Martin and John dive into the world of CSS and explore its connection to SEO. Discover why CSS files matter for SEO, how modern CSS frameworks impact pages, and the SEO implications of CSS class names and pseudo elements. Moreover, learn practical tips for ensuring your CSS enhances - rather than hinders - your website's search performance.
Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr096-transcript
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - What is CSS?
1:37 - CSS file crawlability
3:52 - CSS flexibility and power
4:55 - Website and CSS growth
5:43 - CSS file size
9:15 - CSS class names and SEO
10:51 - Important CSS concepts
11:27 - CSS specificity
14:24 - Pseudo classes and pseudo elements
20:56 - Stop using before and after
22:47 - Viewport height
27:11 - Hiding things and background colours
28:05 - CSS images
35:55 - CSS for SEO
37:16 - Outro
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Speaker: Martin Splitt, John Mueller
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