Should "back to top" links have rel="nofollow"? AntonioSo, Montreal, QC 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 … [Read more...]
Is there a way to indicate boilerplate content on a page?
"Have you implemented, or are you going to implement, ways that webmasters can clearly indicate boilerplate content to Google in order to avoid any duplicate content filters (eg CSS IDs/classes)? If so, how would navigation menus be handled?" MrTVTL, … [Read more...]
Can I flag spammy links to my site that I didn’t create?
"Is there a process through which a site owner could flag spammy links being built to their site by third parties (by a competitor for example)? How do you protect against sites being penalised for bad links which they have not built?" Laurence, … [Read more...]
Can coding errors affect how a page is indexed?
"Previously you mentioned that w3c validation isn't a ranking factor. Some people took this to mean that coding errors can't affect SEO. Many don't believe that. Can you give some examples of HTML errors that CAN affect SEO?" Ryan, Dearborn, MI Have … [Read more...]
Can I tell Google about links to my site?
"Once your created backlinks in various sites, how do you tell Google bot to recognize the backlinks created? Can you add a feature in Google webmaster to upload a list of urls that contains a back links to your website in a text file as a solution?" … [Read more...]
Does Google support cross-domain rel=”canonical”?
"Hi, how does Google see cross domain canonicals?" Computerklaus, São Paulo, Brazil 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...]
How do we report a problem with our search results listings?
Hi Matt, A few pages on our site are incorrectly being returned as video results (they are regular pages). How do we fix this? Matt S., Levittown, NY Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow … [Read more...]
Will Google improve its crawling of AJAX?
At the moment Google is able to parse ajax but not that well. Will this change in 2011? Daniël Voogsgerd, Veenendaal, Netherlands Making AJAX Applications Crawlable: code.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com … [Read more...]
How is Google helping Google Analytics users with site speed?
A site using Google Analytics and other Google tracking codes do sometimes experience sites loading slower. Since Google is keen on site speed, how are you helping webmasters on the front? nijafriends, London Google Analytics asynchronous tracking … [Read more...]
How is Google Public DNS data used?
Is Google public DNS tracking all the website we visit while using it? Google is gonna get heck a lot of data. Remiz Rahnas, Kerala, India Google Public DNS privacy information: code.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: … [Read more...]