There are a lot of "SEO Experts" that preach myths you have debunked here. Are there any industry certification programs you are aware of? Nick Y, Vancouver BC … [Read more...]
Is it OK to sell links as long as we use the nofollow attribute?
Is it OK to sell links as long as we use the nofollow attribute? Lost faith, Australia … [Read more...]
Why are links used in ranking when they all have the nofollow attribute?
How can linking remain a major part of a search algorithm when the majority of Internet users are unable to post a 'followed' link on the World Wide Web? For example Twitter, Facebook, wiki etc. are all 'nofollow'. It seems only a very small … [Read more...]
How should I configure If-Modified-Since on database-driven pages?
Following your interview with Eric Enge - you mention about "If Modified-Since." We worked on many websites whereby the actual file timestamp doesn't change but the content does as the pages are database-driven. How should we deal with such … [Read more...]
What’s a good way to kick off a new RSS feed?
Is there a good way to kick off a feed in Google Reader by doing something like temporarily making the feed include a whole bunch of old content? Is it desirable to do something like that? Stephen B, Belton, MO … [Read more...]
How do PageRank updates work?
On what basis you are increasing the PR for each PR update? Made, London … [Read more...]
Is it better to have keywords in the URL path or filename?
It seems that having relevant keywords in URLs is very helpful. Does Google give higher importance to keywords in the path vs filename? Eg example.com or example.com Alex Black, Waterloo, Canada … [Read more...]
How are sitelinks generated?
When you search for something, lets say "LinkedIn," you will notice there are some quick links on the search result such as "Jobs, About, Advanced" etc, how does that work? Assuming my website is #1 on the search results, how can I do that? Mohamed … [Read more...]
Which Chrome extensions are popular at Google?
What extensions for Chrome are popular around the Google offices? Rogem, United Kingdom Links from this video: goo.gl URL Shortener: chrome.google.com Favorite Doodle: chrome.google.com Google Similar Pages: chrome.google.com Chrome Extensions … [Read more...]
Can a site’s downtime affect its ranking?
Last year, one of my client's webservers went down for over a day. Would this have affected the site's PageRank at all? Hypothetically, what if this had happened for longer--could it actually drop the site from Google's index? Land Lubber, Colorado … [Read more...]