Indexing

Learn how bad actors are exploiting Google's legal compliance pipelines to remove competitors from search results. A Google engineer admits they can't stop it. These fake DMCA takedowns and copyright claims can temporarily tank a site's rankings.

Google may be deindexing URLs at a higher rate, according to some SEOs. Learn what a former Googler and others are saying about the possible change. See screenshots of Google Search Console indexing reports.

Bulk Inspect URLs in Google Search Console to check indexing status, canonicals, and errors. Export data to CSV or Excel for deeper analysis. Find out why Google chose a different canonical URL than you did.

Learn how to encode your internal link graph and heading hierarchy into HTTP response headers. This allows crawlers to rebuild your site structure without parsing HTML, achieving crawl speeds of 660 requests per second. The technique uses Cloudflare Workers and base64url encoding.

Learn how Google Chrome classifies websites by merchant and spending sector. Chrome uses this categorization to organize user transactions, provide spending statistics, and power financial management features. Categories include dining, alcohol, loyalty programs, and many more.