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Can You Request Google Indexing More Than Once?
Ask David! Question
If you can’t remember whether you already requested indexing for a page in Google Search Console, is it OK to request it again?
David's Answer
Yes. If you’re not sure whether you already clicked Request Indexing, you can submit the request again. There’s no need to worry about accidentally submitting the same URL twice.
What Happens When You Request Indexing?
When you click Request Indexing in Google Search Console, you’re asking Google to crawl the URL again.
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If you run a local service business, you probably remember when getting listed on Google Maps was easy. You filled out your information, waited a week for a postcard, entered a five-digit code, and your business listing was live.
Today, the process looks very different. If you are launching a new profile, changing your business address, or updating your primary category, Google will often require a live, unedited video to confirm that your business legitimately operates in the area you
... Continue readingWix Harmony Is Now in Google Gemini. So Why Are Users Still Complaining?
Imagine you’re already chatting with Gemini or ChatGPT about your website.
Maybe you’re asking it what your homepage should look like. Maybe you’re asking it to come up with content for your business. Or maybe you simply tell it, “I need a website for my landscaping business.”
Now imagine the AI says, essentially, Sure. Let’s build it.
On August 24, 2026, Wix announced that people can connect Wix to Google Gemini and use @Wix to create a website with Wix
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Posted in AI, Compare Website Builders, Technology in the News
Tagged ai, AI website builder, bloat, customizable, gemini, Google Gemini, php, Wix, wix alternative, wix editor, Wix Gemini integration, Wix Harmony, Wix Harmony complaints, Wix Harmony problems, Wix Harmony review, wix limitations, wix studio, Wix website builder
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How to Use Google Search Console’s New Generative AI Data to Improve Your SEO
If you run a website, you’ve probably noticed a massive shift in how people find information online. Between AI Overviews at the top of search results and interactive search interfaces like AI Mode, traditional organic search traffic patterns are changing fast.
For a long time, site owners had no clear way to measure this visibility. Google addressed this gap by introducing dedicated Generative AI performance reporting inside Google Search Console (GSC). If the update has rolled out to your Search
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Posted in AI, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Tagged AI crawling, ai impressions, ai mode, ai overviews, AI visibility, clicks, crawlers, ctr, Generative AI performance, Google Search Console, Googlebot, gsc, headings, indexing, keyword research, keyword stuffing, keyword targeting, organic traffic, page structure, schema markup, search engine results, search performance, seo, seo strategy, serps, structured data, user experience
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Discovered vs. Crawled Not Indexed in Google Search Console: What’s the Difference and How to Fix Each
When you log into Google Search Console (GSC) to check your site’s coverage, it can be very frustrating to find your URLs shoved into the "Not Indexed" bucket. But pay close attention to the specific reason GSC provides.
Two of the most common - and easily confused - statuses are "Discovered - currently not indexed" and "Crawled - currently not indexed."
While they might sound like minor variations of the same problem, they point to two completely different stages in
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Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Tagged backlinks, crawl budget, crawled - currently not indexed, crawler, currently not indexed, discovered - currently not indexed, discovered vs crawled, domain authority, Google Search Console, Googlebot, gsc, internal linking, internal links, seo, seo missteps, seo tips, sitemap, xml sitemap
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The Small Business Guide to Auditing Google Ads and Website Costs
Every month, thousands of small businesses pay marketing agencies for Google Ads management, website maintenance, and digital marketing. Yet many business owners have no clear picture of where that money actually goes or whether they are receiving a genuine return on investment.
Paid advertising can deliver immediate leads, but running digital ads effectively requires complete financial transparency. Without direct visibility into your accounts, you risk overpaying for unmonitored ad campaigns or paying ongoing maintenance retainers on a website that rarely
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Posted in Advertising, Business, Marketing
Tagged ad management, ad spend transparency, agency fees, boost sales, conversion tracking, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, cpa, cpl, digital marketing, digital marketing agency pricing, drive sales, google ads, google ads management costs, google ads vs seo, high-converting keywords, seo vs ads, small business marketing budget, website budget, website maintenance, website maintenance fees
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Keyword Cannibalization: How to Find and Fix the Pages Stealing Your Own Google Traffic
When multiple pages on your website target the same keyword or search intent, you aren't doubling your chances of ranking. You're forcing Google to guess which page is the authority.
In our previous guide, Why Great Content Gets Stuck on Page 8 (And How to Fix It), we highlighted how overlapping content can silently cap your rankings. While some debate whether this is a Real SEO Issue or an Overblown Myth, the practical reality is simple: spreading search
... Continue readingHow to Whitelist Googlebot, Bingbot in CSF
One way to prevent server load spikes and maintain fast performance is to block problematic IP addresses and IP ranges. However, you have to make sure that legitimate crawlers, such as Googlebot and Bingbot, are not accidentally blocked from accessing your websites. Don't crash your SEO! We covered this important step in, “How to Stop High Server Load from Distributed Botnets, Scrapers, and Database Queue Locks”. If you don't know how to do this whitelisting, this tutorial is for
... Continue readingHow to Fix Crawl Budget Waste and “Crawled – Currently Not Indexed” in Google Search Console
If you've opened the Google Search Console (GSC) Page Indexing report recently and discovered thousands of URLs stuck in the "Crawled – currently not indexed" status, it's easy to assume something is wrong with your content.
Is the content too thin? Is Google penalizing your site? Did an algorithm update hurt your rankings?
In many cases, the answer is much less dramatic: your
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Tagged crawl budget, crawl trap, crawled - currently not indexed, crawled not indexed, google algorithm, Google Search Console, google search engine ranking, Googlebot, gsc, robots.txt, rss feed, search engine crawl, search engine optimization, search parameter, seo, thin content, thin pages, wasted crawl budget, WordPress
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Why is This Strange AI Prompt Showing Up in My Google Search Console?
If you opened your Google Search Console (GSC) performance report recently, like one of our “Ask David!” submitters did, you might have noticed a sudden, bizarre spike in impressions for an exact query string that looks something like this:
visit the website at [[website]] and extract the company's brand name as it appears on-site. normali
Seeing a massive, raw instruction template ending in a broken word like "normali" can immediately trigger alarm bells. Did my site get hacked? Is my
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