Google: Staging Sites Should Use Authenticated User/Passwords To Block Indexing

Google's John Mueller said again that the best method to block Google from crawling and then indexing your staging site is to block GoogleBot and other humans with authentication. Prompt the access request to the staging site by requiring them to enter a valid username and password to access the staging environment.

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Is Yahoo Answers Shutting Down An Opportunity For SEOs?

Yahoo Answers has been a staple of the internet for over 15 years, since June 28, 2005. Now, Yahoo is going to close it and not really provide an archive, like when they closed the Yahoo Directory - another piece of internet history.

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Google Ads Sitelinks Tests List Vertical Interface

Google has been changing and testing the interface for its sitelinks for as long as I can remember. Well, here is another test, for the Google Ads version of the sitelinks, where Google is displaying them as a vertical list view.

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Google Pittsburgh Installing Parabolas String Art

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3 Vital Click-Based Signals for SEO: First, Long, & Last

This post shows you how to optimize for click signals to improve your SEO, regardless of how Google might use them as a ranking signal.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 6, 2021

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...

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