Developers often have misconceptions about SEO. In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller and Martin Splitt clarify what matters and what doesn't. They cover areas including: Optimizing themes for SEO, The indexing API, and common HTML mistakes. This podcast delivers essential knowledge for developers to enhance their SEO strategies and avoid common pitfalls.
Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr094-transcript
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro to SEO misconceptions
0:15 - Why developers should care about SEO?
0:59 - Technical vs non-technical SEO
4:38 - The importance of naming things
6:03 - Title and Meta Description
7:31 - Is bad Html bad for SEO?
12:43 - Core Web Vitals
17:22 - Javascript SEO
27:00 - Google APIs and SEO
27:42 - Google Search algorithm
31:32 - What about Html comments?
31:58 - Themes and SEO
32:13 - How to reach out to Martin
32:57 - Wrap up
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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Speaker: Martin Splitt, Gary Illyes
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