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how to check my google ranking2026-11-03 · 13 minHow to check your Google ranking: count one search, one way. My studio’s page was 4th in a private window and on page 2 when I was signed in.Signed in, my studio’s page was on page 2 of Google, not 4th, and a link in Google’s footer put it back. A count you can repeat, and why it moves.why is my website not showing up on google2026-10-28 · 13 minWhy is my website not showing up on Google? It is one of four situations, and four ordinary searches show which in two minutes.Often your site is in Google and simply ranked low. Four ordinary searches, two minutes, show which of four situations is yours and what to do about it.does hosting affect website speed2026-10-22 · 14 minDoes hosting affect website speed? Only in the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy had a trap.Hosting decides the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy cut it further, with a trap.why is my website so slow2026-10-19 · 12 minWhy is my website so slow? On three sites of mine it was never the server. How to find where your wait is, with only a browser.The wait is in the server, your own page, or other companies’ scripts. A browser check for each, and what three sites of mine showed: the page, not the host.is pagespeed insights accurate2026-10-15 · 13 minIs PageSpeed Insights accurate? One unchanged page of mine scored 77, 83 and 90 in about four minutes. Here is which number moved, and what to do with a score.The score is exact arithmetic on inputs that move. An unchanged page of mine read 77, 83, 90 in minutes; one metric did most of it. How to read a run.core web vitals assessment failed2026-10-12 · 14 min“Core Web Vitals Assessment: Failed”: what it means, read off a site of mine that failed with a 90 in the circle under it.The line judges real Chrome visitors over 28 days, per device. The score under it is one simulated load. A site of mine failed with a 90; how to read yours.how to remove dangerous site warning from my website2026-10-08 · 13 minHow to remove a “Dangerous site” warning from your website: the browser that shows it names the list you are on, and each list has its own way back.Chrome and Firefox read Google’s list, Safari Google’s or Apple’s, Edge Microsoft’s. Each has its own form; on Google’s, only the deceptive warning offers one.why is my website redirecting to another website2026-10-05 · 14 minWhy is my website redirecting to another website? Two questions sort it: where they landed, and who was sent away.Two questions sort it: where they landed (“/lander”, a parked page, someone else’s site) and who was sent away. Then who fixes each. Tested 1 October 2026.how to know if your website has been hacked2026-10-01 · 18 minHow to know if your website has been hacked when your own screen says it is fine: five checks from outside, tried on Google’s test pages and two clean sites.Google says hacks are often invisible to users. Five outside checks: its status page, Chrome’s red page, site:, Google’s own fetch, a script-free fetch.why does my website say not secure2026-09-28 · 14 minWhy does my website say “Not Secure”? Grey usually means http://, red the certificate — and since 22 September, Chrome 154 can ask before the page opens.Grey “Not Secure” usually means plain http; red, above a full-page stop, the certificate. Since 22 Sep 2026 Chrome 154 can also ask first. Screen by screen.
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Crawled - currently not indexed2026-09-10 · 16 min“Crawled - currently not indexed” has no fix button. Here’s the decision Google actually asks you to make.The page was read, then left out — Google names no cause, no wait, no fix. Its own pages say so. What you can check, and the decision that’s yours.Soft 4042026-09-07 · 17 min“Soft 404”: the page opens fine in your browser — and Google treats it as not foundThe page opens fine in your browser, yet Search Console says “Soft 404”. What Google actually decided, why it calls that a belief, and where to see its side.Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user2026-09-03 · 15 min“Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user”: your tag arrived. Google read it — and disagreed.Re-adding the canonical tag won’t move this row: Google received it and disagreed. What Google saw, what the traffic numbers hide, and how to argue back.Duplicate without user-selected canonical2026-08-31 · 14 min“Duplicate without user-selected canonical”: you counted pages, Google counted addressesYou’re sure you have no duplicate pages — yet the row appeared. What Google counts as a duplicate, which address it chose for you, and where to see its pick.Blocked by robots.txt2026-08-27 · 17 min“Blocked by robots.txt”: Google was asked to stay out — and it did. The question is who asked.“Blocked by robots.txt” in Search Console usually means the block worked. What the file is, why a blocked page can still be listed — and who wrote the rule.Not found (404)2026-08-24 · 18 min“Not found (404)” keeps growing. Did something break — or is this your cleanup?A rising “Not found (404)” count in Search Console is often your own cleanup arriving in Google’s report. One test — Google’s own — sorts it from a real fault.Blocked due to access forbidden (403)2026-08-20 · 19 min“Blocked due to access forbidden (403)”: something on your site refused Google. Was it meant to?“Blocked due to access forbidden (403)”: one question sorts a real fault from a lock doing its job — and why a page nothing links to was never a secret.Alternate page with proper canonical tag2026-08-17 · 9 min“Alternate page with proper canonical tag” means that page is fine. Here’s how to prove it.Google’s own message says “proper” — you got it right. Why a correct page is filed under “Why pages aren’t indexed”, and how to prove yours needs nothing.Page with redirect2026-08-13 · 10 min“Page with redirect” in Search Console: usually nothing is broken. Here’s how to be sure.Search Console says these pages “aren’t indexed or served on Google.” Usually the row is a working redirect — one of mine was a missing slash. How to be sure.Excluded by 'noindex' tag2026-08-10 · 9 minGoogle says my page has a “noindex” tag — but I never added oneSearch Console says a page has a “noindex” tag you never added. What that one line of text means, which checkbox usually wrote it, and how to see it yourself.
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Validation started2026-08-06 · 7 minIt has said “Validation started” for two months. Is Google still checking?Google’s email says a few days. Its help page says about two weeks. Forum threads say months. What the wait means, and how to stop depending on it.Validation failed2026-08-03 · 8 minSearch Console says “Validation failed”. Here’s what that means and how to tell whether your fix worked.“Validation failed” doesn’t mean your fix was wrong. It means one page still looked broken when Google checked. How to find that page and what to do next.New reason preventing your pages from being indexed2026-07-31 · 6 minGoogle emailed me about my website. Here’s how to tell whether anything is actually wrong.Google sends this message when it spots a new indexing reason. What it actually means, whether you need to act today, and how to tell when it’s really fixed.
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is robots txt legally binding2026-09-24 · 13 minIs robots.txt legally binding? The standard calls its rules requests, and the ruling everyone quotes is one claim wide.The standard says its rules are not authorization, the companies say obeying is voluntary, and one US court called the file a request — on one narrow claim.is llms txt worth it2026-09-21 · 10 minMy SEO plugin made an llms.txt. I read what nine AI companies document, and thirty days of its traffic.Nine AI companies document nothing about reading a file like this, Google’s search says it ignores them, and a month of my own drew nothing to it.what cloudflare blocks when you block ai2026-09-19 · 13 minWhat does Cloudflare block when you block AI? I turned the switches on and read what they wrote.Cloudflare replaced its AI-bot switch on 15 September. Everything since restates the announcement. Here: four sites before and after, and what a block writes.should i block ai bots from my website2026-09-17 · 14 minShould I block AI bots from my website? I looked at what was knocking on mine, and most of it was not AI.The pages answering this argue from principle. I measured: 1.1k “AI bot” requests, a failing server, a fix that blocked nobody, and who was really there.how to get my business on chatgpt2026-09-14 · 14 minHow to get my business on ChatGPT? There is no form — there are three doors, and I had set none of mine.There is no form. Three doors decide whether the program behind ChatGPT search can reach your site at all — and on my own four sites, I had set none of them.
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how to remove dangerous site warning from my website2026-10-08 · 13 minHow to remove a “Dangerous site” warning from your website: the browser that shows it names the list you are on, and each list has its own way back.Chrome and Firefox read Google’s list, Safari Google’s or Apple’s, Edge Microsoft’s. Each has its own form; on Google’s, only the deceptive warning offers one.why is my website redirecting to another website2026-10-05 · 14 minWhy is my website redirecting to another website? Two questions sort it: where they landed, and who was sent away.Two questions sort it: where they landed (“/lander”, a parked page, someone else’s site) and who was sent away. Then who fixes each. Tested 1 October 2026.how to know if your website has been hacked2026-10-01 · 18 minHow to know if your website has been hacked when your own screen says it is fine: five checks from outside, tried on Google’s test pages and two clean sites.Google says hacks are often invisible to users. Five outside checks: its status page, Chrome’s red page, site:, Google’s own fetch, a script-free fetch.why does my website say not secure2026-09-28 · 14 minWhy does my website say “Not Secure”? Grey usually means http://, red the certificate — and since 22 September, Chrome 154 can ask before the page opens.Grey “Not Secure” usually means plain http; red, above a full-page stop, the certificate. Since 22 Sep 2026 Chrome 154 can also ask first. Screen by screen.
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does hosting affect website speed2026-10-22 · 14 minDoes hosting affect website speed? Only in the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy had a trap.Hosting decides the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy cut it further, with a trap.why is my website so slow2026-10-19 · 12 minWhy is my website so slow? On three sites of mine it was never the server. How to find where your wait is, with only a browser.The wait is in the server, your own page, or other companies’ scripts. A browser check for each, and what three sites of mine showed: the page, not the host.is pagespeed insights accurate2026-10-15 · 13 minIs PageSpeed Insights accurate? One unchanged page of mine scored 77, 83 and 90 in about four minutes. Here is which number moved, and what to do with a score.The score is exact arithmetic on inputs that move. An unchanged page of mine read 77, 83, 90 in minutes; one metric did most of it. How to read a run.core web vitals assessment failed2026-10-12 · 14 min“Core Web Vitals Assessment: Failed”: what it means, read off a site of mine that failed with a 90 in the circle under it.The line judges real Chrome visitors over 28 days, per device. The score under it is one simulated load. A site of mine failed with a 90; how to read yours.should i block ai bots from my website2026-09-17 · 14 minShould I block AI bots from my website? I looked at what was knocking on mine, and most of it was not AI.The pages answering this argue from principle. I measured: 1.1k “AI bot” requests, a failing server, a fix that blocked nobody, and who was really there.
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how to check my google ranking2026-11-03 · 13 minHow to check your Google ranking: count one search, one way. My studio’s page was 4th in a private window and on page 2 when I was signed in.Signed in, my studio’s page was on page 2 of Google, not 4th, and a link in Google’s footer put it back. A count you can repeat, and why it moves.why is my website not showing up on google2026-10-28 · 13 minWhy is my website not showing up on Google? It is one of four situations, and four ordinary searches show which in two minutes.Often your site is in Google and simply ranked low. Four ordinary searches, two minutes, show which of four situations is yours and what to do about it.
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does hosting affect website speed2026-10-22 · 14 minDoes hosting affect website speed? Only in the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy had a trap.Hosting decides the server’s first answer. On my WordPress site a saved copy, not the plan, made it fast; a CDN copy cut it further, with a trap.why is my website redirecting to another website2026-10-05 · 14 minWhy is my website redirecting to another website? Two questions sort it: where they landed, and who was sent away.Two questions sort it: where they landed (“/lander”, a parked page, someone else’s site) and who was sent away. Then who fixes each. Tested 1 October 2026.what cloudflare blocks when you block ai2026-09-19 · 13 minWhat does Cloudflare block when you block AI? I turned the switches on and read what they wrote.Cloudflare replaced its AI-bot switch on 15 September. Everything since restates the announcement. Here: four sites before and after, and what a block writes.how to get my business on chatgpt2026-09-14 · 14 minHow to get my business on ChatGPT? There is no form — there are three doors, and I had set none of mine.There is no form. Three doors decide whether the program behind ChatGPT search can reach your site at all — and on my own four sites, I had set none of them.Blocked by robots.txt2026-08-27 · 17 min“Blocked by robots.txt”: Google was asked to stay out — and it did. The question is who asked.“Blocked by robots.txt” in Search Console usually means the block worked. What the file is, why a blocked page can still be listed — and who wrote the rule.Blocked due to access forbidden (403)2026-08-20 · 19 min“Blocked due to access forbidden (403)”: something on your site refused Google. Was it meant to?“Blocked due to access forbidden (403)”: one question sorts a real fault from a lock doing its job — and why a page nothing links to was never a secret.Excluded by 'noindex' tag2026-08-10 · 9 minGoogle says my page has a “noindex” tag — but I never added oneSearch Console says a page has a “noindex” tag you never added. What that one line of text means, which checkbox usually wrote it, and how to see it yourself.
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