[ad_1] The PPC community had a rollercoaster year in 2023. Google stirred things up by shaking cushions and discreetly adjusting ad prices, and the entire industry faced a major shift with the sunset of Universal Analytics, forcing everyone to transition to Google Analytics 4. It’s fair to say...
Google Says Sometimes Bot Protection Services Serve noindex
[ad_1] Did you know that sometimes those bot protection services will serve Google and other search engines noindex directives? Google's John Mueller said this on X, saying, "Sometimes there's bot-protection (or a login, interstitial, etc) triggering that has a noindex on it."He also added that it...
Google Checks 4 Billion Host Names Each Day
[ad_1] Did you know that Google Search checks about four billion host names each and every day for robots.txt purposes? Gary Illyes said in the December Search Off The Record podcast "we have about four billion host names that we check every single day for robots.txt."He said this at the 20:31...
Google On How Subdomain Caused Perception Of Indexing Issue
[ad_1] In a Google Office Hours Q & A, Google’s John Mueller answered a question about a site not getting indexed that brought to light a technical SEO fact about domains and subdomains that not everyone may be aware of and how that might cause the perception that a site is having trouble...
Google Search Follow This Search & More Results Buttons
[ad_1] Generally, above the Google Explore is a "more results" button, but Google is now testing adding "Follow This Search" next to the More Results button. The follow feature probably is related to the follow feature Google announced last month.Shameem Adhikarath posted about this on X - he...





