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English Google SEO office-hours from June 2024

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This is an audio-only recording of the Google SEO office-hours from April 2024 - a transcript is available at https://goo.gle/SEO-june24. These sessions cover topics submitted around anything search and website-owner related like crawling, indexing, mobile sites, internationalization, duplicate content, Sitemaps, Search Console, pagination, duplicate content, multi-lingual/multi-regional sites, etc. The answers are compiled by the Google Search Relations team. Need site-specific help? Post your question in the Google Search Central Help Community, and get answers from our Product Experts and other experienced web professionals: http://goo.gle/sc-forum. Do you have a question about Google Search or SEO? It might be a good fit for the office hours. You can submit your question for Google SEO Office Hours here: https://goo.gle/seo-oh. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - How can one be transparent in the use of AI translations without being punished …...more
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Intro

0:00

How can one be transparent in the use of AI translations without being punished for AI heavy content?

0:28

Does Search Console include site search results?

1:35

PageSpeed Insights vary from time to time when I check my website. Why is it not stable? Can you give me the performance score?

1:46

We've just bought a domain name, but the cache hasn't reset and it's not showing up in Google results. How do we fix this?

2:50

Is it "against" webmaster guidelines if we use AI tools to generate initial content drafts but have hired editors to humanize and review them, and to implement brand and SEO guidelines?

3:32

Does an auto translation of my website for other regions affect my ranking negatively?

4:27

Do many affiliate links hurt the ranking of a page?

4:55

Should I fix all broken backlinks to my site to improve overall SEO?

5:32

Is a website using NextJS technology SEO friendly? Are there any issues I need to pay attention to in order to configure my website to be SEO friendly?

5:54

I canonicalized part time course pages to full time course pages on a university website as the content was 93% same. Is this a good strategy?

7:00

If most crawl requests are sent to a subdomain that's not used anymore, what should be the best course of action? No-index? Redirection?

7:18

How to alert Google of sabotage via toxic links?

8:22

On March 3rd 2024 we migrated our website from a bespoke e-commerce site to Shopify. Since then our search traffic has fallen by over 60%. What could be the reason?

8:49

Is it important for title tags to match the H1 tag?

10:46

Does Google penalize duplicate content for localized websites?

11:04

I am using a third party tool to check indexation in Google search results for an A/B Test. Is this in violation of Google's machine generated traffic policy?

11:17

I have a High Search Volume, with a Top number 1 Keyword Ranking, and my CTR is just 0.8%. What could be the reason for the low CTR? What's your suggestion?

11:54

Can broken HTML and errors in browser console cause a negative impact on a website?

12:56

On some of my e-commerce category pages, is it ok to list (and link to) all products pages with all variants for Googlebot but not to list all for humans?

13:22

The SEO Starter Guide specifically makes the statement “If your website includes pages that are primarily about individual videos…” Can we have clarification on the meaning of this?

14:12

Why would Google consider LinkedIn Pulse articles as an original publisher even though it was published on our website first?

14:52

Wrap up

15:46
English Google SEO office-hours from June 2024
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This is an audio-only recording of the Google SEO office-hours from April 2024 - a transcript is available at https://goo.gle/SEO-june24. These sessions cover topics submitted around anything search and website-owner related like crawling, indexing, mobile sites, internationalization, duplicate content, Sitemaps, Search Console, pagination, duplicate content, multi-lingual/multi-regional sites, etc. The answers are compiled by the Google Search Relations team. Need site-specific help? Post your question in the Google Search Central Help Community, and get answers from our Product Experts and other experienced web professionals: http://goo.gle/sc-forum. Do you have a question about Google Search or SEO? It might be a good fit for the office hours. You can submit your question for Google SEO Office Hours here: https://goo.gle/seo-oh. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - How can one be transparent in the use of AI translations without being punished for AI heavy content? 1:35 -Does Search Console include site search results? 1:46 - PageSpeed Insights vary from time to time when I check my website. Why is it not stable? Can you give me the performance score? 2:50 - We've just bought a domain name, but the cache hasn't reset and it's not showing up in Google results. How do we fix this? 3:32 - Is it "against" webmaster guidelines if we use AI tools to generate initial content drafts but have hired editors to humanize and review them, and to implement brand and SEO guidelines? 4:27 - Does an auto translation of my website for other regions affect my ranking negatively? 4:55 - Do many affiliate links hurt the ranking of a page? 5:32 - Should I fix all broken backlinks to my site to improve overall SEO? 5:54 - Is a website using NextJS technology SEO friendly? Are there any issues I need to pay attention to in order to configure my website to be SEO friendly? 7:00 - I canonicalized part time course pages to full time course pages on a university website as the content was 93% same. Is this a good strategy? 7:18 - If most crawl requests are sent to a subdomain that's not used anymore, what should be the best course of action? No-index? Redirection? 8:22 - How to alert Google of sabotage via toxic links? 8:49 - On March 3rd 2024 we migrated our website from a bespoke e-commerce site to Shopify. Since then our search traffic has fallen by over 60%. What could be the reason? 10:46 - Is it important for title tags to match the H1 tag? 11:04 - Does Google penalize duplicate content for localized websites? 11:17 - I am using a third party tool to check indexation in Google search results for an A/B Test. Is this in violation of Google's machine generated traffic policy? 11:54 - I have a High Search Volume, with a Top number 1 Keyword Ranking, and my CTR is just 0.8%. What could be the reason for the low CTR? What's your suggestion? 12:56 - Can broken HTML and errors in browser console cause a negative impact on a website? 13:22 - On some of my e-commerce category pages, is it ok to list (and link to) all products pages with all variants for Googlebot but not to list all for humans? 14:12 - The SEO Starter Guide specifically makes the statement “If your website includes pages that are primarily about individual videos…” Can we have clarification on the meaning of this? 14:52 - Why would Google consider LinkedIn Pulse articles as an original publisher even though it was published on our website first? 15:46 - Wrap up Check out past office hours → https://goo.gle/gsc-seo-oh Subscribe to the Google Search Central YouTube Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral #SEO #Google Speakers: John Mueller, Gary Illyes Products Mentioned: Search Console - General

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