Pulkit Agrawal from Ahmedabad, India asks: "Whenever Google detects a violation of its Webmaster Guidelines, can we expect a feature to be added in Google Webmaster Central where it could help the webmasters learn what the issue was?" Thisvideo is … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2009
Google Mobile App
Matt Cutts discusses and demos the Google Mobile App, one of Google's "hidden gems." … [Read more...]
Does Googlebot use inference when crawling?
Leon from the UK asks: "Does GoogleBot use inference when spidering - having crawled site.com/article/page1.htm and /page2.htm, can it guess at the existence of a /page3.htm and crawl it? Or does it stick entirely to what it finds via the link graph … [Read more...]
How are spam reports prioritized?
Neil M Hancock from Newcastle asks: "Is there a minimum number of spam complaints about a domain and/or SERP before Google reviews the complaint? Presumably you get thousands of spam complaints daily, are these sorted into any order to be reviewed? … [Read more...]
What should I watch out for if I redirect mobile visitors?
Chris A. from Erie, PA asks: "I have a server-side script that automatically redirects visitors to a mobile version of a site if they are using a mobile browser. My question is: What are some things to watch out for (if any) when serving different … [Read more...]
Can you show us something that you have programmed yourself?
Alex from Germany asks: "Okay, Matt. It's time to get serious. Can you show us something that you have programmed yourself?" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers questions from … [Read more...]
News Search SEO
Background and FAQs for publishers interested in Google News Search. … [Read more...]
Are different types of sites treated differently in Google?
Paul Anthony from Belfast, Northern Ireland asks: "Are different sites treated differently? eg are blogs treated differently than e-commerce sites? Does Google attempt to figure out the context of a site or are all websites equal?" … [Read more...]