Ivan P.

Google PageSpeed, CWV, Schema and SEO Website Performance Optimization

June '24 WPO Tip: Google won't index sites that do not work on mobile devices after July 5th ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Over the past 20 years [since 1999] I have developed various websites using core HTML5, CSS3, and JS based on PHP and MySQL. As an example, the Uucyc.ru website was born in November 2000 and is popular enough to guarantee my expertise, ability, and, dare I say, decency [1,000+ V/D, CWV, PR-4, DMOZ, W3C, PageSpeed 99/100, GTmetrix A+A]. I specialize in the web development of optimized, mobile-friendly, secure websites and enjoy improving the performance of existing websites in accordance with the latest Google Lighthouse philosophy and Mobile Guide requirements. I had optimized WordPress websites built with Divi, Avada, Flatsome, Omega, Envato, Enfold, Jupiter, The7, Beaver, and Genesis Themes built with core HTML or Divi/Elementor Visual Builders. I am well familiar with various hosting providers including WPEngine, BladeWP, EasyWP, BlueHost, SiteGround, HostGator, DreamHost and had implemented above-the-fold CSS, AMP, Schema and other up-to-date Google schemes properly. It has been my honor to work with clients from the USA, Canada, Israel, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia so far. I work alone, bite only what I can chew, and would love to implement your great ideas. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WPO Tips Archive: November '23 WPO Tip about Video Indexing Google Search is now only showing pages in Video mode where the video is the main content of the page. You can expect to see a decrease in the number of pages with indexed videos. This decrease will appear in the number of video impressions in the performance report, video indexing report, and the video rich results report in Search Console. October '23 WPO Tip about Google Lighthouse's WCAG The WCAG v.2.1 [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines] was updated on September 21, 2023. The upcoming Google Lighthouse update is scheduled to include the updated WCAG criteria in the following release. The overview of the new requirements is published at WPO+/WCAG. August '23 WPO Tip about GPTBot Access OpenAI has given web admins the power to choose whether or not to grant GPTBot access to their website content. The website owners can restrict GPTBot from crawling their sites by adding the following rule to the robots.txt file: User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / July '23 WPO Tip about Google Domain Registrar Google Domains, serving as the registrar for over 10 million domains, is officially winding down. On June 15, 2023, Google entered into a definitive agreement with Squarespace, where they intend to purchase all domain registrations and related customer accounts from Google Domains. Cloudflare Registrar is becoming the most cost-effective domain provider. June '23 WPO Tip about AI-Content On June 16th, 2023, Google released an update to its Search Central documentation on the Search Generative Experience. According to Google's AI content guidelines, the AI or automation disclosures are expected as the author bylines when readers would reasonably expect it, such as to any content where someone might think, "Who wrote this?" April '23 WPO Tip about Reviews Google released an update to its 'Reviews System' on April 12th, 2023. The reviews system aims to better reward high-quality reviews, which are content that provides insightful analysis and original research and is written by experts or enthusiasts who know the topic well. Google rewards the in-depth research-reviews, rather than thin content that simply summarizes a bunch of products, services, or other things. More on: Developers.Google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/write-high-quality-reviews March '23 WPO Tip about Links Google released an update to its 'Link Best Practices Guide' on February 20th, 2023 with six recommendations. According to the requirements, Google wants the website to have internal[!] and external[!] content-based[!] links with the rich in anchor[!] text. The links should consist of two to four keywords[!] and should be spread apart[!] from other nearby links. February '23 WPO Tip about Privacy Policy As of early 2023, two regulations in the United States went into effect: the California CPRA and the Virginia VCDPA. They expand requirements already in place in the US, such as having a Privacy Policy and allowing users to opt out of the data processing for certain purposes. Is your website compliant? January '23 WPO Tip about E-E-A-T Google updated its Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines with another 'E' in E-A-T PQ rating. The personal experience ranking factor was added to Expertise, Authority, and Trust. It is now important to showcase data, share unique experience,s and give practical ideas within your content.