Month: December 2021

WebMaster Hangout – Live from December 17, 2021

Server Location Q. Server location doesn’t affect geotargeting, but it can affect the website speed, and, thus, ranking. Not Ranking For Brand Name Q. When Google tries to adjust to the search intent of the users, some ambiguous brand names might lose their rankings. 503 code Q. If 503 status is removed in less than […]

Webmaster Hangout – Live from December 10, 2021

Website Is Down Temporarily Q.  There isn’t really a way to tell Google that the website will be temporarily down without getting dropped out of the index. 304 Response Code Q. Google doesn’t change its crawl rate on the website based on existing 304 pages. 301 Redirects Q. It’s okay to have a lot of […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from November 26, 2021

Same Language Content for Different Countries Q. It’s more reasonable to have one version of the website targeting different countries with the same language, rather than different versions of the same language website. Image Formats and Image Search Q. The way the format of images on the website is changed defines whether or not there […]

Analysing Your Business Performance and Identifying Growth Opportunities for 2022

2021 was a unique year for businesses – retail sales were crashing before picking up steam this October, and the economy was in decline up until that point. This sudden reversal in buying behaviour and business trends highlight the importance of identifying potential areas of growth and capitalizing on opportunities this 2022. So, how do […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from November 19, 2021

Mobile Friendliness Q. Pages that are not mobile-friendly don’t fall out of being indexed Title Length Q. On Google’s side, there are no guidelines on how long a page title should be URL Requirements Q. Length of URL and words contained in URL matter mostly for users, not for SEO Doorway Pages Q. If a […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from November 12, 2021

No-Index and Crawling Q. If a website had no index pages at some point, and Google hasn’t picked up the pages after they became indexable, it can be fixed by pushing the pages to get noticed by the system Canonical and Alternate Q. Rel=“canonical” indicates that the link mentioned is the preferred URL, rel=“alternate” means […]