Questions tagged [google]
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies.
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Google crawling excessive URL on my website
My website is currently encountering a case where we have approximately ~11 milion currently crawled but not indexed URLs. Resulting in our listing page not showing up in Google search result, all ...
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Home Page Indexing Issue - Need Help
We've been struggling with a homepage indexing issue for the past two months. Interestingly, other pages on our site are appearing in Google search results without any problems. Last week, we fixed a ...
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Google Ads account suspended for “Misrepresentation” because of affiliate links in the page content?
My website is a free guide explaining how to start an LLC in the U.S. It includes step-by-step instructions and some affiliate links to useful services (clearly declared). Google Ads suspended my ...
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google? No violation but still not indexed [duplicate]
Why doesn’t Google index articles even though they are not penalized or violated? Even if the content is new, it is not indexed. The article still has backlinks but all are wrong, only the homepage is ...
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My site is not indexed by Google, but shows ok in Bing [duplicate]
So, I have a basic Ghost blog with some human-written content by myself (mostly just notes for myself about bugs I encounter, because StackOverflow is kind of dead). In bing it shows ok, but in Google,...
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Optimizing a loader on my website creates a CLS of 0.001
I've attempted to optimize my website as much as possible, but I came across something that causes a catch-22. What my website does is this: First it shows a small loader (aka a loading animation ...
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Can't get Google Postmaster to validate a domain
I am trying to get two domains I own to validate in google postmaster. I have added the required TXT record to my DNS zone and waited over 72 hours. I have verified that there are no typos in the TXT ...
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What steps would you take to rerank on Google after a rebrand and domain change nuked your rankings?
I had a master site company-x.com, and two unique local business sites site1.com and site2.com. I took site1.com and site2.com and rebranded them to match my company, and changed the urls to company-x....
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Website effectively completely deindexed by Google despite reporting indexed pages and high average positions in GSC
For the past 12 months, a website I manage has effectively disappeared from Google Search results. Our homepage previously ranked #1 for organisation name, city but now appears on page 4, with largely ...
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Taking over website and getting the old google analytics
I have been asked to update a website from a client and been given access to the code via ftp. I notice it has a Google Analytic gtag in the header and wondered if I can access the data. The client ...
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Google Search Console Cannot Access My Sitemap – Sitemap couldn't fetch
I’m having trouble submitting my sitemap to Google Search Console. Every time I try, I get the following error: We encountered an error while trying to access your sitemap. Please ensure that your ...
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Is There a Way to Measure Keyword Cluster Overlap in Google’s Eyes?
Just want some help on this: When building topical clusters, I often find related low-volume keywords that seem similar (e.g., “email marketing for artists” vs “email marketing tips for creatives”). ...
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Why does Google Images show encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com URL instead of my original image URL?
I noticed that in Google Image Search, my image appears with a URL like https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images, which I understand is a cached thumbnail hosted by Google. However, I’ve seen that ...
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Why does GSC give high ranks for irrelevant terms?
I run an events website. I look in Google Search Console to see how I'm doing. Just now, it shows that I rank #1 for "Speed Dating Kitchener" and #6 for "Speed Dating Hamilton" ...
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How can I stop scammers from abusing Google's legal complaints?
For the past several months, multiple scammers have been targeting my websites with fraudulent "defamation" and "GDPR" complaints they submit to Google in order to bury my web ...