Hi Matt, is serving a word-for-word text transcript in place of a video to Googlebot considered a negative form of cloaking which could result in a penalty? Jeremy, Chicago Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your … [Read more...]
Why do porn sites have lower PageRank?
What are the technical reasons porn sites have such low PageRank? None go over PR6. A lack of links from trusted sites? Rampant link exchanges with low quality sites? Penalties for affiliate links? Or is there a general penalty on the industry? … [Read more...]
What’s your opinion on microsites?
What's your opinion about microsites who target specific topics? Let's say, a keyword like 'spy cam for nanny' and the domain name spycamfornanny.com, is it bad? gomflo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: … [Read more...]
How does Google handle pages with content that changes on each page load?
How does Google handle pages that have some content that changes each time the page is reloaded? For example, a random tip about the given topic as a sidebar on the page, or a random image on the page. Brian Webster, Ames, IA Have a question? Ask it … [Read more...]
Should internal links use rel=”nofollow”?
Should "back to top" links have rel="nofollow"? AntonioSo, Montreal, QC 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 Twitter and look for an announcement when … [Read more...]
Is there a way to indicate boilerplate content on a page?
"Have you implemented, or are you going to implement, ways that webmasters can clearly indicate boilerplate content to Google in order to avoid any duplicate content filters (eg CSS IDs/classes)? If so, how would navigation menus be handled?" MrTVTL, … [Read more...]
What do you think about Blekko?
What do you think of the new search engine Blekko? Do you think "slashing the web" will catch on?" DisgruntledGoat, UK 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 … [Read more...]
Can I flag spammy links to my site that I didn’t create?
"Is there a process through which a site owner could flag spammy links being built to their site by third parties (by a competitor for example)? How do you protect against sites being penalised for bad links which they have not built?" Laurence, … [Read more...]
Can coding errors affect how a page is indexed?
"Previously you mentioned that w3c validation isn't a ranking factor. Some people took this to mean that coding errors can't affect SEO. Many don't believe that. Can you give some examples of HTML errors that CAN affect SEO?" Ryan, Dearborn, MI Have … [Read more...]
Can I tell Google about links to my site?
"Once your created backlinks in various sites, how do you tell Google bot to recognize the backlinks created? Can you add a feature in Google webmaster to upload a list of urls that contains a back links to your website in a text file as a solution?" … [Read more...]