Author Archives: RANJAN TRUPTI

Gary Illyes of Google said in the Google SEO office-hours from yesterday that verifying your website in Google Search Console won’t impact your Google Search indexing or ranking whatsoever.Gary said, “Having your site verified in Search Console or changing the verification code and method has no effect on indexing or ranking whatsoever.”John Mueller of GoogleContinueContinue reading “Google: Search Console Verification Does Not Impact Your Ranking”

 John Mueller of Google blasted SEO or marketing agencies that sell both link-building services and disavow link services. He said on Twitter, “These agencies (both those creating, and those disavowing) are just making stuff up, and cashing in from those who don’t know better.”John added that its “all made up and irrelevant.”Also, when asked ifContinueContinue reading “Google Blasts Agencies That Sell Links & Disavow Link Services”

Google is still recommending that you Nofollow your credit links in your footer, if you have control over those links. So the site designed by or powered by or made by types of links, nofollow those links if you can. If you can’t – then don’t worry about it, Google added.This question came up atContinueContinue reading “Google: Nofollow Site Credit Links Footer Links If You Control Them”

Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about keyword density – yep. John Mueller from Google said, “no, Google does not have a notion of optimal keyword density.”This repeats what Google has been saying forContinueContinue reading “Google Search Still Does Not Have Optimal Keyword Density”

Gary Illyes from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn. This time he said, “when you redesign a site, its rankings in search engines may go nuts.”Yes, this is probably super obvious to most of you reading this site but Gary dives a bit deeper.He said, “Among other things, search engines useContinueContinue reading “Google: If You Redesign Your Site Your Rankings May Go Nuts”