Koti Ivaturi's talk on Google Webmaster Help Forum to webmasters at Google India SearchMasters09 conference. You may view the slides here: docs.google.com … [Read more...]
Q & A with Adam Lasnik – Google India SearchMasters ’09
In this hour-long Q & A session at the India SearchMasters conference, Adam Lasnik, Google's Search Evangelist, answers several webmaster questions. 00:18 - Video Sitemaps 02:56 - Keyword Density 04:30 - Meta & Title Tags 07:51, 28:42 - Crawling and … [Read more...]
Google India SearchMasters 2009 – Event Roundup
Google India SearchMasters '09 - February 28th , Bangalore, India … [Read more...]
Can you talk about the change in Google’s referrer string?
Matt Cutts from Bay Area, California asks: "Can you talk about the change in Google's referrer string?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Why aren’t penalized sites notified in Webmaster Tools?
JP from Los Angeles, CA asks: "When a site is penalized by Google, why isnt a message sent to the owner via Google Webmaster Tools telling them how/why it was penalized? Currently, site owners are left grasping in the dark trying to figure out what … [Read more...]
How are load times displayed in Webmaster Tools calculated?
Deepesh from New York asks: "How does Google calculate site load times in the data it exposes in Google Webmaster statistics? Is the calculation simply average time to get and receive the HTML content for a page?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Should I use nofollow in links to my disclaimer and privacy policy?
Michel from The Netherlands asks: "Is it a good thing to put 'nofollow' in links to a disclaimer, privacy statement and other pages like that with the internal PageRank in mind? I hear different stories about this." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Will domain registration changes ding me in Google?
Scott Clark from Lexington, KY asks: "When you move a domain from one registrar to another or your registrant information changes very slightly (eg new phone number), will Google ding you for instability at the registrar?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Is Google doing anything different for Twitter results?
Matt from California asks: "Is Google doing anything different when it comes to serving up Twitter results?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Do site load times have an impact on Google rankings?
Deepesh from New York asks: "What impact do site load times have on Google rankings?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]