How can linking remain a major part of a search algorithm when the majority of Internet users are unable to post a 'followed' link on the World Wide Web? For example Twitter, Facebook, wiki etc. are all 'nofollow'. It seems only a very small … [Read more...]
How should I configure If-Modified-Since on database-driven pages?
Following your interview with Eric Enge - you mention about "If Modified-Since." We worked on many websites whereby the actual file timestamp doesn't change but the content does as the pages are database-driven. How should we deal with such … [Read more...]
How do PageRank updates work?
On what basis you are increasing the PR for each PR update? Made, London … [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...]
How are sitelinks generated?
When you search for something, lets say "LinkedIn," you will notice there are some quick links on the search result such as "Jobs, About, Advanced" etc, how does that work? Assuming my website is #1 on the search results, how can I do that? Mohamed … [Read more...]
Can a site’s downtime affect its ranking?
Last year, one of my client's webservers went down for over a day. Would this have affected the site's PageRank at all? Hypothetically, what if this had happened for longer--could it actually drop the site from Google's index? Land Lubber, Colorado … [Read more...]
Can I use robots.txt to optimize Googlebot’s crawl?
Can I use robots.txt to optimize Googlebot's crawl? For example, can I disallow all but one section of a site (for a week) to ensure it is crawled, and then revert to a 'normal' robots.txt? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA … [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...]
Does PageRank take into account cross-browser compatibility?
Does PageRank take into account cross-browser compatibility? If a site isn't compatible with certain browsers, does that make a difference for Googlebot? Land Lubber, Colorado … [Read more...]
Why doesn’t search query data in Webmaster Tools appear to match what I see when searching?
How come the search queries report in Webmaster Tools shows some keywords ranking and when we search for them they are nowhere to be found? SurfVoucher, Costa Rica … [Read more...]