While we recommend that you use the schema.org markup and the video sitemaps specification to provide video metadata to Google, we do support Facebook share, opengraph, and Yahoo searchmonkey RDFa markups, in addition to media RSS feeds, including … [Read more...]
Schema.org for Videos
The schema.org markup is our recommended method for providing Google with the metadata needed to index your videos. Using it requires only a few non-visible changes to your video web page. You can find the full schema.org spec here: www.schema.org … [Read more...]
Introduction to Video Markup
In order for your videos to be properly indexed and displayed on Google, you'll need to properly markup your videos using the markup described in this site: www.google.com … [Read more...]
Live Q&A September 21, 2011
Recorded from an earlier live broadcast. Matt Cutts, a software engineer at Google, answers user questions. … [Read more...]
If I don’t need to block crawlers, should I create a robots.txt file?
Is it better to have a blank robots.txt file, a robots.txt that contains User-agent: * Disallow:" or no robots.txt file at all?" Corey S, Pennsylvania Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be … [Read more...]
Submit to index via Google Webmaster Tools
Matt Cutts explains how to submit URLs to Google's index. Learn more about this feature in the Webmaster Tools Help Center: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a … [Read more...]
If I buy AdWords, will that cause my algorithmic search rankings to rise?
If I buy AdWords, will that cause my algorithmic search rankings to rise? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Read more: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like … [Read more...]
Should I block Googlebot from crawling a dynamically generated calendar?
Should I deny an access to a dynamically generated vBulletin calendar via robots.txt? Whenever I open my Who's Online?" page, I can always see more than 20 Google spiders indexing it." Uncle, Prague, Czech Republic Have a question? Ask it in our … [Read more...]
How can I identify causes of a PageRank drop?
I use the Google Toolbar to monitor PageRank. I read on the Internet that it gives old and quite unreliable data. Can I have reliable realtime PageRank information about the sites I administer? And how can I identify causes of a PageRank drop? … [Read more...]
Can too many redirects from a single URL have a negative effect on crawling?
Can too many redirects/multiple hops for a given URL(301 as well as 302) can have negative impact in crawling/indexing/ranking? Arpit Srivastava, Gurgaon, India Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to … [Read more...]