Google’s John Mueller answered a question about what happens to the signals associated with syndicated content when Google chooses the partner as the canonical instead of the original content publisher. John’s answer contained helpful information about the murky area of ranking and...
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Google Answers How It Handles A Specific Non-Standard Meta Tag
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about how Googlebot responds to a pre-render meta tag that has the value of 404 page not found. It’s a good question because this is the kind of meta tag, a non-standard meta element, isn’t often encountered so it’s good to know what to do when...
Generative Retrieval For Ranking Answers
Microsoft announced a new conversational question answering model that outperforms other methods, answering questions faster and accurately while using significantly less resources. What is proposed is a new way to rank passages from content using what they call Generative Retrieval For...
Google Search Generative Experience officially rolls out links to webpages within answers
Google is now rolling out links to webpages within the Search Generative Experience AI-powered answers. You will see the AI-powered overview answers have these down-arrow icons; when you click on them, Google will show you the relevant webpages used to help form that part of the answer....
25 Questions & Answers for Beginners
In this SEO FAQ, we’ve answered 25 of the most commonly asked questions about SEO.Along the way, you’ll find examples, resources, and tools to support your learning.Basic SEO FAQs1. What Is SEO?Search engine optimization (SEO) is a set of processes used to improve a website’s visibility in...