Google says brief 503 downtimes are acceptable, but extended unavailability can impact crawling. Short 503 downtimes are acceptable. Extended periods serving 503s harm crawling. Plan updates to ...

404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP ...

Learn why cloaking HTTP status codes is risky, Google's stance on it, and the importance of ethical SEO practices. Avoid cloaking: It's against Google's guidelines and can hurt your website's ...

Google is warning against using 404 and other 4xx client server status errors, such as 403s, for the purpose of trying to set a crawl rate limit for Googlebot. “Please don’t do that,” Gary Illyes from ...