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 announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com … [Read more...]
Is there a limit to how many 301 (Permanent) redirects I can do on a site?
Is there a limit to how many 301 (Permanent) redirects I can do on a site? How about how many redirects I can chain together? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Other things to watch out for with chained redirects: - Avoid infinite loops. - Browsers … [Read more...]
What is Caffeine indexing?
Hi Matt, Is Caffeine indexing is really helpful for SEO? What is Caffeine indexing exactly? Manvesh, India 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 … [Read more...]
Will changing the code and layout of my pages while moving to new URLs affect their rankings?
Hey Matt, Thanks for doing this again! I'm changing the platform of my blog. All old URLS will redirect to new ones. But, since the HTML code and layout of the pages are different, do you lose Search Engine Rankings? Richard, New York, NY Russian … [Read more...]
Does selling the same product on three different domains look spammy?
I manage 3 websites that sell the same products across 3 domains. Each site has a different selling approach, price structure, target audience, etc. Does Google see this as spammy or black hat? Josh K, Dallas, TX Have a question? Ask it in our … [Read more...]
Do robots follow links on a page which uses rel=”canonical” to point to a different page?
On a website, if a page B implements a rel="canonical" link tag with URL of page A, do robots follow every links in page B? Ad, Paris Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video … [Read more...]
Why aren’t the Google Toolbar PageRank values updated more often?
From last few months there are no PR updates from Google. Is Google removing the Page Rank feature to avoid Link Trade that is very popular currently in the industry? Please guide us through the next Google's move regarding Page Rank in future. … [Read more...]
Should I add nofollow to banner ads?
If someone buys a text link from my website I add the nofollow tag so you know it's a paid link. Should I do the same for banner images also? Damian, Blogosphere Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help … [Read more...]
Will setting the rel=”canonical” attribute of a page to itself cause a loop?
Hi Matt, With canonical tags can you point a page to itself.? So if www.google.com/webpage points to www.google.com/webpage will this cause a loop? Mark James, Yeovil UK Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your … [Read more...]
Would you rather spend time with a perfectly optimized website or a barrel full of kittens?
Would you rather spend time with a perfectly optimized website or a barrel full of kittens? What signals would the kittens give you that made them rank higher than the website in this decision? @jzbecker, Vancouver, BC Have a question? Ask it in our … [Read more...]