Google’s John Mueller Q&A: 4 SEO Questions Answered - Search Engine Journal

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Google’s John Mueller answers four rapid fire questions about common technical SEO issues that almost everyone runs into at one point or another.

Mueller addresses questions sent in by people related to:

• Blocking CSS files
• Updating sitemaps
• Re-uploading a site to the web
• Googlebot’s crawl budget

These questions are answered in the latest installment of the Ask Googlebot video series on YouTube.

Traditionally, those videos focus on answering one specific question with as much detail as Google is able to provide.

However, not every question about SEO takes a whole video to answer. Some can be answered in one or two sentences.

Here are some quick answers to questions that are often asked by people just getting started in SEO.

Can Blocking CSS Files In Robots.txt Affect Rankings?

Yes, blocking CSS can cause issues, and Mueller says you should avoid doing that.

When CSS is blocked in robots.txt Googlebot is not able to render a page as visitors would see it.

Being able to see a page completely helps Google understand it better and confirm that it’s mobile-friendly.

That all contributes to a webpage’s ranking in search results.

How Should I Update The Sitemap For My Website?

There’s no common simple solution for updating sitemaps that works across all...

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