Matt Cutts talks about cloaking. Learn more in our Help Center: www.google.com 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 … [Read more...]
Is serving Googlebot a transcript in place of a video considered to be cloaking?
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...]
Is changing the language of page titles based on the user’s IP considered cloaking?
Purely from a ranking POV, is it worthwhile using the visitor's IP to change the title and heading of a page to the local language? Is this considered cloaking? And does Googlebot even have spiders that crawl from foreign IPs anyway? Mr Cakey, … [Read more...]
Should I serve Googlebot content-only pages optimized for load speed?
Google announced page load speed matters for ranking. Should we be doing content-only pages for Google bots? (By removing images and loads of CSS & JS) Remiz Rahnas, Kerala, India … [Read more...]
Can we serve Googlebot a different page with no ads?
Vic from Utah asks: "Matt, can we feed Googlebot a version of a page that does no contain any advertising code (JavaScript or otherwise)? Same exact content, navigation, images, etc, but just no ad code. Thanks, Vic." … [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 Experts Exchange be excluded from search results?
Joshua Starr from Indianapolis, IN asks: "Is it possible to exclude Experts Exchange from search results? Why are they ranked so high, with such a spammy interface?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]