Google Helpful Content Update: How to Recover From It Today
The helpful content update hit search-first content from August 2022. Since March 2024 it is part of core ranking, so recovery means site-wide fixes.
The helpful content update hit search-first content from August 2022. Since March 2024 it is part of core ranking, so recovery means site-wide fixes.
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FeaturedDo URL Indexing Tools Improve SEO Results?Indexing is not ranking. Here is what Google says about indexing tools, why some pages never stick, and what SEO results you can realistica…Read the article →FeaturedCheat #07: Image Speed Cheat: Convert Images to WebP the Right Way15-minute job. Convert your biggest images to WebP and add width, height and lazy loading. Pages get lighter and stop jumping while they lo…Use this cheat →FeaturedCheat #04: Old Post Refresh Cheat: Update Old Posts for Fast SEO Wins15-minute job. Refresh one old post that lost clicks: fix what is outdated, answer the new questions people ask, and update the title and l…Use this cheat →
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FeaturedRobots.txt for BeginnersWhat robots.txt does (and why it is not a noindex), the User-agent, Disallow, Allow and Sitemap lines, AI crawler names like GPTBot, and co…Read the guide →