SEO: Crawling and Robots
WSJ: GoogleBot can add products to shopping carts
Make sure to double check those abandoned cart metrics; they may be inflated....
Common JavaScript errors that can harm your SEO [Video]
And, why JavaScript may not be the real cause of your crawling...
Why the evergreen Googlebot is such a big deal [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt discusses the effort behind making Googlebot ‘evergreen’ in this clip from Live with Search Engine...
Common oversights that can impede Google from crawling your content [Video]
SEOs and developers shouldn’t over-engineer workarounds when basic, reliable solutions already exist, says Martin Splitt in this clip from...
Technical SEO for Shopify: A guide to optimizing your store for search engines
How to address the technical limitations in Shopify to improve your store’s search...
How Google crawls and indexes: a non-technical explanation [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt provides a simple summary of the processes that pave the way for ranking search...
Shopify SEO Guide: How to increase organic traffic to your store
SEO tips to fully optimize your Shopify site for higher rankings and more...
Bing migrates Submit URL, Block URL and Crawl Control to the new Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools will be fully revamped by July, Bing’s Fabrice Canel said at SMX...
Don’t try to reinvent the SEO wheel, says Google’s Martin Splitt
Splitt addresses the most common indexing and JavaScript mistakes, why he doesn’t take ranking questions and shares why Google’s...
The right way to apply JavaScript to your links for SEO
Google’s Martin Splitt explains why fragment identifiers don’t get crawled and the importance of href...
Mixed Directives: A reminder that robots.txt files are handled by subdomain and protocol, including www/non-www and http/https [Case Study]
Since robots.txt files impact crawling, it’s important for site owners to understand how they are treated by search engines. Columnist Glenn...
Online tax-filing services can no longer hide free services from Google Search results
TurboTax and others are prohibited from noindexing their free e-file landing pages, per new IRS...
Screaming Frog releases SEO Spider version 12.0
The update adds PageSpeed Insights API integration and...
Bingbot goes evergreen
Bing will adopt Chromium-based Edge browser to run JavaScript and render...
Google to update GoogleBot’s user agent
Make sure you are prepared for the new GoogleBot user agent, which launches this...
In response to Google change, Yoast SEO will opt users into all snippet features by default
The change comes with versions 12.2, coming October...
Server migrations are “uneventful for Google systems”
Expect Googlebot to readjust your crawl frequency,...
Google can crawl AJAX just fine
No special action necessary for...
Google selects canonical URLs based on your site and user preference
If a different URL is chosen, it doesn’t negatively affect your...
You can’t opt into or out of mobile-first indexing
Google's John Mueller reminds us that one day, there will only be mobile-first...