Common Google Webmaster Issues With Soultion

Common Google Webmaster Issues With Soultion

Here are a few of the most common Google Webmaster issues and how to resolve them:

Issue: Your website is not mobile
How to solve: hire a local developer; you can sit down face to face with them if needed. This will help get what you want done faster.

Issue: Google says my site is not mobile but it is.
Usually a site will use a m.domain.com but will not set up the proper scripting to let a device know they have a mobile site. I am in favor of responsive sites as they do not have m.domain.com issues to worry about.

Issue: Why do my competitors rank better?
How to solve: analyze their backlink profile using Ahrefs, Google Webmaster Tools or any other available tools.

Issue: Why does Google say my site is hacked, it’s not!
Well I bet is is. Google does not say that unless they find an issue and most likely you will not know what to look for unless you are a developer. Go look at your backlinks. Look at siteomain.com and look at your pages. Also check out this hacked tool to confirm if your site has been hacked or not.

Issue: How do I verify my site for Google Webmaster Tools?
Try the Meta Tag option. It never fails unless you do not have the ability to edit meta tags. Then you have bigger issues and I strongly recommend looking into fixing this.

Issue: I have a lot of links I’ve never built, what should I do about them?
Well this is where I use Google Webmaster Tools > Search Traffic > Links To Your Site. Pull that list and then pull the list from Ahrefs and start digging. One of my favorite tools from ahrefs is looking up by IP address.

For example, if you are a local business in San Jose, I would not expect to see links from Russia or India. If you are a publishing site then yes you will see them.

Start on this route and then go through the disavow process if you want. Keep in mind that the disavow process is an advanced tool and you can harm your site if you don’t understand how to use it properly.

Issue: I am hosting my site on Google, using blogspot, how do I add a sitemap?
Google actually does this for you. If you look at domain.blogspot.com/robots.txt you will see it there and then you can submit it to Google Webmaster Tools.

I hope this helps you all