Search Engine Optimization
Google News SEO in 2026: Win Top Stories
Most of what publishers believe about Top Stories is wrong. Google Publisher Center is not an eligibility gate, AMP has been optional since 2021, and no special markup unlocks the carousel. This guide covers what actually earns a news slot in 2026, how the May and June updates changed the risk, and why most sites should not chase Top Stories at all.
WordPress SEO in 2026: Fix the Defaults
WordPress hands you a sitemap, clean markup, and an editor writers like. It also publishes tag, author, date and attachment pages nobody asked for. This guide covers what the platform does to your SEO, which permalink and plugin settings actually matter, what page builders cost you, and what to ignore.
Rank Tracking 2026: Why Your Tools Disagree
Two rank trackers can report position 4 and position 11 for the same keyword on the same day, and neither is wrong. A practitioner guide to why rank tracking tools disagree, why Google Search Console average position is not a ranking, and how to build a tracking process that survives SERP features and personalization.
Google Manual Actions: 2026 Recovery Guide
Google Search Console flagged a manual action. Here is how to read the report, diagnose every violation type, fix the real cause, and write a reconsideration request that reviewers accept the first time.
Ecommerce Category Page SEO That Ranks
Category pages sit between your homepage and your products, hold the most commercial intent, and get the least attention. This is the fix, end to end.
SaaS SEO in 2026: Pipeline, Not Traffic
Most B2B software companies buy traffic and call it SEO. This playbook builds the program the other way around: comparison pages before thought leadership, pipeline before sessions, and a candid look at why Domain Rating, programmatic pages and high publishing volume waste most SaaS budgets.