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Google Explains Why Its Crawler Ignores Your Resource Hints via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern | ATDb

Google Explains Why Its Crawler Ignores Your Resource Hints via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Search Engine JournalFebruary 27, 2026Matt G. SouthernRead original

Last updated Feb 27, 2026 by RSS Ingestion

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Google's Gary Illyes clarifies why resource hints do not influence Googlebot's crawling behavior, and notes that HTML validity is not a ranking factor. The post Google Explains Why Its Crawler Ignores Your Resource Hints appeared first on Search Engine Journal.