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A few, rather more infrequent than they should be, thoughts on SEO, web performance and development.
Does indexifembedded Work as Expected?
A quick test to find out how the new (ish) robots directive indexifembedded works with iframes containing html and pdfs.
I Was a Guest on Experts on the Wire Podcast
I was really happy to be a guest on Dan Sure's Expert on the Wire podcast, talking about JavaScript SEO and more!
Priority Hints Do What They Say on the Tin For LCP
23th Nov 21 // updated:
Priority Hints help lower LCP if used in the right way, they do what they say on the tin.
Web Worker Content - Will it Index?
A quick experiment to find out if content produced by a web worker can be rendered and indexed by Google.
Logflare to NCSA (nginx) Server Log Format Nodejs Script
A script using nodejs to access BigQuery and write a log file from logflare.app data to NGINX's default access log format, perfect if you have tools that work with that.
My Experience of the Google Search Central Unconference
A quick write up of my experience facilitating a session at the Google Search Central Unconference, held on 21st June 2021
Tracking Changes in Search Console's Core Web Vitals Report
7th Mar 21 // updated:
What does 28 days mean? Is it rolling? Is it 28 days behind? A small test.
My First Time Speaking at brightonSEO
11th Feb 21 // updated:
My first time speaking at BrightonSEO! Come see me talk about JavaScript Crawling and Indexing on 25 March 2021, 2:10 pm (GMT)
Evolving How CLS is Measured
26th Jan 21 // updated:
Potential cumulative layout shift metric changes, feeback wanted!
Chilled to the Core Web Vitals
30th Oct 20 // updated:
A halloween themed talk on core web vitals I did for Dan Taylor, Video & Slides
Interview I did with Damien Anderson
Damien Anderson of echwa.com was kind enough to interview me for the "Conversations in Search" series.
Web Vitals - A New Hope in Web Performance Measurement
31th May 20 // updated:
The new Web Vitals performance metrics bring the focus beyond that of speed.
Starter Guide to HTTP Response Status Codes
A non-techy guide to what https status codes are, and what they mean for your website. Plus a teapot & missile bears (for real)
SEO Related Chrome Bookmarklets
12th Aug 19 // updated:
Chrome's javascript bookmarklets can be a great additon to an SEO's toolbox, here's a few examples.
Does Googlebot Use Etag Headers?
A quick study to find out if googlebot uses Etag response headers, and sends If-None-Matched request headers to get 304 responses.
Managing Correct Status Codes in Modern SPA Sites
10th Mar 19 // updated:
404, 301, it's still important for your JavaScript site, find out about your options!
Reviews, The Rating Guidelines & Ranking
16th Nov 18 // updated:
Does Google use third party review sites to rank yours?
JavaScript to Detect Clicks in iFrames
7th Aug 18 // updated:
Using JavaScript to tell if someone has clicked on an iframe embedded in your page