Stav Zilbershtein from Israel asks: "Hi Matt, what if there are external links to a URL that is not the canonical one? Does the power of links passes on to the original URL or does links pointing to a non orinigal URL gets lost when using canonical … [Read more...]
Are there any negatives to generating a short list of ‘related posts?’
Alain-Christian in Queens, NY asks: "Are there any negatives to generating a short list of 'related posts?'" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers questions from webmasters. We're not … [Read more...]
Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?
Youser from Siegen, NRW asks: "I use "description tags". Still Google search results often start with a date or alter the description snippet. Is there any way of controlling this?" … [Read more...]
Should we be worried about a penalty if we quickly removed hacked content?
Maxster in Mexico asks: "Site hacks have been on the rise, especially on CMS platforms like Joomla and WordPress. If our site was hacked and damage was done by the hackers (doorway pages inserted and spammed) but removed within days do we have to … [Read more...]
Will including generic product descriptions reduce the significance of my unique content?
Phil from Fillmore, Indiana asks: "On a web retail site, unique item descriptions are ideal for both users and Googlebot, compared to generic manufacturer descriptions. Some users prefer to see generic descriptions, too. Will including both reduce … [Read more...]
At what level is nofollow honored?
tzd from Earth asks: "I didn't get to go to PubCon this year, but heard that if there was at least one unfollowed link in a webpage, all links were considered unfollow?" … [Read more...]
Can we serve Googlebot a different page with no ads?
Vic from Utah asks: "Matt, can we feed Googlebot a version of a page that does no contain any advertising code (JavaScript or otherwise)? Same exact content, navigation, images, etc, but just no ad code. Thanks, Vic." … [Read more...]
Should I block duplicate pages using robots.txt?
Halfdeck from Davis, CA asks: "If Google crawls 1000 pages/day, Googlebot crawling many dupe content pages may slow down indexing of a large site. In that scenario, do you recommend blocking dupes using robots.txt or is using META ROBOTS … [Read more...]
Does Google treat “brandname” and “brandname®” differently?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "Many corporate legal departments insist on using registered and trademark symbols on brand keywords in titles and on page. Does Google treat "brandname" and "brandname®" differently?" … [Read more...]
What are some effective techniques for building links?
Pulkit Agrawal from Ahmedabad, India asks: "Organic link building, according to me is one of the most difficult tasks for SEOs of SMEs. Can you please list 5 effective ways of organic link building other than building great content?" … [Read more...]