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Why Blog Comments Are Great for Google SEO… and Users

April 27, 2016 at 6:05 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Why Blog Comments Are Great for Google SEO… and Users

There has been a significant backlash against comments in the past couple of years, with many sites dispensing with comments completely, and trying to push those conversations to social media instead.  But is this a smart move? Google has often referred to user generated content as a valuable quality signal, something that can be irreplaceable […]

Turn Off Some Types of Notifications in Google Search Console

April 27, 2016 at 4:39 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Turn Off Some Types of Notifications in Google Search Console

If you are tired about being notified for what you consider to be “unimportant” notifications from Search Console, Google has announced that you can now disable some types of notifications from being emailed to you. Here are the ones you can opt out of: To opt out, there should be an option in the email […]

Google: Best Practices for 301s in Large Htaccess Files

April 27, 2016 at 4:21 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google: Best Practices for 301s in Large Htaccess Files

Someone raised an interesting question on Twitter today… what to do about older 301 redirects, especially when the redirect file begins to get a bit long and complicated.  Could they be deleted after a time?  Or should you keep them in their massive files with the potential server slowdown for visitors? @Trey_Collier if the new […]

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