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Google says mobile-first indexing is complete after almost 7 years

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Google’s mobile-first indexing initiative that started just about seven years ago is now complete, according to Google. “It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. As a reminder, Google started mobile-first indexing over 6.5 As a reminder, Google started mobile-first indexing over 6.5

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Google Search investigating another indexing issue

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Google has confirmed it is investigating an indexing issue affecting a “small number of sites” from showing up in the Google Search results in a timely fashion. The issue seems to have started at around 11:30 pm ET Monday, January 31, where some sites noticed indexing issues with Google Search. Google confirmation.

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Digital commerce gets off to a slow start in Q1

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Growth in digital commerce was vanishingly small in the first quarter of 2024 according to the latest Shopping Index report from Salesforce. Dig deeper: $221 billion adds up to a record online holiday season in 2023 Salesforce’s takeaway. Unless it’s not. But right now, Salesforce’s diagnosis is plausible.

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Google having issues indexing new content for the past few hours

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Google may be having some issues indexing and/or serving new content in Google Search. Google’s Search Liaison Danny Sullivan said , “I’ve heard some sporadic reports, and we’re checking on these.” There have been reports from various news publishers about these issues starting at about 2pm ET today.

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Google to block Bard’s shared chats from showing in Google Search

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Google will soon block Bard’s shared conversations from appearing in Google Search. Soon after Google Search started to discover those URLs, crawl them, and index them. Here is a screenshot of Bard showing up in the Google Search index: Google will block Bard results from Google Search. Why we care.

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Google sees spike in failed hostload exceeded error in Search Console

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.” This error is happening within Google Search Console’s URL Inspection Tool after a user tries to use the “request indexing” feature. This issue only occurs after you click on “request indexing” within the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console. Normal indexing is fine.

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A/B testing and SEO: How to navigate pitfalls and maximize results

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However, when done at an enterprise scale, A/B testing poses unique challenges that can inadvertently undermine a site’s SEO performance. Google’s Core Web Vitals underscore the importance of having a fast, reliable website. Consistency in content and structure is key to accurate indexing and ranking for search engines.