Just to confirm: does Google take manual action on webspam? Does manual action result in a removal or can it also be a demotion? Are there other situations where Google will remove content from its search results? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Read our quality guidelines here: support.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our [...]
Does PageRank flow through image links? Watch the video for an in-depth answer from Matt Cutts. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: groups.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 new questions: twitter.com More videos: [...]
If one wanted to combine 4 different sites into one site, how would you go about doing this? Ryan, Dearborn, MI 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 [...]
My site doesn’t have much text. Is that a problem? 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 new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster [...]
Hi Matt, To what extent is the data from Google’s relatively new ‘block results from this domain’ SERP feature being used as a ranking signal? Tristan Perry, Cardiff, UK Read more about our update here: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: groups.google.com Want your question to be answered on a [...]
Google recently has started replacing titles in SERPs, which seemed fine. But now our .co.uk, .com.au, etc are titled …to New Zealand. The page titles do not mention NZ at all. How can we report for someone at Google to have a look at this? Adeel, Manchester, UK Learn more about how Google generates page [...]
What ranking signals would you say SEOs worry about too much? What ranking signals should SEOs should focus on the most. Bonus points if you can answer in concise bullets and without using the word quality. Scared of Clowns, Seattle, WA Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: groups.google.com Want your question [...]
The 2012 Webmaster Conference was held in Korea on Jan 30, 2012. Matt Cutts was the main guest speaker and gave a presentation called “Search Inside” about how Google works and the importance of the open web. About 350 webmasters and developers attended the event. Please enjoy Matt’s entire talk in this video. The original [...]