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Google Announces End of Support for Robots.txt Noindex Directives

Google announced early this month that they will be discontinuing their unofficial support of noindex directives within robots.txt files. As of 1 September 2019, publishers who are currently relying on robots.txt crawl-delay, nofollow, and noindex...

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The Case of the Missing GMB Listings: Short Names Causing Suspensions and More

A few months ago, Google made it possible for users to create customised short names and short URLs specifically for their Google My Business listings. This feature came with a lot of praise from the Google community, as it serves as a sort of...

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Apparel Brand The North Face Pulls an Ill-Fated SEO Stunt

Global outdoor apparel brand The North Face is on the retreat this week, having apologised for an SEO stunt that damaged their marketing reputation. The incident has brought a renewed focus to the value of white-hat SEO practices and the importance...

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Moz Launches Domain Authority 2.0

According to SEO industry heavyweight, Moz, the update to their widely used Domain Authority metric is finally rolling out this week. Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking metric or score that Moz developed in order to help quantify a...

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Google Search Console Sends Out New Ranking & Traffic Alerts

The news broke last week that Google Search Console has begun sending new notifications upon noticing a ‘substantial’ dip in a website’s ranking or traffic. According to those who first picked up on the new alerts, Google...

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Controversies & Real-time Indexing – YoastCon 2019

The dust is still settling from last week's YoastCon - an interactive conference held in the Netherlands by SEO industry leader Yoast, known for their widely used WordPress...

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Five Up-To-Date Ways to Succeed in Google News in 2019

The Google Webmaster blog has recently released a list of tips for how you can succeed in Google News this year, which includes best practices and general advice. In this post, we will break down the main best practice tips for news content success....

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Impacted by the Google Medic Update? Here’s How You Can Recover (Updated)

Search engine optimisation is constantly reacting to the daily updates Google makes to its search engine ranking algorithm. Most of these updates are minor and go unnoticed but some, like the Penguin and Panda updates, are major. In August 2018,...

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Moz Releases Annual Local Search Rank Factor Survey

Lauded SEO toolset developer Moz has released their 2018 Local Search Ranking Factors Survey, and have illuminated where recent growth has been most distinct. Local search as a whole continues to be a hotbed for progress, but the Moz survey...

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5 Reasons Avoiding SEO Could Be a Mistake For You

Trying to explain why SEO is worth it can be hard, and those of us who need to do this on a regular basis come across the same doubts and hesitations time and again: it’s too erratic, it takes a long time, PPC is better – all common...

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DuckDuckGo Hits Milestone 30M Daily Searches

Google may not be the only engine in SEO forever – as of Monday 8th October, DuckDuckGo hit a record 30 million daily direct searches. While this pales in comparison to the Google’s daily search figures, which are several billion strong,...

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Study Finds Disparity Between YouTube and Google Video Rankings

Video content is an often overlooked but potentially very powerful tool in the world of SEO. But a new report published by RankRanger has found that having a highly ranked video within YouTube may not increase it’s chances of appearing in...

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DuckDuckGo Receives $10m Funding To Expand Global Footprint

Duck-duck-go… If you haven’t heard of it yet, you may think that it’s some sort of weird variation of the duck-duck-goose game, but it’s not. DuckDuckGo is a search engine – and the company has just received US$10...

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Google Approaching Election Ads with More Transparency

In today’s blog, were taking a step away from search engine optimisation and looking into Google’s new transparency measures. Google has decided to build in more transparency into the political advertising being run on its ad networks....

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Google Previews Q&A, FAQ, and How-Tos as New Schema Markup

Here at Pure SEO Auckland, we’ve heard that Google has been trialling new varieties of search result snippets for a few months now. Frequently Asked Questions, Questions & Answers, and How-Tos will allow webmasters to display their content to...

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Google Announces End of Support for Robots.txt Noindex Directives

The Case of the Missing GMB Listings: Short Names Causing Suspensions and More

Apparel Brand The North Face Pulls an Ill-Fated SEO Stunt

Moz Launches Domain Authority 2.0

Google Search Console Sends Out New Ranking & Traffic Alerts

Controversies & Real-time Indexing – YoastCon 2019

Five Up-To-Date Ways to Succeed in Google News in 2019

Impacted by the Google Medic Update? Here’s How You Can Recover (Updated)

Moz Releases Annual Local Search Rank Factor Survey

5 Reasons Avoiding SEO Could Be a Mistake For You

DuckDuckGo Hits Milestone 30M Daily Searches

Study Finds Disparity Between YouTube and Google Video Rankings

DuckDuckGo Receives $10m Funding To Expand Global Footprint

Google Approaching Election Ads with More Transparency

Google Previews Q&A, FAQ, and How-Tos as New Schema Markup

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Google Announces End of Support for Robots.txt Noindex Directives

The Case of the Missing GMB Listings: Short Names Causing Suspensions and More

Apparel Brand The North Face Pulls an Ill-Fated SEO Stunt

Moz Launches Domain Authority 2.0

Google Search Console Sends Out New Ranking & Traffic Alerts

Controversies & Real-time Indexing – YoastCon 2019

Five Up-To-Date Ways to Succeed in Google News in 2019

Impacted by the Google Medic Update? Here’s How You Can Recover (Updated)

Moz Releases Annual Local Search Rank Factor Survey

5 Reasons Avoiding SEO Could Be a Mistake For You

DuckDuckGo Hits Milestone 30M Daily Searches

Study Finds Disparity Between YouTube and Google Video Rankings

DuckDuckGo Receives $10m Funding To Expand Global Footprint

Google Approaching Election Ads with More Transparency

Google Previews Q&A, FAQ, and How-Tos as New Schema Markup

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