The easy answer is that Google systems generally don't just try variations of URLs out, they rely on links to discover new URLs. This means that unless you're linking to those subdirectories most ...

As part of the Search Off The Record podcast from Google on crawling, which we briefly covered on Friday, Gary Illyes from Google said he is investigating ways for Google to handle URL parameters ...

The details that showed where on a site a search result comes from won’t show up on your phone anymore, just the domain info. The details that showed where on a site a search result comes from won’t ...

Link Rot: URL shortening is a technique designed to turn long web addresses into shorter, more manageable links. This process can make life easier for web visitors, but it can also introduce a new ...

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about removing hacked URLs that are showing in the index. He explained how to remove the sites from appearing in the search results and then discussed the ...