There has been plenty of debate over the past couple of weeks over the disavow tool and whether site owners should be using it still, now that Penguin devalues spammy links. John Mueller tackled this question in the latest Webmaster Office Hours. And the verdict is if you (or someone hired/connected to the site) has […]
Archives for October 5, 2016
Google Didn’t Increase Googlebot Crawling as Result of Penguin Changes
Many SEOs have often speculated that there is an increase in crawling on sites due to algorithmic reasons specific to a site. But did Penguin specifically cause an increase in crawling due to the new real time aspect of it, and the fact it had to refresh a ton of pages? Google has repeatedly confirmed […]
Google Takes New Links Into Account Almost Immediately
How quickly will Google take a brand new link into account once it is crawled by Google? According to Google, it is almost immediately…. or as immediate as it takes for Google to crawl and discover that new link. The question came up in the last Google Webmaster Office Hours with John Mueller, specifically how […]
Infrequent Google Crawling Is a Sign of a Low Quality Site
When people are assessing their sites for whether Google sees it as quality or not, crawl frequency is one that many SEOs look for. If Googlebot visits internal pages very seldom or doesn’t go very deep into a site when crawling, these are signs that Google probably sees the site as low quality. John Mueller […]