Hi Matt, A few pages on our site are incorrectly being returned as video results (they are regular pages). How do we fix this? Matt S., Levittown, NY Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow … [Read more...]
Is there an advantage to using rel=”canonical” over a 301 redirect?
Hey Matt. I had a lingering question about using rel=canonical vs. 301 redirects. It takes longer for Google to find the rel=canonical pages but 301 redirects seem to lose impact (link juice) over time. Is there similar churn with rel=canonical? Sam … [Read more...]
Will Google improve its crawling of AJAX?
At the moment Google is able to parse ajax but not that well. Will this change in 2011? Daniël Voogsgerd, Veenendaal, Netherlands Making AJAX Applications Crawlable: code.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com … [Read more...]
How is Google helping Google Analytics users with site speed?
A site using Google Analytics and other Google tracking codes do sometimes experience sites loading slower. Since Google is keen on site speed, how are you helping webmasters on the front? nijafriends, London Google Analytics asynchronous tracking … [Read more...]
How would a non-optimized site outrank a site which has done SEO?
When analyzing rankings for highly competitive keywords in our industry, we have found sites not as optimized as ours is (on-page), that have few links & little content are still ahead of us. What gives? Why are 'unoptimized' sites ranking so well?" … [Read more...]
Do URL shorteners pass anchor text?
Since Google is now using Twitter and Facebook links as ranking symbols, will custom URL shortners be looked at as providing anchor text on the links? Chris Burns, Florida Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your … [Read more...]
How can I make sure that Google knows my content is original?
"Google crawls site A every hour and site B once in a day. Site B writes an article, site A copies it changing time stamp. Site A gets crawled first by Googlebot. Whose content is original in Google's eyes and rank highly? If it's A, then how does … [Read more...]
Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense?
"Will Google give a higher rank to a website which runs AdSense? I've seen some SEO Experts" claim this. It makes sense to me as Google is a corporation trying to maximize profit. Although IMO this would go against "don't be evil". Which is it?" Nick … [Read more...]
Why aren’t geographic target and query parameters specified in robots.txt?
Settings in Webmaster Tools like Geographic target and Query-parameters to ignore are great, but it means other Search Engines won't have access to this data. Why not propose a new robots.txt directive for these settings? Andy, NY Have a question? … [Read more...]
When I change domains, how long should I leave the redirects in place?
If I get a new domain and want to 301 redirect www.old-domain.com to www.new-domain.com, how long do I have to keep the redirect up before I can start using the old domain for something else? Just until it has been crawled once? Jacob, Denmark … [Read more...]