Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify file size limits, separating default limits that apply to all crawlers from Googlebot-specific details. The post Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs…
Read More »Googlebot Crawl Slump? Mueller Points To Server Errors via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A Reddit thread about a sharp crawl drop prompted guidance from Google’s John Mueller. Here’s how to diagnose the cause. The post Googlebot Crawl Slump? Mueller Points To Server Errors…
Read More »Meet the New Web Crawlers: AI Bots Are Closing in on Search Engine Bots
The problem is that AI bots are new to web crawling. They’re still making some silly crawl decisions, bumping around, and wasting a lot of resources. We’ve already seen that…
Read More »Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS Crawl via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google responds to a publisher’s concern about crawl budget and rankings due to Googlebot’s requests for non-existent pages The post Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS…
Read More »15 AEO Tools That Will Help You Optimize for LLMs
We’re moving from chasing traffic, to competing for brand visibility. We’re thinking about how AI crawlers view our site–not just search engine bots. We’re trying to follow the breadcrumb trail…
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Make Zogoo Smile CAPTCHA CSS Animation
Instead of filling out boring old CAPTCHAs, give Zogoo a compliment instead. This was built entirely using native CSS Animations. No external libraries were used. #css #html #javascript #coding #webdevelopment…
Read More »Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate traffic. The post Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Read More »Google Confirms 3 Ways To Make Googlebot Crawl More via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google acknowledged three things that can cause an increase in Googlebot’s crawling frequency The post Google Confirms 3 Ways To Make Googlebot Crawl More appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Read More »Bot traffic: What it is and why you should care about it
Bots have become an integral part of the digital space of today. They help us order groceries, play music on our Slack channel, and pay our colleagues back for the…
Read More »How to Fix “indexed, though blocked by robots.txt” in GSC
In most cases, this will be a straightforward issue where you blocked crawling in your robots.txt file. But there are a few additional conditions that can trigger the problem, so…
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