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SEOs experiencing delays in data on Search Console performance reports

If you’re missing data, make sure to inform your clients and update your reporting to reflect the glitch. “We’re currently experiencing longer than usual delays in the Search Console performance report. This only affects reporting, not crawling, indexing, or ranking of...
Posted On 05 Jan 2022
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Google issue sent Search Console redirect error notifications; Google will fix issue

You can safely ignore this notification if you received it over this past weekend. Over the weekend, an internal issue caused Google to send out Search Console notifications about redirect errors. Google confirmed those emails were sent due to an internal issue and the...
Posted On 23 Dec 2021
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Google search results are more volatile this year than last year, says data provider

Semrush data shows Google’s search results have been over 68% more volatile on desktop and 85% more volatile on mobile. According to new data from Semrush, the volatility in the Google search results in 2021 has been much more intense and frequent than the previous year....
Posted On 16 Dec 2021
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Lost SEO traffic in 2021? Here are 3 potential reasons why (and how to recover your rankings heading into 2022)

From site speed to link spam, here is how to recover lost traffic in 2022. Navigating Google updates, algorithm changes, and diagnosing specific causes of traffic loss can be challenging.  Throughout the past year, Google has been more aggressive, rolling out changes to their...
Posted On 08 Dec 2021
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Google Search Console rolls out new design

Google has rolled out a new look for Google Search Console aimed at improving accessibility and user experience. Google has rolled out a new look for Google Search Console aimed at improving accessibility and user experience. If you login to your Google Search Console accoun...
Posted On 30 Nov 2021
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How to drive the funnel through content marketing and link building

“It isn’t so much about what you want to tell your audience, it’s what you understand they want to learn and what’s going to be helpful for them.” Businesses turn to content marketing because it can be an effective method for building brand awareness and guiding...
Posted On 22 Nov 2021
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Staying virtual; Wednesday’s daily brief

Plus, how to set up Google Analytics 4 using Google Tag Manager. Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to...
Posted On 18 Nov 2021
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Whether Google manipulated AMP or not, it’s a great time to reassess using it

If the allegations from 17 state attorneys general are true, we’ll likely all ditch AMP. But even if they’re not, the page experience update is now live and we have a clearer idea of what the possibilities and compromises are without AMP. As soon as Google announced that its...
Posted On 10 Nov 2021
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We asked, you answered: Should Google add noindex support to robots.txt? Poll results

In total, 84% of the 87 respondents said “yes,” they would like this feature. In September, I put up a poll here on Search Engine Land to see if readers would like to have an instruction in robots.txt to mark pages for No Indexation. Today I’ll present the results along with a...
Posted On 29 Oct 2021
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Winning search marketing teams attend SMX

Attend SMX online, November 9-10, to unify your teams… and unlock up to 20% off registration while you’re at it! Successful search marketing requires thoughtful coordination between diverse teams responsible for SEO, PPC, content, data, and beyond. One key to nurturing that...
Posted On 19 Oct 2021
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