SSerpKite6h ago 路 5 min readGoogle Custom Search JSON API ends Jan 1, 2027: what to doIf your app calls https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1, it has a hard deadline. Google closed the Custom Search JSON API to new customers on January 20, 2026, and the API shuts down on January 1serpkite.hashnode.dev
IIndexerPal2d ago 路 7 min readWhy your backlinks aren't indexed, and which ones are worth fixingYou build or earn a link, it shows up in your backlink tool, and weeks later nothing has moved. One common reason is simple: Google hasn't indexed the page the link sits on. Backlink tools list links indexerpal.hashnode.dev
AAce Interviews2d ago 路 107 min read10 Google SRE NALSD Prompts (System Design): Interview Scenarios for 2027+ Loops馃敭 The 2027+ Google SRE NALSD Playbook: 10 Operational Frontier Simulations "If you think System Design is about drawing a load balancer and a database, you are preparing for a 2022 interview." Hypeaceinterviews.hashnode.dev
AAnushka Pandey2d ago 路 6 min readAdvanced GTM Strategies: Tracking Revenue Per User (RPU) and Server-Side 3rd-Party AnalyticsBetween Safari鈥檚 ITP wiping client-side cookies in as little as 24 hours, iOS 14.5+ ad tracking restrictions, and the rise of ad blockers (which sit at ~33% usage worldwide), standard client-side analtechnicalads.hashnode.dev
IIndexerPal3d ago 路 6 min readXML sitemaps that actually help indexing: split, date honestly, and auditMost sitemaps are generated once by a plugin and never looked at again. They list redirects, noindex pages and every tag archive, with today's date as lastmod on all of them. Google still reads them, indexerpal.hashnode.dev
DDenebrix AI4d ago 路 5 min readE-E-A-T in 2026: What Google Actually Rewards (And What Is Just Noise)Every SEO guide tells you to "improve your E-E-A-T." Almost none of them explain what that means in practice, because E-E-A-T is not a ranking factor you can toggle. It is a framework Google's qualityhttpsdenebrixai.hashnode.dev
IIndexerPal4d ago 路 6 min readA new website's first 14 days in Google: a day-by-day indexing planA brand-new domain starts with nothing. Google doesn't know it exists, no other site links to it, and Search Console has no data. The first two weeks decide how quickly that changes, and most of what indexerpal.hashnode.dev
IIndexerPal5d ago 路 7 min readRequest Indexing in Search Console: what the button does, its quota, and why it fails"Request indexing" is the most-pressed button in Google Search Console and probably the least understood. People press it ten times for the same URL, hit a quota message, and conclude the tool is brokindexerpal.hashnode.dev
UUsama Ejaz5d ago 路 7 min readSearch Console's "Why Pages Aren't Indexed" on a Blog: Which Rows Actually Need WorkThe first time I opened the Page indexing report for a blog I run, the "Why pages aren't indexed" table had more URLs in it than the blog had posts. That looked bad. It mostly wasn't. An http:// addre1Wusamaejaz.hashnode.dev
Ggudduroy11223346d ago 路 5 min readTech News This Week (October 2026): Windows 11 26H2, Apple HomeView, Faster Chrome and AI Coding Agents1. Windows 11 26H2 Is Now Available Microsoft released Windows 11 version 26H2 (also called the Windows 11 2026 Update) on September 29, 2026. It is a small update, not a big redesign. It arrives as a008universal.hashnode.dev