IMG Weekly Chat Digest #45
Here are a few highlights:
- Getting Googlebot to ignore
- On-Page Changes
- Excluded Pages on GSC
- Internal Links to the Same Page
- No Meta Description
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Now, This Week’s IMG Community Chat Digest!
1. Getting Googlebot to Ignore “Language and Province”
Members: Maria Dubretic, Vishal, Suzy B and Rafay Saleem
Topic – General SEO
Summary: What is the best way to make Googlebot ignore “Please select your language and province” popup window on the website and crawl the actual source code of the page?…
Vishal: Delay the loading time for this popup to set when page load is complete…
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2. Fixing Excluded Pages on GSC
Members: Brian Thomasson, Kyle Roof and Simon White
Topic: General SEO
Summary: How do I fix pages excluded from indexing in Google Search Console? I resubmitted my site to make sure it was updated. About 45% of the errors say: discovered – currently not indexed. About the same amount say: crawled – currently not indexed?
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Kyle: Do you have an html sitemap? If not, make one, put all your urls on it and submit that to SC to be crawled.
3. On-Page Changes
Topics: General SEO
Rafay: Optimizing your on-page content again will help, but hitting maximum values for a specific Keyword is not ranking factor…
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4. Internal Link to Same Page
Members: John O’Hara, Kyle Roof and Ted Kubaitis
Topic: General SEO
Summary: I have a few competitors who use the following tactic, and wondered if anyone uses it, has used it, and whether I should be using it?…
Kyle: You can add jump links so it’s not as black hat…
5. GMB Deletion?
Members: Simon White, James Goldsmith, Ted Kubaiits and Suzy B
Tags: General SEO
Summary: What to do if you accidentally delete your GMB?…
Ted: I tried to delete a GMB and couldn’t do it… it released it from my claim but it was still there and claimable…
6. No Meta Descriptions. Benefits?
Members: John O’Hara, Vishal, Everhardt Strauss and Ted Kubaitis
Topic: General SEO
Summary: I have a few competitors who don’t ever use meta descriptions. I’m guessing they must do it for a reason. Are there any benefits to this approach?
Vishal: If you optimize a page for many primary keywords, an empty description is more beneficial because google will write for you with more bolded keywords.
7. Reviews without Reviewers Name
Topic: Premium | Priority Questions
Members: Ryan Levander and Kyle Roof
Summary: I have a client with reviews, without the reviewer’s name. Would it make sense to wait to get the reviewer’s name before marking up the review schema?
Kyle: A couple things come to mind 1. Would it be considered spammy and open you up to a manual action?…
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8. How to Find Truly Relevant Internal Links for your site.
Topic: Premium | Priority Questions
Tutorial: Indexing & HTML Sitemaps
That’s it for now. Hope you enjoyed the read. See you in the community over the weekend!
