Do fixed penalties affect SEO?
I had a penalty & fixed it. Will Google hold a grudge? — asks Michael from Switzerland Manual actions from
English Google SEO office-hours from March 18, 2022
This is a recording of the Google SEO office-hours hangout from March 18, 2022. These sessions are open to anything
Welcome to SEO Snippets
We’ve seen lots of questions from webmasters over the years, and we’d like to cover these here. We’re keen on
Are CSS-based layouts better than tables for SEO?
Thomas from Cincinnati asks: “Is a website designed with a CSS-based layout more SEO friendly than a table based layout?”
Crawl Budget: SEO Mythbusting
In the second episode of SEO Mythbusting season 2, Martin Splitt (Developer Advocate, Google) and Alexis Sanders (Senior Account Manager,
Using Webmaster Tools like an SEO
Learn how to use Webmaster Tools as if you were the SEO for www.googlestore.com. We’ll show you how to utilize
Do you recommend article marketing as an SEO strategy?
Do you recommend article marketing as an SEO strategy and how are the backlinks treated when other websites republish the
How can good sites that don’t know about SEO rank well?
Google would appear to favour sites that are built by those who know all the SEO ‘best practice’ techniques (and
Pagination and SEO
Google’s Maile Ohye examines the issues webmasters face with paginated content: paginated articles, product category listings, etc. She then explains
What are some examples of SEO misinformation?
Name 5 examples of SEO misinformation from the past year given by reputable persons that made you want to bang
Do tag clouds help or hinder SEO?
Do tag clouds help or hinder SEO? (or do they have no effect)? sppro, New York source
SEO lightning round
In this lightning episode of AskGooglebot, John Mueller answers questions such as: Can a self referential canonical override an existing
Is there a difference between the “strong” and “b” tags in terms of SEO?
Hi Matt, In terms of SEO, what is the difference between strong tag and bold tag for emphasis on certain
Googlebot: SEO Mythbusting
In the second episode of SEO Mythbusting, Martin Splitt (WebMaster Trends Analyst, Google) and his guest Suz Hinton (Cloud Developer
Is WordPress or Blogger better for SEO?
I’ve used Blogger for 3 years, but now everyone tells me that WordPress is superior for SEO. After scouring many