Google Search Advocate John Mueller explains whether the use of meta robots tags can affect webpage rankings in search results. This topic is addressed in the latest installment of the Ask Googlebot ...

Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about how Googlebot responds to a pre-render meta tag that has the value of 404 page not found. It’s a good question because this is the kind of meta tag, a ...

With Google removing the cache operator from its search service, Google has stopped supporting the noarchive directive in Google Search. The directive, the noarchive meta tag, would tell Google not to ...

Google first supported the unavailable after meta tag in 2007 and still supports it today. In fact, Google has recommended its use for out of stock products and other situations numerous times over ...

Meta has been toiling to make Threads—its Twitter alternative—a viable social media platform, and the launch of features like web experience, keyword search, polls, edit button, and trending topics is ...

Mastodon have just announced a new feature to show author bylines for fediverse accounts. It would be cool if Ars supported this since I know of a few Ars authors on Mastodon and I’ll bet there are ...