Google will be deprecating support for sitemaps ping and the endpoint will stop working by the end of this year. Google said it is announcing the “deprecation of the sitemaps “ping” endpoint.” This means that HTTP ping requests will result in a 404 error. What is Sitemap ping. Google said the sitemap protocol defines an unauthenticated ..
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Adding schema markup on your website is a great way to help search engines like Google to understand your content more quickly and accurately. One of the lesser-known ways of utilizing schema markup is by including “entities” within it. Adding entities into schema can help Google better understand the key topics of your content. In ..
What many SEOs underestimate when they get into working for an enterprise company is that there is more to the job than just optimizing the website. Most corporations have strict procurement processes that could be easier to navigate. However, if you, as an SEO, understand this process and are prepared, then it can go smoother. ..
Everybody is talking about keyword clusters. At the core, it’s pretty simple – group related keywords together. Sounds easy, right? Some free tools walk you through some basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) that help deduplicate and find semantic similarities between keywords. There’s nothing wrong with starting there, but those are inevitably limited. Google, on the ..
We want more quality content for our websites, but it’s difficult to produce enough. So how can we scale the content creation process, especially for ecommerce sites with plenty of products? If you were to pay for a copywriter to produce thousands of product snippets from scratch, you’d likely be out of pocket pretty quickly. ..
One often overlooked aspect of website management is managing crawl depth, the level at which search engine bots explore and index a site’s pages. Understanding how to control and optimize crawl depth can significantly impact your website performance and search rankings. This article will provide you with valuable guidance and actionable SEO tips to optimize ..
Google introduced its new AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) on May 25. Search Engine Land’s Barry Schwartz was among the first to test the experience and highlight the clickability of its results. Our team at Eyeful Media has been actively testing the generative AI search environment. We believe it will provide publishers value and create ..
People do business with brands they know, like and trust. The larger the investment, the more important these factors are. Building relationships and earning trust are key to earning lasting relationships with customers. Here’s how to achieve these with great location-specific SEO content. (While the studies referenced in this article focus primarily on real estate brands, ..
Building a website or changing platforms involves plenty of moving parts. One crucial step is setting the site up for success in search engines. But after their new website goes live, some brands make a costly mistake – neglecting to develop an ongoing SEO strategy. “We integrated SEO into our site during development, so we ..
Every business owner wants to get positive reviews. But apart from their feel-good potential, reviews serve another important function that’s sometimes easy to overlook: they can actually help boost your business in search engine rankings. The “New Business Guide to Google Reviews” by GatherUp is an essential resource for growing businesses looking to attract more ..


