Publishing
Update, merge or retire: a practical content refresh framework
Diagnose why an article is underperforming before rewriting it. Choose the smallest change that restores a useful, accurate answer.
Technical and measurement editor
Theo Bennett
Theo Bennett is the technical and measurement editor at Approve SEO. Theo covers crawler verification, website maintenance, analytics interpretation, software contracts and the limits of benchmark data. Articles draw on official documentation and other identified primary sources, with practical checks readers can reproduce on their own sites. Examples are labelled when they are illustrative rather than measured results. Theo's portrait is an illustration drawn in Approve SEO's house style. Source suggestions and corrections are handled through Approve SEO's editorial contact route.
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- Technical SEO audits
- Crawler verification and robots controls
- Canonicals and redirects
- Analytics, measurement and SEO tools
Record
32 published articles
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Articles by Theo Bennett
Tools & Measurement
How to choose a WordPress SEO plugin without buying duplicate features
Evaluate the output your publication needs, the features already supplied by WordPress and hosting, and the cost of maintaining another…
Tools & Measurement
Do you need a paid SEO crawler? A buying framework for publishers
Start with the questions your audit cannot answer, then test crawl coverage, exports and repeatability before committing to a subscription.
Technical SEO
Choose WordPress hosting by testing the publication you will run
Evaluate recovery, isolation, caching, support and real page behavior before deciding whether a hosting plan fits your publication.
Growth & Distribution
How to hire SEO help with a scope you can verify
Buy a defined investigation or implementation outcome, retain ownership, and ask for evidence that another person can reproduce.
Tools & Measurement
Choose analytics around the questions your publication needs to answer
Compare measurement coverage, data access, implementation effort and privacy controls before choosing a dashboard or adding another script.
Tools & Measurement
Google’s new AI performance reports: what publishers can measure now
The 2026 reports make AI-feature impressions easier to inspect. Use the new visibility data without treating it as a complete…
Tools & Measurement
Search Console platform properties: separate Google discovery from social reach
The July 2026 rollout adds Google-search visibility for supported social and video content. Here is how to compare it without…
Publishing
Google’s May 2026 AI guidance: turn the announcement into an editorial brief
The new resource keeps foundational SEO relevant and emphasizes distinct value. Apply that guidance through better assignments and evidence, not…