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International sites: subfolder vs subdomain vs ccTLD, by the numbers
Choose between example.com/de/, de.example.com and example.de with a trade-off table, the signals Google really uses for country targeting, and the hreflang rules that hold on all three.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Orphan pages: finding them and linking them back in
An orphan page is one no other page on your site links to. Learn how they happen, how to find every one with your sitemap, a crawl and the bulk URL checker, and how to link them back or retire them.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
Pagination in 2026: rel=prev/next is gone, what now
Google stopped reading rel=prev/next in 2019 and most pagination advice still assumes it. What page 2 needs now: canonical, title and link rules, WordPress settings, and what to do with load more.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
Sitemap index files: splitting large sitemaps the right way
A sitemap stops at 50,000 URLs or 50 MB. This guide shows how to split it into an index with child files by type, date or language, what to leave out, and how WordPress and other CMSs do it for you.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Soft 404s: pages Google treats as missing even though they return 200
A soft 404 is a page that says "not found" or shows nothing while answering HTTP 200. Learn how Google spots them, how to find yours with Search Console and the report, and the fix for each cause.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Structured navigation for large sites: hubs, breadcrumbs, link depth
Organise a site of thousands of pages so every page is a few clicks from home, with hub pages, breadcrumbs, crawlable pagination and the sitemap as a backstop, then audit it page by page.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Thin content: what it is and when short pages are fine
Thin content is about value, not word count. Which pages Google considers thin, when a 120-word page is right, how to read the word-count finding, and what to do with archives and doorway pages.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO12 min read
Trailing slashes, www and https: pick one and redirect the rest
Every page can be reached at up to eight addresses. Pick one form, send the other seven to it with one 301, and keep canonical, sitemap and links on it. Configs for nginx, Apache, Caddy and WordPress.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Why is my page not in Google? The indexability checklist
Work through the ten reasons a page stays out of Google in the order that finds the cause fastest, from a leftover noindex to a stray canonical, and confirm the fix in Search Console.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
x-default explained: the hreflang fallback for unmatched visitors
x-default names the page Google shows when no language or region in your hreflang set matches the searcher. Learn when to use it, which page it should point at, and how to write it correctly.Updated 25 Sept 2026
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