Do spelling and grammar matter when evaluating content and site quality? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and … [Read more...]
What role does being in DMOZ play in rankings?
What role does being in DMOZ play in rankings? I see some websites in my niche ranked No. 1 and the only reason is because they are in DMOZ as their content is at best poor. Getting into DMOZ is impossible nowadays, so why does Google still use it? … [Read more...]
Cloaking
Matt Cutts talks about cloaking. Learn more in our Help Center: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an … [Read more...]
Can you explain what Google means by “trust”?
Can you talk a bit about ranking signals like trust? We hear these mentioned from time to time by Googlers but there's no official documentation available from Google on the topic. @jzbecker, Vancouver, BC Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster … [Read more...]
Is the “Panda” algorithm update affecting non-English searches?
Is Google Panda affecting other countries besides USA? SEOCharlie, Costa Rica This change has now launched for additional languages. Learn more on our blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: … [Read more...]
Authorship markup
Matt Cutts and Othar Hansson discuss how to connect authors with their content using authorship markup. For more information about authorship at Google, please visit our Help Center: www.google.com … [Read more...]
Authorship markup using URL parameters
Matt Cutts and Othar Hansson discuss how to connect authors with their content using URL parameters. For more information about authorship at Google, please visit our Help Center: www.google.com … [Read more...]
What are the best practices for PDF optimization?
What are the best practices around PDF (and other document) optimization and when does Google choose to show these files over other web pages? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA Want to hear more about the history of PDF ranking at Google? Listen to this … [Read more...]
Should I spend more time on improving my content or on fighting scrapers?
Hi Matt I understand that the recent farmer update (Panda) gives a penalty for poor content. Given the penalty scrapers have been outranking original sites. Should webmasters spend time in fighting scrapers directly or work on the poor content? Thx" … [Read more...]
What steps can I take to diagnose a drop in ranking?
When you notice a drastic drop in your rankings and traffic from Google, what process would you take for diagnosing the issue? Ryan, Dearborn, MI Learn how to diagnose ranking issues: www.google.com Site: search and other operators: www.google.com … [Read more...]