When analyzing rankings for highly competitive keywords in our industry, we have found sites not as optimized as ours is (on-page), that have few links & little content are still ahead of us. What gives? Why are 'unoptimized' sites ranking so well?" … [Read more...]
Which websites are popular among Googlers?
Hi Matt, Which websites are popular among Googlers? For example, how many Googlers use Reddit vs other social news sites? Thanks! Mike Rogers (Rogem002), Berkshire, United Kingdom Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com … [Read more...]
Why are some of Google’s products not available outside of the US?
Why is Google so US-centric in its web posts and its rollouts? obscuredavid, UK Google's global blog directory, organized by region and language: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to … [Read more...]
Do URL shorteners pass anchor text?
Since Google is now using Twitter and Facebook links as ranking symbols, will custom URL shortners be looked at as providing anchor text on the links? Chris Burns, Florida Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your … [Read more...]
How can I make sure that Google knows my content is original?
"Google crawls site A every hour and site B once in a day. Site B writes an article, site A copies it changing time stamp. Site A gets crawled first by Googlebot. Whose content is original in Google's eyes and rank highly? If it's A, then how does … [Read more...]
How can I learn about the technologies used at Google?
"Can you tell us about some key characteristics of the technologies and the architecture behind Google's index?" Thomas Greiner, Austria Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine" … [Read more...]
Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense?
"Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense? I've seen some SEO Experts" claim this. It makes sense to me as Google is a corporation trying to maximize profit. Although IMO this would go against "don't be evil". Which is it?" Nick … [Read more...]
Why aren’t geographic target and query parameters specified in robots.txt?
Settings in Webmaster Tools like Geographic target and Query-parameters to ignore are great, but it means other Search Engines won't have access to this data. Why not propose a new robots.txt directive for these settings? Andy, NY Have a question? … [Read more...]
When I change domains, how long should I leave the redirects in place?
If I get a new domain and want to 301 redirect www.old-domain.com to www.new-domain.com, how long do I have to keep the redirect up before I can start using the old domain for something else? Just until it has been crawled once? Jacob, Denmark … [Read more...]
Does Google do a “holiday change”?
What change occurred around October 22nd? A lot of websites complained about losing rankings overnight. Is this a holiday change? will, brooklyn, NY Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered … [Read more...]