Noodp and noydir are tags that are often found in the code on websites. Here’s what they stand for: Noodp = No Open Directory Project Noydir = No Yahoo Directory Put simply, noodp and noydir are instructions to search engines not to use information from these web directories when showing your site in the search … Read more

Google makes minor changes to its algorithm pretty much every single day. Back in 2017, Gary Illyes from Google said that they make 3 updates per day, on average. However, Google has been pushing out BIG updates every few months now, which have been termed “core” algorithm updates. Sites that get caught up in these … Read more

The robots.txt file is a file located on your root domain. It is a simple text file whose main purpose is to tell web crawlers and robots which files and folders to stay away from. Search engines robots are programs that visit your site and follow the links on it to learn about your pages. … Read more

There are several reasons why a website may not be showing in Google search. The most common reason is that the website is new and Google simply doesn’t know about it yet. In other cases, technical problems or content issues may be preventing the website from being accessible by search engines. Here are 11 things … Read more

The fact that site speed is important is pretty much common knowledge at this point. It simply makes intuitive sense because most people online are impatient and hate waiting for things to load. In addition, Google has officially announced that site speed is an important SEO ranking factor, especially on mobile. But just how important … Read more

Having comments on your blog is generally a good thing, but it can also have some major downsides. If you ask different bloggers about this, they will have different responses. Many high-traffic sites have comments, while others have disabled them for various reasons. In this article, I look at the pros and cons of having … Read more