Tom from Seattle asks: "Query deserves freshness." Fact or fiction? Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Is Google doing away with use of the meta description?
Quentin from Vancouver asks: "In the search results, Google will often display a snippet appropriate to the specific search query - often disregarding the meta description. Is Google doing away with meta description use like they did with meta … [Read more...]
Will Google find text in images someday?
Pigatto from Erechim, Brazil asks: "Will Google find text in images someday?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
How do meta geo tags influence the search results?
Jochen from Stuttgart, Germany asks: "How do meta geo tags influence the search results?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Will a link to a disallowed page transfer PageRank?
Steen from Copenhagen asks: "If a page is disallowed in the robots.txt, will a link to this page transfer/leak link juice?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Can my blogroll affect my blog’s reputation in Google?
Remiz Rahnas from Kerala, India asks: "I keep a "blogroll" page with link to all my friends' blogs on my blog. Will that affect my blog's reputation in Google? Recently my friend lost PR5 to 0 for such a page." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
When will the data in Webmaster Tools be improved?
Grahame Davies from London asks: "When will you commence work on improving the information provided in Google [Webmaster Tools] as per the suggestion you would at the start of the year?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Will I be penalized if my URLs all have the same priority?
AndyPTG from Boston asks: "Will I be penalized for having every file in my XML Sitemap listed with the same priority? Google Webmaster Tools gives me a warning on that. But at the same time the priority field is optional." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Can the geographic location of a web server affect SEO?
Lee from the UK asks: "Hi Matt, could you confirm whether the geographic location of the web host has any significant ranking factors for organic SEO?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Will having my software in low quality directories hurt my ranking?
Richard M. from Australia asks: "We sell a software product, and there are 100s of software download directories on the web of varying quality. Could submitting our product to all of them hurt our rankings or domain trust/authority?" Recorded on … [Read more...]