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May 20, 2012 4:05 am

If I report the same news story as someone else, is that duplicate content?

I have a news website. I heard Google doesn’t like duplicate content, but I can’t make up news! What can I do to stay in Google’s favor? John Mueller, Zurich, Switzerland Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us [...]

What hardware and software powers Googlebot?

Hi Matt, Could you give any insight into the sort of hardware and/or server-side software which power a typical Googlebot (web crawler) server? Tristan Perry, Cardiff, UK 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 [...]

Does Google make videos for other products?

Matt, your webmaster help videos are a big success and I think everybody loves them. It’s a great help for webmasters. But can some Googlers make the same kind of videos for Adwords and Analytics? That would be very useful and a great success too. James, Netherlands Google Analytics YouTube channel: www.youtube.com Read a recent [...]

Does Google try to return results based on signals other than popularity?

Does Google feel a responsibility to the public to return results that are truly based on a page’s quality (assuming quality is determined by the accuracy of info on a page) as opposed to popularity? Jack, UK Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on [...]

How does Google view font replacement?

How does Google view font replacement (ie. Cufon, SIFR, FLIR)? Are some methods better than others, are all good, all bad? Flemming, Denmark Google Web Fonts: www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look [...]

Is posting blog updates to Twitter considered a doorway?

Some websites use their Twitter account as an RSS like service for every article they post. Is that ok or would it be considered a doorway? Adel Saoud, Dublin, Ireland 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 [...]

How does Google use human raters in web search?

Can you provide more details on how Google uses ‘human raters’ as part of their algorithm? AJ Kohn, SF, CA Read more about search evaluation at Google: googleblog.blogspot.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and [...]

How to remove an image from Google Images

Watch this video to learn how to remove an undesirable image from Google Images search results. Learn more about requesting the removal of an image: support.google.com

How effective is Google now at handling content supplied via Ajax?

How effective is Google now at handling content supplied via Ajax, is this likely to improve in the future? Ant, Lancaster 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 announcement when we take [...]

Will Google remove a page that I don’t like from its search results?

There’s a page about me on the web that I don’t like. Will Google remove the page from its search results? Why or why not? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Read Matt’s blog post: www.mattcutts.com Remove a page or site from Google’s search results: support.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: [...]