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Three Google Search Console Tips for Better SEO

December 16, 2015 By Chris Smith Leave a Comment

Three Google Search Console Tips for Better SEO

This is a post I wrote geared towards WordPress.com users. However, the tips are great for any site, no matter the platform, and are the very first things I do after verifying a site on Google Search Console.

Filed Under: Google, Google Search Console, SEO, WordPress.com Tagged With: fetch as google, google search console, googlebot, international targeting, internationalization, sitemaps

90% of Webmaster Tools Alerts Are Black Hat Related

February 18, 2013 By Chris Smith Leave a Comment

(originally posted on DesignBigger)

In the thousands of Google Webmaster Tools alerts and messages that are sent each month, about 90% of those are estimated to be black hat related. Another stat that’s interesting is about 3% are notifications of a hacked site; chances are, you’ve seen pharma spam in the SERP results that lead to a normal-looking page. That same 3% covers malware-infected sites, too. Check out the video for Matt Cutts’ take on these alerts.

What we’re interested in knowing is what percent of notifications are for non-spam/non-black hat issues? Does this mean that webmasters are doing better at keeping a solid, optimized site? Is the popularity of good CMS software helping site owners adhere to standards easier?

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

Filed Under: Google, Google Search Console, SEO, Spam

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