JP from Los Angeles, CA asks: "When a site is penalized by Google, why isnt a message sent to the owner via Google Webmaster Tools telling them how/why it was penalized? Currently, site owners are left grasping in the dark trying to figure out what … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
How are load times displayed in Webmaster Tools calculated?
Deepesh from New York asks: "How does Google calculate site load times in the data it exposes in Google Webmaster statistics? Is the calculation simply average time to get and receive the HTML content for a page?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Should I use nofollow in links to my disclaimer and privacy policy?
Michel from The Netherlands asks: "Is it a good thing to put 'nofollow' in links to a disclaimer, privacy statement and other pages like that with the internal PageRank in mind? I hear different stories about this." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]