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 ...

The URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console isn’t just a checkbox for SEO professionals. It’s a direct line into how Google actually sees your page. It shows ...

Google has updated its URL structure best practices help documentation - it was pretty much a rewrite but the overall guidance is not new. Google said they added "clearer flow and is easier to ...

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 ...

An SEO posted details about a site audit in which he critiqued the use of a rel=canonical for controlling what pages are indexed on a site. The SEO proposed using ...