Chris. F. Masse from the World-Wide World asks: "On your WordPress.org blog (mattcutts.com), why did you switch from domainname.com/year/month/day/sample-post/ to domainname.com/postname/ ? Has this to do with how PageRank flows within a site?" … [Read more...]
Does the PageRank of Twitter profiles matter?
Mani in Delhi asks: "I'm seeing Google PR for some Twitter profiles, even a PR of 4 for someone with less than 50 followers and 100 tweets, whereas for some more meaningful profiles there is no PR. Does PR of Twitter profile pages matter?" … [Read more...]
Does Google remove the PageRank coming from links on pages that no longer exist?
Robert Enriquez from Charlotte asks: "Websites lose back links due to other websites going out of business or closing (Geocities, AOL, member pages). Does Google remove the back link juice that once came from these pages?" … [Read more...]
Does Google value its own links for PageRank?
Robert Enriquez from Charlotte, NC asks: "Does Google value its own links for PR/Linkjuice? Google Bookmarks, Google Profile, etc. Reason - Google links never appear in Webmaster Tools" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, … [Read more...]
Are links in footers treated differently than paragraph links?
Andres from Boston, MA asks: "Does Google treat links in footers differently than links surrounded by text (eg in a paragraph)?" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers questions from … [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...]
What are your views on PageRank sculpting?
Rand from Brighton asks: "What are your views on 'PageRank sculpting'? Useful and recommended if implemented right, or unethical?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
What are the factors that go into determining the PageRank of a Twitter page?
Atul Arora from Fremont, CA asks: "What are the factors that go into determining of PageRank of a Twitter page, eg it is the followers, backlinks?" Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]
Should I use nofollow in links to my disclaimer and privacy policy?
Michel from The Netherlands asks: "Is it a good thing to put 'nofollow' in links to a disclaimer, privacy statement and other pages like that with the internal PageRank in mind? I hear different stories about this." Recorded on April 23, 2009. … [Read more...]