HTTPArchive is offering a new technology comparison dashboard, currently in beta testing. Users can now view real-world web hosting performance scores for Core Web Vitals. We compare six web hosts and find one that consistently …
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Google sunsets Local Services Ads mobile app, shifts focus to web platform
Google will discontinue the Local Services Ads mobile app Jan. 6, making the website the sole interface for creating and managing these local advertising campaigns. Key details: Existing app users can continue using it until …
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Google’s Mueller Dismisses Core Web Vitals Impact On Rankings
Google Search Advocate John Mueller has reaffirmed that Core Web Vitals are not major ranking factors, responding to data that suggested otherwise. His statements come amid growing industry discussion about the immediate impact of site …
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YouTube Introduces Changes Across Web, Mobile, and TV
YouTube is rolling out an update with changes across desktop, mobile, TV, and YouTube Music. Key Changes & New Features User Interface The update brings visual changes to YouTube’s interface across all platforms. These changes …
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How to find the ‘best’ Core Web Vitals opportunities
A big challenge for many SEO professionals is identifying what needs to change to move the needle. This article recaps a topic from my SMX Advanced presentation on determining which URLs you should prioritize for …
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Google Rolls Out CrUX Vis Core Web Vitals Tool
Google rolled out a new Core Web Vitals tool called CrUX Vis that shows you hidden patterns in performance scores and offers guidance on what to improve. The data is sourced from the CrUX dataset …
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Why Google Lighthouse Doesn’t Include INP, A Core Web Vital
Google’s Lighthouse doesn’t use the Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric in its standard tests, despite INP being one of the Core Web Vitals. Barry Pollard, Web Performance Developer Advocate on Google Chrome, explained the …
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Why Google Indexes Blocked Web Pages
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about why Google indexes pages that are disallowed from crawling by robots.txt and why the it’s safe to ignore the related Search Console reports about those crawls. Bot Traffic …
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Google On YouTube “Cannibalization” Of Web Content
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question in the SEO Office Hours podcast about whether reproducing YouTube video content into text on a web page would be seen as duplicate content and have a negative impact …
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How You Can Measure Core Web Vitals
Google has defined a set of metrics site owners should focus on when optimizing for page experience. Core Web Vitals metrics are part of Google’s page experience factors that all websites should strive to meet. …
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