctly without any errors. What are the best practices for crafting an outstanding…
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Importance of Page Indexing for Your Website’s SEO
“`markdown Page Indexing Concerns: What’s Acceptable? Introduction I’ve noticed that while everything else seems to be functioning well on my website, the pages aren’t getting indexed as thoroughly as I’d hoped. Someone mentioned to me that it’s not necessary for every page to be indexed. What Would You Do? Is this situation something I should…
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Structured Data not Showing on Google Search Console page inspection?
Structured Data Not Appearing in Google Search Console After Implementation Recently, we added structured data to all of our indexed pages. When testing using the Rich Results Test, everything appears to be in order: However, upon checking in Google Search Console, none of the structured data information (except for reviews) seems to be visible: Is…