"Google crawls site A every hour and site B once in a day. Site B writes an article, site A copies it changing time stamp. Site A gets crawled first by Googlebot. Whose content is original in Google's eyes and rank highly? If it's A, then how does … [Read more...]
How can I learn about the technologies used at Google?
"Can you tell us about some key characteristics of the technologies and the architecture behind Google's index?" Thomas Greiner, Austria Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine" … [Read more...]
Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense?
"Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense? I've seen some SEO Experts" claim this. It makes sense to me as Google is a corporation trying to maximize profit. Although IMO this would go against "don't be evil". Which is it?" Nick … [Read more...]
Why aren’t geographic target and query parameters specified in robots.txt?
Settings in Webmaster Tools like Geographic target and Query-parameters to ignore are great, but it means other Search Engines won't have access to this data. Why not propose a new robots.txt directive for these settings? Andy, NY Have a question? … [Read more...]
When I change domains, how long should I leave the redirects in place?
If I get a new domain and want to 301 redirect www.old-domain.com to www.new-domain.com, how long do I have to keep the redirect up before I can start using the old domain for something else? Just until it has been crawled once? Jacob, Denmark … [Read more...]
Does Google do a “holiday change”?
What change occurred around October 22nd? A lot of websites complained about losing rankings overnight. Is this a holiday change? will, brooklyn, NY Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered … [Read more...]
How should I handle localized content?
Hi Matt. Let's say I want to add multiple languages/countries to mysite.com. Would I be better off including all translations within mydomain.com, or would I be better off creating mydomain.fr , mydomain.nl , mydomain.ca , etc...? Tim Weibel, … [Read more...]
What are some of the projects that the webspam team might tackle in 2011?
What are some of the projects that the webspam team might tackle in 2011? Matt Cutts, Mountain View 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 … [Read more...]
Does Google recognize the difference between different meanings of a word in a query?
Matt, when will Google recognize the difference between boxer (the dog), boxer (the figher) and boxer (briefs) based on the context of the query? Francisco, North Attleboro Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your … [Read more...]
Is HTML validation necessary for ranking?
Hi Matt, in a previous video you stated that validation of HTML wasn't really important for ranking/SEO. This confuses me, would Google really want to send it's users to websites which would be broken for a lot of them? Jimmy "@Feldon" Wirsborg, … [Read more...]