Unusual technical #seo question: I have a few URLs in my "Not Found" that I can't even place how they'd exist.

There are omega symbols and extra URLs stacked together. It looks like either a WP database error or something from an extra site. It's coming from the uploads folder.

Where would I even go to fix this? Regular 301 redirection rules don't seem to work for uploads directories. I suspect it's an htaccess fix, but not sure.

Any ideas @johnmu?

I'm just finishing my crazy idea of an #SEO music release about the good and the bad of search, listening and re-listening to my mixes, so it's not in my head that they sound fine. Ish.

Folks might even learn something from it.

Anyway, here's the artwork. Thoughts?

W00t! Ten local plays of the first song for #SEO.

It's more enjoyable than the roller coaster of a Google core update currently happening!

This little princess just finished puppy preschool, and won the hamper for the race and the best tricks.

Here she is chewing on her winnings.

After the unexpected passing of our beloved Beaglier Maisie last year, we realised we were missing a family member.

We'll never replace her, but we have a new lovely family member and our first Golden Retriever, Daisy.

Lots of lightning last night, so I stood outside trying to snag a photo from my phone.

May have succeeded.

Something from #Google #adsense: we see you aren't using vignette and anchor ads.

Yep, that's intentional. I see both making the audience experience poorer and semi-disrespectful to readers. I'm fine without running them, even if it costs me some ad dollars. Others can, but that's their prerogative.

I get it makes Pickr different from nearly every publisher and I am ok with that. I respect my readers and try to keep ad numbers down.

One of the things that bugs me about Google is its seemingly silly way to get tricked by websites not operating in specific countries, even when the search intent cites that country.

Take this example, which is a search for a review in Australia. The top result isn't in Australia, even though Google seems to think it is. The only references to Australia in the content are "Aussie" once and "Australia" twice, plus the AU subdomain and use of "Australia" in the meta. Even the pricing details in the review and its snippet indicate it's a US site. This is clearly not handling the intent, and Google should be smart enough to know that since it can see pricing data internationally.

Local reviews matter, just as local content matters. I get we're in a core/system update, so things change, but this seems to be a consistent issue throughout the past two years.

I know y'all ask for feedback @dannysullivan @searchliaison @johnmu so this is me providing it.

I can add "Australia" to my site's title, of course, but it already says "Australia" all throughout, so I shouldn't have to state something so redundant. Australians coming to an Australian review site shouldn't have to need to see it, as if it's a point of difference. Google can see where the site is served from and the local references from the content analysis it should be doing.

I'm sure there's clearly more to it, obviously, but if all international publishers have to do is the bare minimum to beat local material even when the content doesn't match the intent, something isn't working correctly. Just a thought.

#google #googlesearch #seo #australia