Hi Bankable

It used to be that whenever I touched a page there would be a fall. I'd messed with it and Google didn't like it! Now I find that any changes that add value rise in Google and quite quickly too! Pages that I edit are picked up very quickly, literally as often as Google passes by and re-indexes a page. You can get an idea of how frequently that is for these pages by searching for them then clicking on the green arrow right of the URL to see when they were last cached (See Image). Could be up to 4 weeks, but I find that the higher the page is up the hierarchy, the more frequently it gets crawled.

When you say Domains I think you mean URLs?

For on page content I would recommend you stick to 300 words+ and make sure that the content you are adding is focused around a single keyword or a small group of contextually similar keywords and short phrases. Don't splurge content between different pages - make sure the writing is focused.

I see little difference in changing 10 pages in one day or 10 pages over 10 days so go ahead and if you can improve on what's there quickly then do it.

Regards Nigel

QEnwn

Hi Zack

There area  number of ways of dealing with this problem all of which are covered here: https://moz.com/blog/seo-guide-to-google-webmaster-recommendations-for-pagination

For me when I have sort problems I go to parameters and specify exactly what Google should do with the result. It's reasonably simply to use parameters in search console and specify NO URLs for the parameter ?view

However, a word of warning - you have to be really careful doing this as you could end up blocking the whole site with the slightest slip. Like canonicals, no indexing and robots.txt - get a good SEO just to take a look.

Best Regards

Nigel - Carousel Projects

OK, thanks for that - I'm still a bit cynical about that amd am pretty sure that doesn't go for a redirect chain but: The reason I asked for the person answering to read the question properly was so that I wouldn't get half an answer

please could someone read it all the way through and give me their thoughts?

Thanks.

Hi Zack

If you have specified No URLs in search console or set to crawl only say, one, it's just a matter of time before they are dropped from the index. Just be patient and it should resolve itself.

There are ways to block them completely using robots.txt or a rewrite in htaccess but I haven't used them - maybe someone else can advise:

https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/86853/how-to-correctly-remove-parameters-from-the-google-index

https://www.hallaminternet.com/avoiding-the-seo-pitfalls-of-url-parameters/

Regards Nigel

Hi Varun

It makes the URL look cleaner, also no stop word is any use either in the URL or in the page title. Sometimes they are essential where for example a record by the band 'Cage The Elephant' would make no sense if you removed the 'The', but in general, they are of little use. It's for that reason they are discouraged. They can also make the URL overly long but no one seems to be able to decide what is too long.

Stick to succinct, punchy URLs that tell it as it is.

Regards

Nigel

Hi Summithomes

Just to be clear on Logan's advice:

Go to search console and select Crawl from the left-hand menu.

Then URL Parameters > Configure URL parameters

Look for the parameter that controls pagination, usually 'page'

Click Edit on the right-hand side:

In the drop-down menu click 'Select' and select 'Yes, changes, renders or narrows page content'

From the second menu: Paginates Then select: Every URL (see attachment)

Then you are done. Google will understand that this parameter controls pagination.

The full process is here: https://moz.com/blog/seo-guide-to-google-webmaster-recommendations-for-pagination

Regards

Nigel

cizwrt6

Hi Zack

If you add default variables for post Meta title and description this will effectively add Meta for all those posts and pages where you didn't. If you added any custom Meta then that will stay the same.

I had a client who had 467 products in his Woo store without Meta descriptions - a little magic and boom! they all had one. Those that were custom written stayed the same.

Simple process with a simple yes/no answer!

I hope that helps!

Regards Nigel.

Hi Zack

With Yoast and Woo the shortcodes are difficult to find as they are specific to Woo. The product description one I used for my client was:

Shop %%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% part of the %%currentyear%% %%ct_product_cat%% collection, with free delivery on all items at Sitename!

This would give for example:

Shop 'Yello Widget', part of the '2018' 'widget category' collection with free delivery on all items at 'sitename'

Then title:

%%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%ct_product_cat%% Sitename

For the non Ecomm pages I would actually write them myself as there would only be a few but if I was pushed:

%%page%% %%sep%% Sitename

The problem here is that it might be too short.

I hope that helps

Regards Nigel

Hi dre

Your site really shouldn't be generating an index.html in the first place but if it is you must make sure that there is a 301 in the htaccess file sending all traffic to the single homepage URL as Lynn correctly points out this will be a permanent redirect.

It is very simple to do. Both versions are treated as separate pages (as http and https) so you are essentially showing a duplicate site to Google so your rankings will be terrible until you change.

Regards Nigel

Hi seoanalytics

I have spent hours trying to help you on this thread and the other two or three you have started! I have patiently answered every question you have asked, in detail. If you still don't understand what I am saying after acres and acres of help and advice then that's it from me.

https://moz.com/community/q/sentences-rdf-format

https://moz.com/community/q/asking-a-natural-question-in-h-tags

https://moz.com/community/q/bolded-words-in-search-results

https://moz.com/community/q/user-intent-and-ranking

This comment is simply idiotic, but more than that it is insulting:

"I have more chances of winning the lottery than ranking..."

Please don't bother me again.

Have a good weekend.

Nigel

Hi SoulSurer8

It all depends on how frequently your pages are crawled by Google. If you search for a page in Google and check when it was last cached then this will give you an indication of how long it may take. Under the result in SERPS there is a green down arrow next to the URL click that and hit cached. (see image attached) This will bring up a page with a date at the top which is the last time that Google cached the page. It will depend on how deep the structure is, so if a page s three clicks down then, of course, it will be indexed less frequently than the home page.

Check a few deep pages and compare them with the home page and you will see that in some cases it has been up to 6 weeks since the last indexing.You can speed this up a little with a Google fetch from Search Console on particular pages but that is the reality.

Regards

Nigel

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