SEO
Search Console Data Lags: 2-3 Days Is Normal, Weeks Are Not
When the Page indexing report looks stale, the date stamp tells freshness, not index changes. Here's what to check instead.
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SEO
Google to SEOs: Don’t Panic Over Search Console Data Freezes
John Mueller says a flat Google Search Console Page Indexing report is usually not a bug. Indexing changes slowly, and Performance reports move first.
SEO
Google: Raw and Encoded Bracket URLs Are Different URLs
Google's John Mueller says raw square brackets and %5B/%5D are separate URLs. Pick one format across links, canonicals and sitemaps.
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SEO
Google: Core Update Recovery Takes 3–6 Months
Google's Gary Illyes shared timing ranges for crawling, indexing and recovery: 20 hours for new URLs, 30 days for known ones, and 3-6 months for core updates.
SEO
Google says new pages take about 20 hours to be found
Google's internal timing data shows a new URL is typically discovered in about 20 hours—but slow cases stretch to weeks, months, or never. Here's what to fix.
SEO
Google Indexing API Job Site Approvals Are Going Silent
Job site operators report months-long silence on Google Indexing API approvals even though Google still recommends the tool. Here's what SEOs should do.
SEO
Indexing Explained: Why Crawled Pages Still Don’t Exist
Crawled pages don't rank until they are indexed. Here's how Google and Microsoft decide inclusion, and why quality content is losing its spot.
