Hi Matt. Let's say I want to add multiple languages/countries to mysite.com. Would I be better off including all translations within mydomain.com, or would I be better off creating mydomain.fr , mydomain.nl , mydomain.ca , etc...? Tim Weibel, … [Read more...]
Is HTML validation necessary for ranking?
Hi Matt, in a previous video you stated that validation of HTML wasn't really important for ranking/SEO. This confuses me, would Google really want to send it's users to websites which would be broken for a lot of them? Jimmy "@Feldon" Wirsborg, … [Read more...]
Do you recommend article marketing as an SEO strategy?
Do you recommend article marketing as an SEO strategy and how are the backlinks treated when other websites republish the same article? Jeff, Orange County, CA Russian subtitles translated by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help … [Read more...]
If you were an SEO of a large company, what would you include in your 2011 strategy?
If you were an in-house SEO of an advanced level, within a large corporation, what 3 things would you make sure you had included in your 2011 strategy? in-house seo, NJ Russian subtitles translated by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our … [Read more...]
How important is it to have keywords in a domain name?
How would you explain "The Power of Keyword Domains" to someone looking to take a decision what kind of domain to go for?" McDot, Berlin Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com … [Read more...]
Will Google penalize sites which only link using the nofollow attribute?
As many webmasters are linking only in nofollow killing the natural way of links do you think Google will penalize people who only link out with nofollow attribute in the future? Johan Tavard, Hua Hin, Thailand Russian subtitles translated by Mike … [Read more...]
Can I specify the canonical of all of a product’s review pages as a single URL?
Yay or nay: Putting a canonical tag on individual product review pages that each points to the 'all reviews for this product' page for the particular product. Assuming we're not really that keen on the individual review pages ranking. Steve, SLC, UT … [Read more...]
How does Google handle “not found” pages that don’t return a 404?
How does Google deal with 'page not found' pages that are returning a 200 response code instead of a 404? Is this a form of spam? Can Google determine this mismatch algorithmically? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster … [Read more...]
Is changing the language of page titles based on the user’s IP considered cloaking?
Purely from a ranking POV, is it worthwhile using the visitor's IP to change the title and heading of a page to the local language? Is this considered cloaking? And does Googlebot even have spiders that crawl from foreign IPs anyway? Mr Cakey, … [Read more...]
How does Google treat sites where all external links are no-follow?
How does Google treat sites where all external links are no-follow? I understand the purpose of no-follow is for webmasters to indicate which links are paid, but when sites like Wikipedia make EVERY outbound link no-follow, that defeats the purpose. … [Read more...]