A site for my client's competitor shows up on a SERP for keywords that never show up in the site anywhere (not even hidden in the source code). How is this even possible, and isn't this spam? What can my client do about it? Land Lubber, Colorado … [Read more...]
Is it better to have keywords in the URL path or filename?
It seems that having relevant keywords in URLs is very helpful. Does Google give higher importance to keywords in the path vs filename? Eg example.com or example.com Alex Black, Waterloo, Canada … [Read more...]
Are there any plans to implement a “negative keyword” meta tag?
An orphanage website I work on is showing up for searches on "girls in bathrooms" because they have an article about renovating the girls bathroom! What do you think of the idea if a negative keyword meta tag to block irrelevant searches? Tiggerito, … [Read more...]
How much traffic do you think is generated by marketers searching for their own target keywords?
AdWords keyword tool gives an estimate of search traffic for a specific (or broad) keyword - How much (%) of this traffic do you believe are search marketers, SEO's, analysts and even business owners etc. searching their own targeted keywords? Zac … [Read more...]
Should I spend time on meta keywords tags?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "Can you think of any reason, whatsoever, to validate spending more than 5 minutes creating meta keywords?" … [Read more...]
If I use multiple versions of a phrase, would it be seen as keyword spam?
HVR asks: "I noticed that, for example Texas widget and widget Texas, return different results. I think the gist is the same but the results were different. Id like to include both terms/phrases on my page but wouldnt that be considered keyword … [Read more...]
Wonder wheel
Matt Cutts demonstrates a new way to research keywords. To see more Search Options features, check out this video: www.youtube.com … [Read more...]
Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking
For more information, please see the our blog post: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com … [Read more...]
Does the position of keywords in the URL affect ranking?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Adeel from Manchester, UK asked: Does the position of keywords in the URL have a significant impact: … [Read more...]