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Two things considered impossible. I'd like to test that properly.

Two beliefs seem to be treated as settled facts around here: Sites hit by HCU (or GCU) cannot recover. A brand new domain with no history, no links, and no signals cannot get indexed by Google in any reasonable timeframe. I disagree with both, and I think the community would benefit from testing them properly rather than just debating them endlessly. Challenge 1 — HCU/GCU Recovery If you have a site hit by HCU or GCU that you consider unrecoverable, I'll take a look. Requirements: real site, no bad history, no adult content, English or Spanish. We'll audit it and tell you honestly whether it can be fixed and what it would take. As a bonus, if the site has no AI presence, we'll fix that too. Since this would involve real work and resources, if we move forward and WE SUCCEED, there's a fee ( usually in the 4-5 figure range depending on complexity). Funds held in escrow so both sides are protected. I mention this for transparency, not as the point of the exercise...
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Subdomain in GSC - Domain Property or make URL Prefix?

I'm creating a subdomain instead of a sub folder because all of the content will be for a different audience so it doesn't really fit in on the main site. Question is if I should make its own GSC property or is it ok to piggy back off the root Domain Property I already have in there. Any idea if together or separate effects indexing or any parts of seo in general? The main site is a car listing site. The subdomain will be targeting car dealers to get listed on the main domain. That's why I think they should be separate. I need to make a lot of content to reach car dealers but that content isn't useful on the main domain. submitted by /u/matt-dot-com [link] [comments] from Search Engine Optimization: The Latest SEO News https://ift.tt/cNDq1pb
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Anyone Recover From the HCU After Major Cleanup? 90% Traffic Loss, Big Changes, Still No Movement

So my site got absolutely crushed by the HCU (lost 90%+ of traffic), and I’ve been doing a full-scale cleanup since mid-February. Here’s what I’ve done so far: Removed ~35% of the site (700 pages gone, ~1,000 remaining) Manually reviewed and improved roughly 30–40% of the remaining content (focusing on pages that actually needed it) Switched to a faster, more lightweight theme Removed basically all affiliate links across the site For context, the site is in the military niche and has a really strong backlink profile, all earned naturally (no outreach, no paid links). We’ve picked up links from places like: Business Insider Healthline MedicalNewsToday Army.mil / Navy.mil NIH (nofollow) NY Daily News Baltimore Sun Military.com Multiple .edu sites There are also dozens of additional nofollow links from major publications (Time, VA.gov , GQ, etc.), plus more .gov and .mil links. The only real issue I can point to is that we were leaning pretty heavily into affiliat...
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seo tool madness

got an email from linkrocket.ai .. that claimed it's better than ahref, surfer and semrush combined. but costs $29/month vs the $330 the other tools cost.. so i emailed the owner and asked if this truly has the same featurs, which he boldly claimed yes :) .. i find this cant be true.. i asked chatGTP to compare them all and GTP also agreed with me.. does anybody have real experience with this stuff? We use SearchAtlas .. it's expensive and doesnt seem great to me.. i almost miss ahref a bit .. here is claim email If you're paying for separate SEO tools to grow your traffic, you're likely overpaying. Here's the math: Ahrefs Lite: $99/mo Semrush Pro: $139/mo Surfer SEO: $89/mo Total: $327/mo. Every single month. With the Birthday Blitz sale, you get MORE tools in LinkRocket for a fraction of that, because you get to choose your own discount. Whether you claim a Bronze (20%), Silver (30%), Gold (40%), or Diamond (50%) slot, the savings are massive. There a...
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Followup question? Do real seos cooperate with the web designer to make those changes?

do real seos cooperate with the web designer to make those changes? I've not received one phone call from an seo asking for changes, instead they redo the whole site. not always for the better in terms of design nor seo. Take my own site for example, (as a web designer) if I hired out an SEO to improve the site (on page) and then off page seo and marketing, would you require a redo of the entire website? or just add a few key pages? If so, what? Not saying I am going to hire, just if.... submitted by /u/TheWebsiteGuyMN [link] [comments] from Search Engine Optimization: The Latest SEO News https://ift.tt/a8wfIRc
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URL /product advice needed

I have a woocommerce site and sell various kinds of crafting patterns, primarily cross stitch, sewing and a digital knitting/crochet section. Currently my URL's look like this /product/cute-misses-button-front-shirt-sewing-pattern-simplicity/. That /product put in by my rank math plugin seems pointless. Is it's purpose for search engines to understand it is a product? Or would "sewing pattern" in the item title be enough to rank? Would having the URL read with the category eg. domain/sewing-patterns/top-patterns/product title be better? Even though the length of the product name can get pretty long. submitted by /u/OnePatternAtaTime [link] [comments] from Search Engine Optimization: The Latest SEO News https://ift.tt/6y4QXDT
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