Nik A.

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Founder of Lume. A decade in SEO and web analytics, now building the tools that make the non-human web visible.

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Articles by Nik A.

Bot traffic Jul 24, 2026

How to spot server throttling and inconsistent status codes blocking your crawlers

Intermittent 403, 429, 503 responses to Googlebot and AI crawlers quietly drop pages from search and AI answers. Here is how to detect, diagnose, and fix it.
Guides Jul 22, 2026

Log file analysis for SEO and AI search: a practical guide

Log file analysis reveals exactly what search and AI crawlers do on your site. Here's how to read your logs to protect crawl budget and AI visibility.
Guides Jul 20, 2026

301 redirects: how to use them effectively and handle edge cases

A practical guide to 301 redirects: when to use them over 302/307/308, how link equity passes, and how to handle chains, migrations, and edge cases.

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