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SEOlutions weekly SEO update for October 9, 2026 covering WordPress, Google Search and Search Console

SEO Brief: WordPress Security and Google Search Updates — October 9, 2026

By curtism October 9, 2026Google Search Console, SEO Strategies, WordPress SEO

My October 9 SEO briefing covers WordPress security updates, monitoring Google’s completed spam update, and Search Console country filters—with practical checks to help website owners decide what to update, measure, and test.

Laptop displaying Google Search Console with a page not indexed by Google. Featured image for a case study about discovering unindexed service pages and requesting indexing through Google Search Console.

I Found Service Pages Google Had Never Indexed

By curtism June 16, 2026Case Studies, Google Search Console, WordPress SEO

Publishing a page does not guarantee Google will find it. I recently discovered several service pages over a year old that had never been indexed.

SEO Glossary for Beginners

By curtism January 27, 2026Basic SEO, Content Strategy

I’m building a simple SEO glossary for beginners—10 terms I keep seeing while fixing my WordPress sites (title tags, slugs, indexing, noindex, schema, redirects). Quick definitions, real examples, and a page I’ll keep updating as I learn.

Google Search Console comparison showing last 28 days vs previous 28 days clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position

SEO Changes Not Showing Yet? Here’s How Long It Usually Takes

By curtism December 15, 2025Basic SEO, Google Search Console

I’m learning SEO the hard way (trial and error), and one question keeps coming up: How long do SEO changes take? My real before/after in Google Search Console (Web) Clicks…

My WordPress Cleanup: Categories, Tags & 301 Redirects — Beginner Update

By curtism October 30, 2025Basic SEO, WordPress SEO

I spent the last few weeks cleaning up my WordPress categories and tags, writing real descriptions, and adding 301 redirects for anything I deleted or renamed. Here’s what I did, what I learned as a novice, and two short videos of me doing it.

Infographic showing Yoast SEO crawl optimization, internal search cleanup, breadcrumbs, and RSS feed credit improvements

How We Optimized Three Sites with Yoast for Faster Crawling, Cleaner Indexing, and Better SEO

By curtism August 12, 2025Basic SEO, SEO Strategies, WordPress SEO

Related: How long do SEO changes take to show up in Google? (Days to months + Search Console) Quick answer: Crawl optimization is making it easier for Google to find,…

Reviews, Rankings & Reality: SEO Lessons from Google & Yelp

By curtism July 26, 2025Advanced SEO, Case Studies, WordPress SEO

On seolutions.com, I’m sharing what really works in SEO. This post breaks down how reviews can boost your rankings, what platforms like Google and Yelp get wrong, and why I now host reviews on my own site.