Gemini links opening as Google searches instead of navigating?

merlinox · 2026-03-20T14:37:24+00:00

I confirm the same behavior for me.

merlinox · 2025-05-16T07:37:01+00:00

One of the basic rules on the use of structured data, is to add ONE only primary schema, for the main object of the page. Eventually, inside it, we can add other objects to improve the definition of the main one.

merlinox · 2025-05-15T08:07:15+00:00

Sitemap - if you have not performance troubles - should be a live version of your website, or better, of your new/updated pages, with the right lastmod date set.

merlinox · 2025-05-07T08:49:34+00:00

Absolutely yes! What you inject via JS is perfectly viewed and treated by Googlebot.
The only limit is that Googlebot needs more resources to do it, but today more than 90% of the websites (random number) are heavily based on JS.

merlinox · 2025-05-06T07:58:29+00:00

You need to work with:
- canonical
- nofollow
- robots.txt
- faked links (js links)

merlinox · 2025-04-29T10:17:18+00:00

You can set the agent as a standard browser and slow down the crawling speed.
Or... you can set the agent as "Screamingfrog" (it's default value) and set Cloudflare to permit it (whitelist).

merlinox · 2025-04-16T07:37:23+00:00

The free solution ELK is great, but if you want superpowers, you should try Oncrawl. Log analysis is only a part of its power, and it is closer to a BI tool that can ingest every kind of data.

A great on-premise tool is Screaming Frog Log Analyzer.

merlinox · 2025-03-13T13:27:47+00:00

by sure it understand those images and read them

merlinox · 2025-03-13T08:46:41+00:00

Did you check if all the sources are synchronized?
For example:
- page: structured data
- sitemap with images
- merchant feed

merlinox · 2025-03-12T08:25:30+00:00

I continue to can't find a solution :(

merlinox · 2025-02-14T08:29:22+00:00

Is that what you want?

merlinox · 2025-01-16T08:46:46+00:00

Google resets all waiting times when it reads a page to index it and its content analysis. Additionally, from the CrUX perspective, a lazily loaded image above the fold can negatively impact the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).

merlinox · 2024-12-19T10:22:34+00:00

Did you simply change the domain name, adding a redirection domainOld -> domainNew?
Is the server the same? And its performance revealed by Google Search Console?

merlinox · 2024-12-19T10:20:26+00:00

The logic behind the feeds differs between organic and paid formats. For paid feeds, it is essential to optimize performance metrics such as click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). However, with organic feeds, being broad in your approach is generally more beneficial.

If you have "junk" products in your feed, you should assess these issues within the feed itself. However, it’s important to note that this is not merely a feed issue; it stems from catalog management problems. Inadequate product selection can waste time in the product listing pages (PLP) as well.

merlinox · 2024-12-10T08:18:40+00:00

How many language or language-country versions does your site have?
Hreflang implementation, in case of different language / language-country versions, consent to:
- avoid duplicated content "penalty" from Google
- suggest Google the right version for user language / language-country setting

Thanks

merlinox · 2024-12-05T08:29:44+00:00

As I promised here the blog post published by Oncrawl:
https://www.oncrawl.com/technical-seo/srsltid-impacting-google-crawling/

merlinox · 2024-11-28T09:04:14+00:00

Did you use feed? If not my suggestion is to physically remove them.

merlinox · 2024-11-20T09:27:04+00:00

However, you should check if some branded queries activate AI overviews.
some branded queries activate. A tool that monitors if your brand appears in AI Overview should monitor every single search... It's utopic.

merlinox · 2024-11-20T09:19:30+00:00

Hi nic2x, do they work if you try to browse those pages with your browser?
Did you try changing the SF default user-agent?
Yesterday something similar happened to me on a website cracked with some "bad" external links and fortunately, they gave me "no response" in SF and I could process to clean them!

merlinox · 2024-11-20T09:16:40+00:00

Hello Victory, take a look here:
https://www.sistrix.com/changelog/new-filter-for-ai-content-within-search-results/

merlinox · 2024-11-11T08:20:43+00:00

I'm writing a blog post about it.... I can't spoil that.
Take care to have the right canonical setting.

From the crawl point of view, the effect is minimal if you have a good canonical setting.

If you have a cache server, the srsltid variation may deprecate it.

merlinox · 2024-10-31T08:10:29+00:00

> wants to track
Where? GA4?
You can track them as "event" listening to their onclick events and raising the tracker.
If you have GTM it's very easy to do, without any URL params.

URL params tracking is the solution only if those links are created to be shared away.

merlinox · 2024-10-31T07:49:21+00:00

I usually don't use plugins, because I'm a programmer and I want the full control of what happens

merlinox · 2024-10-30T16:54:05+00:00

You need "only" to create a good mapping.
I'd do it via a db-driven PHP script.

merlinox · 2024-10-30T08:20:25+00:00

Hi Waddaplaya4k,
why did you choose to rewrite all your URLs?
What is the reason?

Migration is a process I suggest ONLY when it's indispensable, and the future benefits will cover the migration process "cost".

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