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4 Sep 2026

FAQ schema for rich results and AI

Hidden FAQ JSON with no visible text: Google already pushed that back. AI reads the same visible blocks anyway.

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1 Sep 2026

Structured data for Google and ChatGPT

One Organization, real dates, FAQ only if the questions sit on the page. Fake schema is worse than none.

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28 Aug 2026

TTFB versus Lighthouse: measure the real server

Green Lighthouse, 800 ms TTFB. A crawler feels those 800 ms. Your Chrome profile does not.

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25 Aug 2026

An XML sitemap search engines actually follow

Huge sitemaps full of 301s teach Google your list is sloppy. Small and clean gets followed more often.

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21 Aug 2026

robots.txt mistakes that hide your site

Staging rules that ship to production. That is the mistake I see most. Then a Sitemap line that 404s.

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18 Aug 2026

Canonical tags without the confusion

Most sites have too many canonicals, or a chain from A to B to C. One URL per piece of content is enough.

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14 Aug 2026

Meta descriptions after AI Overviews

Google often picks another snippet. Write the description as if it will win. 140 characters, one thought.

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11 Aug 2026

Title tags that still earn clicks in 2026

Your title is fallback, crawler anchor and sometimes the SERP. A CMS that pastes the same one everywhere shows up late.

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7 Aug 2026

Get cited in Google AI Overviews

The citation goes to the page that answers the sub-question first. Homepage poetry does not win that race.

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4 Aug 2026

llms.txt: what it does and does not do in 2026

Google Search does not use llms.txt. Other bots do. A short file in the root is enough. Not a novel.

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