Fixing “Valid with Warnings” in Google Search Console
In this case study, I identified that Google was reporting on URLs blocked in the robots.txt file in the “Valid with warnings” report and how I resolved the problem very slowly.
14 Tips for First-Year SEO Freelancers
I’ve written a retrospective and business report for 2020-21 of my first year as a Freelance Technical SEO Consultant.
Gent of Search Business Report 2020-21
A 2020-21 business report and the lessons learned in my first year of being self-employed.
A Curious Case of Canonicalization
In this case study, I found one of my own blog posts had not been indexed by Google. So, naturally being a technical SEO specialist I investigated it.
How Blocking 4xx and 5xx Rendering Resources can Reveal Googlebot’s True Server Response
In this pointless crawl budget experiment, I blocked two resources that returned a 404 and 502 Googlebot spent a lot of time crawling each day.
How to simulate Googlebot using Chrome
In this guide, I’m going to explain how to make your own Googlebot simulator in Google Chrome to debug complex technical SEO issues.
Why the rel=”canonical” HTTP Header is faster than the rel=”canonical” HTML tag
In 2018 I ran a quick test to find out if an HTML canonical tag and the rel=”canonical” HTTP header are analysed at the same speed in Google’s index.