Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "I haven't been to any conferences yet this year, I don't live in the valley, and I'm not an attractive female. Will my rankings be negatively affected? What about my status in the SEO community?" … [Read more...]
If I use multiple versions of a phrase, would it be seen as keyword spam?
HVR asks: "I noticed that, for example Texas widget and widget Texas, return different results. I think the gist is the same but the results were different. Id like to include both terms/phrases on my page but wouldnt that be considered keyword … [Read more...]
How can I add more than 1000000 URLs to a Sitemap?
Magico from London, UK asks: "What is the best way to deal with BIG sitemaps.xml (eg. more than 1000000 pages)?" Learn more about Sitemaps here: www.google.com … [Read more...]
Can having dofollow comments on my blog affect its reputation?
Brett from Michigan asks: "Are there negative SEO implications to having a blog with do-follow comments? What about commenting on do-follow blogs?" … [Read more...]
How can a site that focuses on video or images improve its rankings?
A from San Francisco asks: "If search engines rely primarily on textual analysis, how can a site that focuses on audio, video, or other non-textual content improve its rankings?" … [Read more...]
Is it worth spending time on creating tags and categories?
techguy from Las Vegas, NV asks: "In a blog, is it worth spending time creating tags and categories for SEO purposes?" … [Read more...]
Will Google offer ranking reports?
Ryan from Dearborn, MI asks: "Will Google ever offer (through Webmaster Tools or an API) a keyword ranking report similar to what WebPosition and various other scrapers do? It seems like it would greatly cut down on bandwith expenses." … [Read more...]
Are nofollow links irrelevant?
Dan from Bucharest asks: "Are nofollow links worth getting? Or are they almost irrelevant?" … [Read more...]
Will changing hosts cause any SEO concerns?
Fernando C from Spain asks: "We are a pretty big site. We are changing our hosting company in the next few weeks (same country). Should we be scared from an SEO perspective?" … [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...]