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Featured · Troubleshooting
If your pages dropped from Google while another domain is selected as canonical, you’re likely dealing with an unintended cross-domain rel=canonical. Here’s how to confirm it fast, fix it in the right order, and validate...
Mika Sandgrove · · 4 min read
Checklist
A repeatable technical SEO audit checklist to find crawl, indexation, architecture, and CWV/rendering issues—and turn them into a prioritized fix backlog with evidence, owners, and next steps.
Mika Sandgrove · · 5 min read
Best Practices
A practical playbook to prepare for mobile-first indexing: verify mobile parity, fix crawl/render blockers, validate structured data and media, then confirm in Google Search Console.
Mika Sandgrove · · 6 min read
Troubleshooting
If your pages dropped from Google while another domain is selected as canonical, you’re likely dealing with an unintended cross-domain rel=canonical. Here’s how to confirm it fast, fix it in the right order, and validate...
Mika Sandgrove · · 4 min read
Checklist
A repeatable technical SEO audit checklist to find crawl, indexation, architecture, and CWV/rendering issues—and turn them into a prioritized fix backlog with evidence, owners, and next steps.
Mika Sandgrove · · 5 min read
Checklist
A defensible checklist to validate AI visibility reporting accuracy using GSC, controlled SERP checks, and server logs—so you don’t escalate false drops or ship fixes to bad data.
Mika Sandgrove · · 5 min read
Checklist
A practical checklist to restrict or throttle AI crawlers while keeping Google/Bing indexing stable—using a clear bot policy, safe robots.txt rules, correct status codes, and rollback-ready edge enforcement.
Nadia Gastrom · · 5 min read
Best Practices
A practical playbook to prepare for mobile-first indexing: verify mobile parity, fix crawl/render blockers, validate structured data and media, then confirm in Google Search Console.
Mika Sandgrove · · 6 min read
Best Practices
A step-by-step content strategy for AI citations: structure pages for quotable attribution, cover entities completely, keep sources fresh, and measure impact when clicks decline.
Nadia Gastrom · · 5 min read
Best Practices
A practical 4-step playbook to choose, implement, and validate HowTo schema with lean JSON-LD—so markup matches on-page steps and stays eligible for rich results.
Mika Sandgrove · · 4 min read
Best Practices
A repeatable Google Search Console playbook to estimate AI Overviews impact without an AIO filter—using stable impacted vs control cohorts, lightweight segmentation, and a defensible difference-in-differences CTR/click r...
Nadia Gastrom · · 2 min read
Best Practices
Lazy loading reduces initial page weight and can improve Core Web Vitals—if you don’t delay the LCP image and you prevent layout shifts. Here’s a safe, step-by-step implementation for images, iframes, and the few cases t...
Nadia Gastrom · · 4 min read
Beginner Guide
A practical shortlist of competitor analysis tools for SEO—grouped by job-to-be-done (keyword gaps, backlinks, audits, rank tracking)—plus a simple framework to pick 1–2 tools without overbuying.
Mika Sandgrove · · 4 min read
News / Update
Google published guidance for adding a Search profile badge and expanded Search Profiles access. The changes reinforce Search as a place to follow creators—raising new risks for publisher referral traffic.
Nadia Gastrom · · 4 min read
Tutorial
A 6-step workflow to turn drafts into claim-by-claim, evidence-backed pages: risk-tier claims, attach traceable proof, pass QA gates, publish trust signals, and set refresh triggers to keep citations and rankings stable.
Mika Sandgrove · · 5 min read
