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Nearly always the same cause, and it isn&apos;t your website&apos;s design or its copy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Getting started</category><category>search intent</category><category>keyword research</category><category>conversion</category><category>small business</category></item><item><title>Why your website isn&apos;t showing up on Google — in order</title><link>https://www.miketheseoguy.com/blog/website-not-showing-up-on-google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.miketheseoguy.com/blog/website-not-showing-up-on-google</guid><description>A diagnostic, not a list. The checks that rule out one cause before you spend money on the next, in the order that saves the most wasted effort.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Getting started</category><category>indexing</category><category>technical seo</category><category>search console</category><category>small business</category></item><item><title>What is technical SEO? 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Here is a Python script that pulls every image from any site with a sitemap, in one go.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Tools and scripts</category><category>webflow</category><category>python</category><category>migration</category><category>tools</category></item><item><title>7 SEO mistakes small businesses make, and how to fix each one</title><link>https://www.miketheseoguy.com/blog/seo-mistakes-small-business</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.miketheseoguy.com/blog/seo-mistakes-small-business</guid><description>The same handful of problems come up in nearly every audit I run. 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