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How to fix ‘Blocked by robots.txt’ and ‘Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’ errors in GSC

How to fix ‘Blocked by robots.txt’ and ‘Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’ errors in GSC

“Blocked by robots.txt.”  “Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt.” These two responses from Google Search Console have divided SEO professionals since Google Search Console (GSC) error reports became a thing.  It needs to be settled once and for all. Game on.  What’s the difference between ‘Blocked by robots.txt’ vs. ‘Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’? There is […]

Google Search now uses Speculation Rules API to make search faster

Google Search now uses Speculation Rules API to make search faster

Google Search may now be faster when you use Chrome for Google Search. Google is leveraging Speculation Rules API to prefetch results, ultimately making the overall Google Search experience faster. “Google Search has been making use of the Speculation Rules API to improve navigation speed from the search results page to the result links and […]

How To Target High-Intent Users In Google Ads

How To Target High-Intent Users In Google Ads

In an increasingly data-driven advertising world, getting your ads in front of the right people can make all the difference. One powerful way to achieve that is through audience layering in Google Ads. By stacking multiple audience signals like remarketing lists, in-market segments, and more, you can deliver highly relevant ads and zero in on […]

Surprising Review Stats To Feed Your Local Strategy [Study]

Surprising Review Stats To Feed Your Local Strategy [Study]

If you’ve already walked a long mile in your local SEO shoes, chances are you have plenty of lived experiences that allow you to predict some of the responses to large-scale local business review surveys. It’s affirming to see, for example, that 85% of our respondents place a degree of trust in local business reviews, […]

YouTube Dominates TV Streaming: New Opportunities For Marketers

YouTube Dominates TV Streaming: New Opportunities For Marketers

YouTube’s CEO, Neal Mohan, has announced that TV screens have become the most popular device for watching YouTube in the United States, surpassing mobile devices. In a blog post, Mohan states: “TV has surpassed mobile and is now the primary device for YouTube viewing in the U.S. (by watch time), and according to Nielsen, YouTube […]

Google News automated publication pages to start in March

Google News automated publication pages to start in March

Google will soon fully transition to automatically generated publication pages next month, in March. Back in April 2024, Google told us Publisher Center will soon stop allowing you to add publications and now this is the next step. This means that all publication pages in Google News will be generated automatically by Google. What Google […]

Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links

Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links

Google’s search algorithms are showing multiple languages in the sitelinks for Google Search Console. Regardless of whether this is new or not, it may give an idea of how the underlying algorithm evaluates a website for sitelinks. Sitelinks Are Supposed To Be Helpful Sitelinks is a Google Search feature that shows links to different areas […]

New in Google Demand Gen Ads: Automatically create short videos

New in Google Demand Gen Ads: Automatically create short videos

Google Ads is launching a new video enhancement feature for Demand Gen campaigns. The update automatically creates shorter versions of existing video ads to better engage diverse audiences. Details: The enhancement will automatically generate condensed versions of existing video ads. The feature will be enabled by default across all Google Demand Gen ad campaigns. Advertisers […]

Less than 1% of YouTube views come from search

Less than 1% of YouTube views come from search

Less than 1% of views of YouTube videos come from Google search clicks, according to a member of Google’s legal team. The quote. Here’s what Attorney John Schmidtlein said, according to Courthouse News Service: “Roughly less than 1% of views on YouTube come from people who click on links,” Attorney John Schmidtlein of Williams & […]