01.05.13 1:40 What's the latest SEO misconception that you would like to put to rest?
What's the latest SEO misconception that you would like to put to rest? Allard van Helbergen, Dublin, Ireland Have a question?
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29.04.13 4:58 What are the top 3-5 SEO areas where webmasters make the most mistakes?
What are the top 3-5 SEO areas where webmasters make the most mistakes? How can we do better on those? Warren Redlich, Boca Raton, FL Have a question?
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24.04.13 2:24 Does linking my two sites together violate the quality guidelines?
Suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall (A) & I make another fishing site that solely focuses on lure fishing (B). Does linking to A from B violate guidelines?
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22.04.13 2:10 What is being done to remove "no results" pages?
What is being done to detect and remove results from larger sites when they don't have unique content that is relevant to a query (e.g.
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17.04.13 1:06 Should I add an archive of hundreds of thousands of pages all at once or in stages?
A newspaper company wants to add an archive with 200k pages. Should they add it all at once or in steps? John Mueller, Zurich, Switzerland Have a question?
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15.04.13 1:46 Will multiple internal links with the same anchor text hurt a site's ranking?
Do internal website links with exact match keyword anchor text hurt a website? These links help our users navigate our website properly.
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10.04.13 3:32 Can I buy a domain that used to have spam on it and still rank?
Can I buy a domain name on the secondary market that has a lot of spam on it and still rank? How can I reset the SEO of that domain ? Thousands of root domains coming from spam.
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09.04.13 2:11 If my web host has a lot of spammy clients, will that influence my site's ranking?
Can the hosting company's reputation (having a lot of spammy sites) influence my site's ranking in search results? Bogdan Suvar Have a question?
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08.04.13 2:45 Why does a new page's ranking change over time?
When we create a new landing page with quality content, Google ranks that page on the top 30-50 for targeted keywords. Then why does the rank get decreased for the next 2 to 3 weeks?
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03.04.13 3:53 How can a legitimate business compete online?
Ranking being so valuable, how does a true biz owner that offers a legitimate business and has a vast number of customers supposed to gain the traffic "deserved" over those that specialize in
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02.04.13 1:31 If a site linking to mine gets caught selling links, what happens to my site?
If some site that is linking to my site gets penalized for purchasing links, will my site get affected by that penalty? Sergey L, NYC Have a question?
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01.04.13 2:38 Why might a page with bad backlinks links be ranking highly?
I've seen multiple websites that appear in the #1 spot for various keywords, whose backlink profiles are pretty low quality (i.e. lower quality blog pages).
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27.03.13 3:18 Where do you see Google Search 10 years from now?
Where do you see Google search 10 years down the road? jmac, Austin, TX Have a question?
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26.03.13 1:16 Should I disallow crawling of all of my site's JavaScript files?
Googlebot keeps crawling my JavaScript and thinking that text in my scripts refers to URLs. Can I just disallow crawling of my JavaScript files to fix that?
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26.03.13 47:47 ウェブマスター ハングアウト 2013 年 3 月 26 日 (Japanese)
This is a Hangout on Air in Japanese.
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25.03.13 1:16 How do I get my search rankings back after my site has been down?
My website was down for a couple of days and now has lost all of its Google rankings. What can I do to get them back? Pierre Far, London Have a question?
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20.03.13 2:15 Does Google still need text to understand my site?
I have removed a lot of text from my site and replaced it with images. My bounce rate has dropped considerably, conversions and time on site are up.
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19.03.13 2:10 Will Google suspect that useful links on our site are paid?
On our travel site, we recommend and link out to hotels and B&B's in our niche. Our readers find it useful. They're not paid links, so we don't add the nofollow attribute.
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18.03.13 1:32 What does Google think of single-page websites?
What does Google think of single-page websites?
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13.03.13 1:20 Can someone verify ownership of my site by adding a meta tag to the body of my page?
I'm worried that someone might be able to inject meta tags into the body of my content, so they could add a "verify" meta tag and control my site in Google's webmaster console. Will that work?
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12.03.13 4:24 Help for hacked sites: Contact your host and build a support team
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked In this second step in Help for hacked sites, we discuss contacting your hoster for assistance, learning of reputable online
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12.03.13 3:40 Help for hacked sites: Quarantine your site
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked In this third step in Help for hacked sites, we discuss how to prevent the cybercriminal from causing further harm to your site or
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12.03.13 5:34 Help for hacked sites: File system damage assessment
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked This video discusses reviewing your server's filesystem for a thorough investigation of the hacker's damage.
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12.03.13 4:03 Help for hacked sites: Server configuration
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked This video discusses the malware infection type "Server configuration." Owners of sites affected by this malware infection type may
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12.03.13 2:52 Help for hacked sites: SQL injection
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked This video discusses the malware infection type "SQL injection." Owners of sites affected by this malware infection type may see
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12.03.13 2:18 Help for hacked sites: Error template
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked This video discusses the malware infection type "Error template." Owners of sites affected by this malware infection type may see
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12.03.13 2:11 Help for hacked sites: Code injection
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked This video discusses the malware infection type "Code injection." Owners of sites affected by this malware infection type may see
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12.03.13 9:17 Help for hacked sites: Identify the vulnerability
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked In this sixth step in Help for hacked sites, we discuss determining the root-cause vulnerability that allowed the cybercriminal to
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12.03.13 11:06 Help for hacked sites: Clean and maintain your site
Help for hacked sites: google.com/webmasters/hacked In this seventh step in Help for hacked sites, we discuss restoring the good content on your site, removing the bad content
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06.03.13 0:50 Should I use pushState to update my URLs instead of #! to manage Ajax navigation?
Should I use pushState to update my URLs instead of using the hashbang (#!) style to manage Ajax navigation? Paul Irish, Mountain View, CA Have a question?
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