Has Google changed the relevancy it awards to social media?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on […]
Why would an FAQ page rank above a site’s homepage?
Alex asks: “Sometimes, when you search for a company or so, you won’t get the main page as a search
Is the “Panda” algorithm update affecting non-English searches?
Is Google Panda affecting other countries besides USA? SEOCharlie, Costa Rica This change has now launched for additional languages. Learn
Finding your site on Google
Learn how to find if your site is in Google’s search results already, and if it’s not, how to get
How will Google interpret links to URLs ending with a campaign tag?
Will Google interpret links to URLs ending with a campaign tag like ?hl=en (www.example.com?hl=en) as a link to www.example.com or
Does the number of subdirectories in a URL affect its ranking?
How much of a difference does the number of levels in the URL make? Does ‘www.domain.com/keyword’ give much higher rankings
Can I use robots.txt to optimize Googlebot’s crawl?
Can I use robots.txt to optimize Googlebot’s crawl? For example, can I disallow all but one section of a site
Google Search News (Sept ’19) – changes in GSC, nofollow links, new meta tags, and more
Welcome to the very first episode of Google Search News, a news show for webmasters, publishers, and SEOs! Join us
Google Search News (April ‘21) – Page experience & Core Web Vitals ranking change and more
In this April episode of Google Search News, John Mueller goes over recent developments in the Google Search world. Stay
Should I incorporate synonyms for important terms into my site?
If two terms are used essentially interchangeably, does Google realize that the terms are interchangeable? Should you be trying to
How Google Search serves pages
Previously, Gary discussed how Google Search processes and analyzes a web page in order to be returned to users as
SEO summer: Index waves, sandboxes, crawling, and more! | Search Off the Record podcast
In this SEO summer themed episode, John, Martin, and Gary discuss two waves of indexing, the sandbox and honeymoon periods,
How does Google handle duplicate content?
How does Google handle duplicate content and what negative effects can it have on rankings from an SEO perspective? Gary
3 Tips for Crawling Errors
Why is my website not indexing on Google Search? Googlebot may be experiencing errors while crawling your website. Join Martin
Is HTML validation necessary for ranking?
Hi Matt, in a previous video you stated that validation of HTML wasn’t really important for ranking/SEO. This confuses me,