Terms and definitions for everything you may come across in Google Search Console.
Do advanced filtering on page and query data in Google Search Console using regular expressions (RegEx). We take you through how to use them in GSC, and have some great examples to get you started.
What are XML sitemaps, why your site should have them, and how are they used by Google to find pages on your site.
Everything you need to know as an SEO about redirects. When they are useful, which type to use, plus common issues and how to troubleshoot any issues you may have.
In this guide we explain what canonical tags are, and how they can help Google understand which page is the target to rank for a particular topic. We cover reasons to use, best practices, and the correct way to implement canonical tags to keep Googlebot happy.
Learn how to properly use your website's robots.txt file. Find out what it does, how to safely use it to block search engines crawling sections of your site, plus common errors and issues people come across when editing it.
We go through the most common reasons why your GSC site property may not be showing performance data, with some steps you can take to fix the problem.
Learn what the URL status 'Discovered - currently not indexed' in Google Search Console means. Some common issues that can lead to this status being set for a page, and how to go about fixing them.
What does 'Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt' mean when it's reported in Google Search Console, and how do you go about resolving the reported issues?
The excluded by 'noindex' status is a coverage status given by Google Search Console to show when a page has not been included in Google's index. In this article, we will explain more about this status and how to fix it on your own website.