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Yoast vs Rank Math: which to keep, and why never both
Yoast vs Rank Math compared on what each includes free, how to choose, and why running both breaks titles, canonicals, schema and sitemaps. Plus how to switch safely.Updated 27 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
"Blocked by robots.txt" in Search Console: what it means and how to fix it
"Blocked by robots.txt" means a rule in your robots.txt stops Google from crawling a URL; "Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt" means Google indexed it anyway. How to tell whether to fix each and how.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Security13 min read
"This site may be hacked": why Google shows it and how to remove it
"This site may be hacked" is a label Google adds under a search result when it believes someone changed the site or added spam pages. It goes away once the site is clean and Google has checked it. Here is how to confirm the cause, clean up and ask for the review.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
404 errors and SEO: which ones hurt, which to fix and which to leave
404 errors do not get your site penalised, but some of them cost you rankings, links and visitors. What Google says about 404s, which ones are worth fixing, which to leave alone, and how to triage the list in Search Console.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Security13 min read
554 5.7.5 permanent error evaluating DMARC policy: what it means and how to fix it
A "554 5.7.5 permanent error evaluating DMARC policy" bounce means the receiving server could not get a usable DMARC result for your domain. What causes it, how to tell the causes apart, and how to fix DMARC and DKIM fail results.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Accessibility12 min read
ADA compliant website: what the law asks and what compliance means in practice
An ADA compliant website is one people with disabilities can use, measured in practice against WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 level AA. Who the ADA covers online, what the rules and courts say, the lawsuit risk and a plan to get there.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
Alternate page with proper canonical tag: what it means and when to act
"Alternate page with proper canonical tag" in Search Console means the page points its canonical at another URL and Google agreed, so only the other URL is indexed. Usually nothing needs fixing; here is how to spot the cases that do.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO9 min read
Angular SEO: server rendering, prerendering and route metadata
Angular SEO starts with turning on server-side rendering or prerendering, because a default Angular app renders in the browser. How to set it up with @angular/ssr, choose a render mode per route, and set titles, meta tags, canonicals and status codes.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO14 min read
Answer engine optimization vs GEO vs SEO: what actually differs
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the work of getting your content used as the direct answer in search features and AI assistants. How it compares with GEO and SEO, and which differences are technical rather than labels.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Speed10 min read
async vs defer: loading JavaScript without blocking the page
async and defer both download a script without blocking the page, but defer runs scripts in order after the HTML is parsed, while async runs each one as soon as it arrives. When to use which, how modules and inline scripts behave, and how to defer JavaScript in WordPress.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
Broken backlinks: find the links you lost and win them back
Broken backlinks are links from other sites to pages on yours that no longer exist. How to find them with Search Console and a bulk status check, redirect each one to the right page, and stop new ones appearing.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO12 min read
Broken internal links: find them and fix them at the source
Broken internal links are links between your own pages that lead to a 404 or an error. Where they hide (menus, templates, content), how to find every copy, and how to fix them at the source so they stay fixed.Updated 26 Sept 2026
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