Recent content by Justin Mosebach

Yeah, Wayback Machine can come in clutch. Tip: They have a Chrome extension that you can have automatically backup pages as you browse. This creates more archives for your clients' sites. Create an account and log in. Then, in the Chrome extension, select these settings: Also, if you're...

In Google Search Console (GSC), you can inspect the URL, run a Live Test, click on "View Tested Page", and click on the "Screenshot" tab. There's also a "More Info" tab that might be helpful, which includes things like page resources that couldn't be loaded, JavaScript Console messages, and...

I've seen that type of thing too. You can ignore it. It's only an issue if there are thousands of them that's eating away at crawl budget. ...and if that's the case, just set up a regex matching redirect to replace any URL with "tel:myphonenumber" with just the URL. Example: Try using this...

@Aartvark Graphics Any update on this? Google Business verification videos can be incredibly frustrating when doing it for SABs. Here's some more tips on Google Business video verification - even if the business is in your home: Start outside the home, show the street number on the home or...

We've had clients tell us that Google Business video verification is not working. Google's added some helpful info in their support article. You definitely want to plan ahead before doing it, keep the video short, and know that what you need to show depends on whether it's a service area...

Google Maps does call to verify business information. As of 1/31/2024, here's the list of official Google phone numbers that Google Business support uses when calling or texting you. Google says these calls may either be automated; automated and monitored by a live person; made by a live...

Sometimes I see it, sometimes I don't. Even when I'm searching from the exact same location/device/browser (desktop, Chrome Incognito). I open Incognito and sometimes the map pack shows #3. Other times, there is no map pack. I'm about 1.5hrs west of Philadelphia (in Lancaster, PA) and am not...

@chadkimball Ahrefs now has this functionality under "SERP features".

@Chris- Google doesn't use "domain authority" or "domain rating". Those are proprietary metrics of Moz and Ahrefs, respectively.

@KieranThomas I'd still check users. A lot of the time, I find old SEO companies/contractors still have access. To @Joey Abna's point, I'd try verifying by domain if you haven't already. If you have, then try verifying a specific URL (Example Domain). Has Bing Webmaster Tools had any issues...

Hi @KieranThomas! You might want to try creating a new XML sitemap and submitting that to see if it works. You could also try to delete the sitemap from GSC and add it back. (Don't just add it before deleting the existing XML sitemap in GSC.) As for the "Quota exceeded" error message, I'd...

@austins36 Yep, I've tested it. Example:

@austins36 Try "Page Explorer" instead and use the "HTML code" option (click the "URL" dropdown menu).

@austins36 If you're already paying for Ahrefs, you could use Site Audit to run a crawl. It lets you do a text search of the HTML.

@austins36 The paid version let's you do "Custom Search". Main menu... Configuration Custom Search Set it to this: