"Hi Matt. We have a Q&A section with 10 questions per page. The oldest questions, which are some of the best, are buried on the 4th or 5th page and are not showing up in searches. Do you have any advice on how to implement paging? Thanks." Gus, MA … [Read more...]
How are site: results ranked?
Hi Matt, If you do a site:website.com on Google, on what basis the results are ranked? Is this the order in which Google gives importance to each and every page in the website? Because most of the time the top listed pages get more search traffic. … [Read more...]
Where is Google heading in the future?
Hey Matt, at PubCon you said that SEOs shouldn't 'chase the algorithm' and instead consider where Google might be heading in the future. Hence my - slightly cheeky - question is: Where is Google heading in the future? Tristan Perry, Cardiff, UK Have … [Read more...]
How can an out-of-town company compete with local competition?
In a search environment where local is becoming increasingly important (and more full on the SERP), how can an out of town company compete with the local based (and locally housed) competition without lying to show up in these local results? Bryant … [Read more...]
Does indexing a mobile website create a duplicate content issues?
More tips for helping Google to index your mobile site: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Does indexing a mobile website create a duplicate content issues with the main site? Any recommendations for mobile seo? Biznick, Missouri Have a question? … [Read more...]
12 Days of Googlemas
Season's greetings! Lyrics: On the 12th day of Googlemas my Googlebot gave to me... 12 optimized titles, 11 local listings, 10 Sitemaps submitted, 9 bloggers linking, 8 sitelinks showing, 7 Google trends, 6 social signals, 5 followed links, 4 404s … [Read more...]
How can I get my business to become known online?
What do you suggest for new website owners who are starting their business online? Why other webmasters link to that new website? Why someone link to new business who has no brand at all? And also links are important for him to improve his online … [Read more...]
How does Google determine domain age, and is it important for ranking?
How does Google determine domain age? Do they look at the whois data or do they rely on the crawler? eg When it first indexed the website. In general, how important is it for website authority? Thanks! Maarten, Belgium … [Read more...]
Can I tell Google not to display the date in my site’s snippets?
Can I tell or request that Google not display the date in my meta description? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA … [Read more...]
Google Webmaster Tools
Introduction to Google Webmaster Tools. Learn more: www.google.com … [Read more...]