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I help SEOs become confident in their technical SEO skills so they can be fully prepared for any job interview or technical SEO project ๐Ÿ‘‰

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Joined May 2011
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Do THIS if you want to be a great technical SEO (especially if youโ€™re a woman) Ready to become an advanced technical SEO professional? Join the Tech SEO Pro now -
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99/100 for mobile speed ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ What's my secret? An empty page! ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Want me to blow your mind? ๐Ÿคฏ Go to Google Docs > Edit > Building blocks > Launch content tracker Thank me later.
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Technical SEO alert: you need to know this! #Google ranks pages, not websites. In order to get your page indexed, it should have a separate URL that Google can discover and follow. Here are the main tips to make this happen: 1/5
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Some Friday #SEO fun ๐Ÿ˜œ
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Does anyone need to export anything from #SEO ? I can share a contact ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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Don't neglect technical SEO: Ever noticed that some URLs have '/' at the end while others don't? But any given URL ending with or without '/' is the same, right? Well, yes. But not for Google. It treats them as duplicates which means that each URL of your site has an evil twin
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Hereโ€™s a technical SEO thing that most SEOs donโ€™t know: The difference between fragments and hashbangs in the URLs. # vs #!
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If you want to be a good #SEO , you have to be ok with not having all the answers and feeling stupid sometimes.
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During my 10-year long SEO career and dozens of websites and projects Iโ€™ve worked on, I had one favourite type of projects: Creating technical #SEO documentation. I'll share my 7-step process in a ๐Ÿงต
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Which #SEO task used to be important but has no value now. I start: directory submission ๐Ÿ˜…
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7 things I wish I understood earlier as a technical #SEO A ๐Ÿงต
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This SEO topic is too important to ignore. Links ๐Ÿ”— vs. buttons โ–ถ๏ธ Many donโ€™t think thereโ€™s an issue with thoseโ€ฆ before they face one. Iโ€™ll explain it in a short ๐Ÿงต
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Technical SEO alert: you need to know this! #Google ranks pages, not websites. In order to get your page indexed, it should have a separate URL that Google can discover and follow. Here are the main tips to make this happen: 1/5
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Friday #SEO question: What are the things you hear from clients that make you cringe? I'll start: "Our developer said he/she took care of SEO"
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A #Friday #SEO question here: What's the most underrated SEO tip?
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NEW FEATURE! Many of you guessed it right and many people have already posted about it before I did ๐Ÿ˜…โ˜บ๏ธ The #SEOPro extension now shows Core Web Vitals data on the Overview tab! More on how it works below! The extension is here
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I think this is going to be the most quoted thing from @JohnMu Thank you, John! As an SEO who gets panicking client emails after alerts like 'your meta description is too short', I can't agree more with this ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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Let's fill in all the gaps! Here's the updated list of the core #SEO skills that any SEO should have if they want to succeed. Spoiler: there are NOT only hard skills, soft skills are also important, so I included them too. Get the SEO Checklist here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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An SEO = a problem solver. Agree?
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To all SEOs: #SEO is not the end goal. It's a tool โš’๏ธ that helps to reach the business goal.
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I came up with this example for one of the videos in the Tech SEO pro course. People loved it ๐Ÿ˜ Sharing with my audience so that you can benefit too!
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Funny but true ๐Ÿ˜…
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Google: Weโ€™ll soon configure Google Analytics 4 for you Me: Please don't
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Hereโ€™s a technical SEO thing that most SEOs donโ€™t know: The difference between fragments and hashbangs in the URLs. # vs #! Why is it important? Well, knowing the fundamental difference between technical aspects of pages and URLs is what differentiates great SEOs from the
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An #SEO tip: (that goes way beyond SEO in reality) Make sure your 404 page has a #GoogleAnalytics tracking code! This way you can easily spot what error pages your REAL users are accessing. These are the pages that you'd want to fix ASAP.
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When I started in #SEO , I was obsessed with fixing every issue I could find, every broken link, every not optimized title tag... But then I realized that good SEO does not equal perfectly optimized websites. Good SEO equals business goals: it's a powerful tool to achieve them.
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Stop! You need to know this ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Hereโ€™s one of the most common mistakes many SEOs make: They confuse crawling and indexing. But itโ€™s crucial to know the difference. Crawling is a process where a bot (such as Googlebot) downloads information about a page, and discovers the
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3 valuable lessons about internal linking from a furniture and home decor giant - Wayfair ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ I analyzed Wayfair and found out the exact things they do to strengthen their internal linking for the category pages and be so successful with their SEO. a ๐Ÿงต
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When I started in #SEO , I was obsessed with fixing every issue I could find, every broken link, every not optimized title tag... But then I realized that good SEO does not equal perfectly optimized websites. Good SEO equals business goals: it's a powerful tool to achieve them.
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2 years
SEO Optimization ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Yay! I finally claimed my Knowledge panel on Google! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜‰
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Simple truth: When an SEO guarantees that you'll rank on a particular position for a particular keyword... that's just BS. #sorrynotsorry
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When I started in #SEO , I was obsessed with fixing every issue I could find, every redirect, every 404 error, every canonical... But then I realized that good SEO does not equal perfectly optimized websites. Good SEO equals business goals: it's a powerful tool to achieve them.
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Technical SEO alert: you need to know this! #Google ranks pages, not websites. In order to get your page indexed, it should have a separate URL that Google can discover and follow. Here are the main tips to make this happen: 1/5
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Yandex is not Google.
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Which #SEO task used to be important but has no value or very low value now. I start: writing meta descriptions.
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A reminder for SEOs: Not all ideas need a new domain ๐Ÿ˜…
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#eCommerce is booming now! But the problem of many online stores is that they're relying on paid ads too much. Paid ads are great but a more consistent - SEO approach is the best addition. That's why I put together these 10 eCommerce #SEO wins
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That's how COVID looks like in Google Analytics (travel industry) ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข
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โ€œWhy do I need SEO if I already have Yoast?โ€ The logic behind it is the same as here: โ€œWhy do I need to cook food if I have an oven?โ€ Doesn't make sense, right? Hereโ€™s one thing that you need to understand: An SEO plugin or optimized CMS are just tools, not the end results.
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2 years
The longer you are in the #SEO industry, the more often 'it depends' happens ๐Ÿ˜…
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Kristina Azarenko
3 years
Here we go. How Google chooses title tags to display in the search results
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Kristina Azarenko
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I just got a message from the guy who didn't hire me more than 2 years ago. "I should have hired you back then" I call it a win ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
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3 years
11.5 seconds vs 1.9 seconds ๐Ÿ˜ณ This is just 1 Twitter embed removed from a page and changed to a screenshot instead. Wow
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2 years
So now Google is storing carts and displaying them on the home screen ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
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4 years
Now #WordPress lets you add rel="sponsored" to the links:
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1 year
Every SEO gets this at some point...
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6 things every technical SEO should know about browsers and rendering:
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Itโ€™s one of the most frustrating things in technical SEOโ€ฆ You set up a canonical tag... But Google chooses something else. Here are 5 reasons why it might happen. A ๐Ÿงต
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Breaking: you need to think about #SEO BEFORE you do any kind of website migration.
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I had too much fun creating this Spotify list for my fellow tech #SEO 's! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ If Spotify could talk, it would send you the following message: (read the names of the songs) A link to the playlist -
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My best friend โค๏ธ
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Iโ€™m Belarusian. And I never chose the Belarusian โ€œpresidentโ€ who is now supporting the Russian invasion to Ukraine. I have so much love for the Ukrainian people, like most Belarusians do. I stand with Ukraine! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿคโค๏ธ๐Ÿค
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A #Friday #SEO question here: What's the most underrated SEO tip?
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A message from a stranger starting with "Hi dear" is never a good sign. Especially in #SEO ๐Ÿ˜…
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Many SEOs wonโ€™t like it but here's my opinion: You donโ€™t need to have coding skills to be a technical SEO. Technical SEOs are NOT REQUIRED TO CODE. Does having a tech background help in SEO? Yes. Is it absolutely required? No.
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'Reactive' SEO will not bring good long-term results. Examples of reactive SEO:
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Friday #SEO question: What are the things you hear from clients that make you cringe? I'll start: "Our developer said he/she took care of SEO"
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One of the companies I really love just re-branded. And they migrated to a new domain. As an #SEO , of course, I checked. And... โŒ 302 redirects โŒ All internal pages redirected to the homepage Do I tell them? ๐Ÿ˜…
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I'm an SEO. But for my parentd I'm: - someone who codes - someone who can fix the internet connection - someone who can make this Skype thing work when you click ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
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IT'S HERE! 3 years of "Please, we want that course!" 7 months of "I need to create it!" 2 months of research & interviews 10+ years of hands-on technical #SEO experience AND IT'S HERE! Introducing Tech SEO Pro - THAT! Technical SEO Course. Enrol now!
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A quick โ€˜hackโ€™ to check a title tag change inโ€ฆ Google Analytics. People change things, and many of these changes can influence SEO. For example, a title tag change. Clients would sometimes do it without notifying you.
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4 years
Working on an #SEO audit for a website on JS. All the things that can potentially go wrong there... have gone wrong. Google can't even see the pages. Love this dirty stuff ๐Ÿ˜
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This is often ignored when in website migrations. If your image URLs change, you need to set up redirects. Otherwise, you might lose image traffic. Your images acquire signals over time, and when you change their URLs, Google treats them as new images. So you start from scratch
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The URLs with and without โ€˜/โ€™ in the end are very different. And Google should not figure out which one to use. Hereโ€™s why: a ๐Ÿงต
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Kristina Azarenko
4 years
Yesterday we celebrated a 10-year wedding anniversary ๐Ÿค— So thankful ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™
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5 reasons why you need to know technical SEO a short thread ๐Ÿงต
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4 years
This is one of the best posts I've read this month , I'll 100% include it in my top-2020 resources as well. Thanks @TheCoolestCool ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ P.S. Yes, 'Itโ€™s an SEO dream come true' indeed โ˜บ๏ธ
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During my 10-year long SEO career and dozens of websites and projects Iโ€™ve worked on, I had one favourite type of projects: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Creating technical SEO documentation. Here are 7 steps that will help you do the same:
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3 years
Today marks the day when I can say 'Goodbye, MarketingSyrup' and 'Welcome MarketingSyrup Digital Inc. I got incorporated!
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Cheers to SEOs who are constantly upgrading themselves and their skills! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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I'm going to write a blog post on technical SEO by the end of this year. I have lots of ideas. But I want to know: What would you want to learn from me on tech SEO?
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Doing a quick check of a potential client website... It's noindexed. Yes, I can bring you results very quickly ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Accurate ๐Ÿ˜…
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This week has been rough in some aspects. I learned that many people have been exploiting my work. It's been going on for months. And I've seen it before. But this week I saw the scale of it. And I was shocked. I'm a woman in the tech industry. I'm an immigrant from a
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Kristina Azarenko
3 years
A reminder for all freelancers out there: Never start working without getting paid. Ever. You will save yourself so much time and nerves this way.
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What I do when I'm not recording videos for my SEO courses ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ
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A learning process: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Junior: omg, I don't know anything! ๐Ÿ˜‹ Intermediate: I know EVERYTHING. I'm the best! ๐Ÿค” Senior: wait... don't know anything!
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4 years
Yeeeeees!!!! The 'request indexing' option is BACK in the #Google Search Console! Happy #SEO Christmas! Thanks @googlesearchc ๐Ÿ˜Š
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2 years
I love this Google feature that can also help you in analyzing your competitors. I shot a quick video for you:
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4 years
Today is a BIG day! The #SEO challenge IS NOW OPEN! - 45 days of learning - 16 hours of video content - Templates, Checklists - Mentorship and guidance along the way through group coaching calls - An ability to ask your SEO questions live Join here -
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Stop! You need to know this ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Hereโ€™s one of the most common mistakes many SEOs make: They confuse crawling and indexing. But itโ€™s crucial to know the difference. Crawling is a process where a bot (such as Googlebot) downloads information about a page, and discovers
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Repeat after me: I will not redirect all 404 pages to the homepage.
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2 years
This is not working! โ€œI checked your website and it was not ranking on any search engines for most of the keywords. Here are my services to help youโ€. Ugh Hereโ€™s my strong opinion: A person spamming you with such messages will not be able to help you with #SEO . Period. 1/3
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4 years
Here's the deck from my @techseowomen talk about creating sub-categories for online stores at a scale Enjoy! #WTSFest
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Normal person: Opens a website and buys what they came for. A technical SEO: - Opens a site - Checks the title tag - Applies filters - Checks canonical and meta robots - Goes to Google and checks how many filter pages are in the index - ***maybe*** ends up buying something
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GOOGLE ANALYTICS SHARED MY VIDEO! Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
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"GA4 is a completely new type of property... This video will help you to upgrade to GA4 in Google Analytics quickly and easily.* How to Set Up a Google Analytics 4 Property: a Full Guide /by @azarchick #measure
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Happy Birthday to me ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค— Thanks for the best people in my life. You know who you are โค๏ธ
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This moment when you say 'cumulative layout shit' on a client call ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…
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Page Speed Tip: When you work on optimizing your Core Web Vitals scores, note that your Field data will NOT be updated right away. Google uses a 28-day window to re-evaluate your fixes. You can also ask Google to validate fixes through GSC (it will still take ~28 days). 1/2
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Google now lets you see 2-3 screens of a rendered page in its tools. Before that, it was just one above-the-fold screen. It's very nice for debugging. And I'm wondering if we'll see a full page in the future ๐Ÿค” Will we? @JohnMu ๐Ÿง€ @g33konaut ๐Ÿคฟ
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And some Friday #SEO fun! I've posted this a while ago but I have many new faces now and this meme is eternal. So here you are:
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A good reminder: don't copy what others are doing in their #SEO strategy. Get inspired and create your own path. You'll achieve much more this way.
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When I started in #SEO , my first year salary was around $3120/year It was in Belarus 10 years ago. What was your first salary?
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If you want to be a good #SEO , you have to be ok with not having all the answers and feeling stupid sometimes.
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As a true SEO, I usually (more often than Iโ€™d admit) end up checking #SEO things while shopping online. And today Iโ€™ll show you an example of a store that could have done their SEO so much better. Practical tips only ๐Ÿ’ก A thread ๐Ÿงต
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2 years
The most important thing you need to understand about technical SEO: You canโ€™t remove website pages from the Google index by blocking them in robots.txt.
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4 years
I think my life is complete ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜Š @rustybrick
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If you want to be a good #SEO , you have to be ok with not having all the answers and feeling stupid sometimes.
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Omg, @JohnMu when did you change bananas to cheese? I knew something was coming. I knew it!!
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