How to Use Search Console’s Change of Address Tool Without Turning a Domain Move Into an SEO Emergency
Moving a website to a new domain is one of the more consequential technical changes a site owner can make. […]
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How to Use Search Console’s Video Indexing Report Without Assuming Every Embedded Video Should Be Indexed
You publish a webpage containing a video. The page is indexed. But Google does not show the video in video
How to Use the Search Console Security Issues Report Without Confusing a Security Problem With an SEO Penalty
You log into Google Search Console and see a security warning. That is very different from: Average position declined. Google’s
How to Use Search Console Recommendations Without Following Every Suggestion Blindly
Google Search Console can now surface recommendations directly in the Overview area. That sounds convenient. Instead of searching through multiple
How to Use the Search Console Robots.txt Report Without Blocking Important Pages by Mistake
A robots.txt file looks simple. It is usually a small text file containing rules about which parts of a website
How to Use the Search Console Security Issues Report Without Confusing It With Manual Actions
Opening Google Search Console and seeing a security warning can be alarming. The wrong response is to assume every warning
How to Use the Search Console Manual Actions Report Without Panicking
A sudden Google traffic decline can cause a website owner to imagine the worst: Google penalized my site. Sometimes that
How to Use the Search Console HTTPS Report to Find HTTP and HTTPS Problems
Most modern websites use HTTPS. That protects data transmitted between the visitor’s browser and the website and prevents the normal
How to Use the Search Console Links Report to Audit Internal and External Links
Links influence how people and search engines move through the web. Your own internal links connect related pages. External websites