https://traffichood.com/blog/ Field notes on search, AI answer engines and technical SEO. Written from client work, not from other people’s blog posts. en © 2026 Traffichood Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://traffichood.com/blog/check-backlinks-google-search/ https://traffichood.com/blog/check-backlinks-google-search/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z Learn what Google Search can reveal about backlinks, how to use quotes, site:, -site: and https:// correctly, and when to use Search Console instead. google-search backlinks search-console technical-seo https://traffichood.com/blog/hreflang-failure-modes/ https://traffichood.com/blog/hreflang-failure-modes/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z Four hreflang and canonical mistakes we find on almost every multilingual site, what each one does to your index coverage, and how to verify the fix. internationalization technical-seo indexing https://traffichood.com/blog/retrievable-evidence-blocks/ https://traffichood.com/blog/retrievable-evidence-blocks/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z AI search retrieves passages, not pages. The block structure we use to make a claim quotable, and five habits that stop a paragraph being retrieved. generative-engine-optimization content-structure retrieval https://traffichood.com/blog/content-pruning-over-volume/ https://traffichood.com/blog/content-pruning-over-volume/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z Most B2B sites do not need more posts. They need to lose two hundred. A framework for keep, merge and retire, and the four numbers that drive it. content-strategy pruning index-management