Should I use the disavow tool even if there’s not a manual action on my site?
Should webmasters use the disavow tool, even if it is believed that no penalty has been applied? For example, if
Rendering & Crawl Budget –
In this episode of AskGooglebot, John Mueller discusses what crawl budget is, and whether the web rendering service reduces it.
Why do big brands rank so well?
Filipe Santos from New York, NY asks: “As far as big brands go, why is it that they seem to
Google Search Central Thank You: 400,000 Subscribers!!
Thank you to each and every one of our 400,000 subscribers! We learned, laughed, and grew as a community together.
How does Google Search work?
Hi Matt, could you please explain how Google’s ranking and website evaluation process works starting with the crawling and analysis
Anatomy of a search result explained in less than 60 seconds
What makes up a text result on Google Search? Watch along as Gary explains in 60 seconds what makes up
English Google Webmaster Central office-hours from Nov 15, 2019
This is a recording of the Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout from November 15, 2019. These sessions are open to
English Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout
Join us for a Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout on Aug 25, 9am CET https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170825T09&p1=268 Add your questions at
What should I do if my competitors are using webspam techniques?
White hat search marketers read and follow Google Guidelines. What should they tell clients whose competitors use black hat techniques
Can nofollow links hurt my site’s ranking?
I’m building links, not for SEO but to try and generate direct traffic, if these links are no-follow am I
How does Google consider site-wide backlinks?
Are sitewide backlinks considered good or bad by Google? Or do they just count as 1 link from the whole
What’s a preferred site structure?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on
Does a site rank better if it has a lot of indexed pages?
Does a website get a better overall ranking if it has a large amount of indexed pages? Leah, New York
Snippets and Titles
Matt Cutts explains how Google generates snippets and titles in search results. source
Should I be obsessing about load times?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: “Many SEO’s are obsessing about your speed comments, but I get the feeling speed will