On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Mharris from New York asked: Does anchor text carry through all 301 redirects? Will there be a penalty for sites … [Read more...]
Is Google putting more weight on brands in rankings?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Monica from Madison, WI asked: Can you verify that Google is putting more weight on "brands" in search engine … [Read more...]
Google Image Search
Peter Linsley's presentation on Google Image Search, originally delivered at SMX West in February, 2009. … [Read more...]
Canonical Link Element
Matt Cutts of Google introduces the canonical link element. Resources: Blog post on Google webmaster blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Yahoo blog post: ysearchblog.com Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com Ask: blog.ask.com Google Help Center … [Read more...]
State of the Index 2008
At WebmasterWorld's PubCon in Las Vegas, Matt presented a webmaster-focused overview of what Google has done in 2008, and what to expect in 2009. Highlights from the year include improvements to Webmaster Tools and more communication between Google … [Read more...]