What is the ideal keyword density: 0.7%, 7%, or 77%? Or is it some other number? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on … [Read more...]
Does translated content cause a duplicate content issue?
Will multilingual translations of one content across different websites attract duplicate content penalty? Yo, New Delhi, India Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like … [Read more...]
Should I care about mixed content if I offer my pages on HTTPS?
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Should I make up filename extensions to improve my rankings?
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How can I target parts my site to different locations?
Hi Matt, Webmaster tools allows site owners to specify a geo location for targeting. How can this be done for multiple locations? Serious, UK Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a … [Read more...]
Will my site’s ranking be hurt if I use HTTPS instead of HTTP?
By design, HTTPS is slower than HTTP. Considering Google's focus on speed, does that mean that my site will be penalized if I switch to HTTPS? Gary Tamás, Zurich, CH Learn more about making the web faster: code.google.com SPDY: www.chromium.org … [Read more...]
How can good sites that don’t know about SEO rank well?
Google would appear to favour sites that are built by those who know all the SEO 'best practice' techniques (and follow your tips!). There must be many technically poor sites that actually have fantastic content - surely these shouldn't be penalised? … [Read more...]
How can I be notified when my name is mentioned on the web?
Hi Matt, I have heard something about authors/content creators, getting a notification if their name is written somewhere, or searched for. How does this work, and how can I be "known" as a content creator? Best Regards, Morten Madsen, Denmark Google … [Read more...]
Does Google treat .co as a generic TLD?
There has been a lot of hype about the .co TLDs, there are many people posting that Google will accept them as the new .com, although it's the TLD for Colombia. Will Google treat the .co as generic like .com or .net or as a local TLD? Thanks Matt! … [Read more...]
Why don’t 404 pages disappear immediately from search results?
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