Magico from London, UK asks: "Now that Google can crawl JavaScript links, what is going to happen with all those paid links that were behind JavaScript code? Will Google start penalising them?" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt … [Read more...]
Should I use pipes or dashes in my titles?
Blind Five Year Old from San Francisco, CA asks: "Does Google have any suggestions (or data) on the impact of pipes versus dashes in the title tag?" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers … [Read more...]
Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues
Presented by Greg Grothaus of Google. … [Read more...]
Will Google notify webmasters of violations of the webmaster guidelines?
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...]
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...]