Richard M. from Australia asks: "If you have a company logo on your site, what is the best way to include the text of the logo for SEO purposes? ALT tag, CSS hiding, or does it matter?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
What types of directories are seen as sources of paid links?
Fábio Ricotta from Brazil asks: "Will Google consider Yahoo! Directory and BOTW as source of paid links? If no, why is this different from another site that sell links?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Product Search for Webmasters
Presented by Maile Ohye. … [Read more...]
What impact does “page bloat” have on Google rankings?
Deepesh from New York asks: "What impact does 'page bloat' have on Google rankings? Most of the winners in SEO seem to have very simple pages (very few images, HTML-only design) - sometimes to the detriment to the user in a poorly designed page." … [Read more...]
Do dates in URLs determine freshness?
Filipe Santos from New York asks: "Do dates in the URL of blogs or websites help determine freshness of the content or is it largely ignored?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Are CSS-based layouts better than tables for SEO?
Thomas from Cincinnati asks: "Is a website designed with a CSS-based layout more SEO friendly than a table based layout?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Why do big brands rank so well?
Filipe Santos from New York, NY asks: "As far as big brands go, why is it that they seem to do well irregardless of relevance, content or links when analyzing keyword placement in search engine results pages?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
How not to hide text
Matt Cutts shows an example of how you shouldn't hide text from users. … [Read more...]
Whitehat linkbait
Matt Cutts shares an example of whitehat linkbait. … [Read more...]
What if a search for my business triggers “Did you mean?”
Alex B from Indianapolis, IN asks: "When I do a Google search for my business name, Google suggests 'Did you mean: ' with some other company name. Is there anything we can do to keep that from happening?" … [Read more...]