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301, 302, 307, 308: Which redirect is the chosen one?
Covers the differences between 301, 302, 307 and 308 redirects and whether the choice affects which URL Google treats as canonical.
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Google Search Central
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PDFs in Search: Indexing, AI & Pitfalls
Covers how Google handles PDF files compared with HTML pages for indexing, ranking and AI features, in a discussion between two of its staff.
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Do sitemaps still matter?
Asks whether XML sitemaps are still needed now crawlers and AI bots are more capable, and discusses the Couldn't fetch warning in Search Console.
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How to read the Indexing Report
Covers how to read the Page Indexing report in Search Console, and why pages listed as not indexed are not always a fault to fix.
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Crawling smarter, not harder | Search Off the Record
Discusses myths about how often sites get crawled and what site quality means, and why crawling has become harder.
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Rendering JavaScript for Google Search | Search Off the Record
Covers how Google Search handles JavaScript sites, including whether every page is rendered and how long it takes.
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How Google Search crawls pages
Explains the steps of how Google Search crawls pages, from URL discovery to fetching and rendering.
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Curing crawling chaos
Tells a debugging story about an indexing challenge on a site that crawling tools could not crawl in full.
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Hunting a heinous hreflang headache
Tells a debugging story of an online shop unable to take orders, traced back to hreflang.
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Canonicalization: SEO Mythbusting
Goes through common myths about canonicalisation, with questions answered between a Google developer advocate and a technical SEO.
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