Hi Matt, If you do a site:website.com on Google, on what basis the results are ranked? Is this the order in which Google gives importance to each and every page in the website? Because most of the time the top listed pages get more search traffic. … [Read more...]
Where is Google heading in the future?
Hey Matt, at PubCon you said that SEOs shouldn't 'chase the algorithm' and instead consider where Google might be heading in the future. Hence my - slightly cheeky - question is: Where is Google heading in the future? Tristan Perry, Cardiff, UK Have … [Read more...]
How can an out-of-town company compete with local competition?
In a search environment where local is becoming increasingly important (and more full on the SERP), how can an out of town company compete with the local based (and locally housed) competition without lying to show up in these local results? Bryant … [Read more...]
What’s your favorite part of the Googleplex?
I've heard that Googleplex is an amazing place to work - free gourmet food, volleyball courts, massage parlors, and even a dinosaur statue. What's your favorite part of Googleplex? And how does Google keep people focused on real work? Tim Weibel, … [Read more...]
Does indexing a mobile website create a duplicate content issues?
More tips for helping Google to index your mobile site: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Does indexing a mobile website create a duplicate content issues with the main site? Any recommendations for mobile seo? Biznick, Missouri Have a question? … [Read more...]
12 Days of Googlemas
Season's greetings! Lyrics: On the 12th day of Googlemas my Googlebot gave to me... 12 optimized titles, 11 local listings, 10 Sitemaps submitted, 9 bloggers linking, 8 sitelinks showing, 7 Google trends, 6 social signals, 5 followed links, 4 404s … [Read more...]
What are some search trends on your radar?
What are some of the things on your radar, or some of the trends in search you'd like to talk about? -Danny Sullivan 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 … [Read more...]
Does Google use data from social sites in ranking?
Hello Matt, a recent article of Danny Sullivan suggests that Google uses Twitter and Facebook links as a ranking signal. Can you confirm this? Can you elaborate a little bit more on this? -WebSEOAnalytics Read the article: searchengineland.com Have a … [Read more...]
How can I get my business to become known online?
What do you suggest for new website owners who are starting their business online? Why other webmasters link to that new website? Why someone link to new business who has no brand at all? And also links are important for him to improve his online … [Read more...]
How does Google handle special characters?
How does Google handle ligatures, soft-hyphens, interpuncts and hyphenation points? In general, is it ok to be typographically correct or does this impose problems? Stecki, Delingsdorf, Germany … [Read more...]