The Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) is a standard that enables website owners to control which URLs may be accessed by automated clients (i.e. crawlers) through a simple text file with a specific ...

Google has set new browser performance records for Chrome following a year of improvements, with the latest results made using an M5 MacBook Pro. As one of the main browsers in use today, Google ...

Google is cracking down on “back button hijacking” by classifying it as a malicious practice in its spam policies. Starting June 15, 2026, websites that manipulate browser history to prevent users ...

The best way to infect thousands of computers is to set up a malicious website. Better still, hack a popular website and insert malicious code. That way, thousands of website visitors will be affected ...

Wikipedia editors are discussing whether to blacklist Archive.today because the archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blogger who wrote a post in 2023 ...

It is January 2026, and it is now time for the monthly Google Webmaster report, where I recap the most important Google organic stories of the past month. Obviously, the Google December 2025 core ...

Digital marketing is shifting from keywords to intent. People now discover brands through AI tools, social platforms and video — not just Google. In 2026, companies must align brand presence, media ...

A business with 3 reviews rarely gets clicks. A business with 50 recent 5‑star reviews does. That difference alone explains why so many owners choose to buy Google reviews instead of waiting months ...

Short 503 downtimes are acceptable. Extended periods serving 503s harm crawling. Plan updates to minimize 503 window lengths. Google says brief 503 downtimes are acceptable, but extended ...

Microsoft updated Bing Webmaster Tools to build out the IndexNow reports, now named IndexNow Insights, add new Top SEO Insights to the main page and also cleaned up the side bar navigation within the ...