01.04.10 1:33 What should we do about IE 6?
JimmyB from London, UK asks: "I hate IE6! How would you propose we rid the Internet of this outdated browser? (Both serious and humourous ideas would be welcome)"
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31.03.10 1:01 Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA?
Alain-Christian from Queens, NY asks: "Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA for word verification?
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30.03.10 1:46 Do links to non-canonical URLs pass any value to the canonical version?
Stav Zilbershtein from Israel asks: "Hi Matt, what if there are external links to a URL that is not the canonical one?
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29.03.10 1:23 Are there any negatives to generating a short list of 'related posts?'
Alain-Christian in Queens, NY asks: "Are there any negatives to generating a short list of 'related posts?'" This video is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam
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25.03.10 1:02 Would you accept a job at Bing if the opportunity arose?
Chris from England asks: "Would you accept a job at Bing if the opportunity arose?"
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24.03.10 1:52 Can I make sure Google always uses my meta description tags for snippets?
Youser from Siegen, NRW asks: "I use "description tags". Still Google search results often start with a date or alter the description snippet. Is there any way of controlling this?"
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23.03.10 1:31 How can I get Google to index more of my Sitemap URLs?
Bill from Stuart, FL asks: "The Sitemap.xml file states there are 10000 URLs but only 1500 have been indexed.
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22.03.10 1:18 Should we be worried about a penalty if we quickly removed hacked content?
Maxster in Mexico asks: "Site hacks have been on the rise, especially on CMS platforms like Joomla and WordPress.
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18.03.10 1:02 What do Googlers usually talk about?
Magico from London, UK asks: "What do people in Google usually talk about? What are the main topics of discussion?"
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17.03.10 1:47 Will including generic product descriptions reduce the significance of my unique content?
Phil from Fillmore, Indiana asks: "On a web retail site, unique item descriptions are ideal for both users and Googlebot, compared to generic manufacturer descriptions.
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16.03.10 1:16 At what level is nofollow honored?
tzd from Earth asks: "I didn't get to go to PubCon this year, but heard that if there was at least one unfollowed link in a webpage, all links were considered unfollow?"
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15.03.10 1:20 Can we serve Googlebot a different page with no ads?
Vic from Utah asks: "Matt, can we feed Googlebot a version of a page that does no contain any advertising code (JavaScript or otherwise)?
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11.03.10 0:09 Does Google think the world will end in 2012?
James asks: "Does Google think the world will end in 2012?"
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10.03.10 2:13 Should I block duplicate pages using robots.txt?
Halfdeck from Davis, CA asks: "If Google crawls 1,000 pages/day, Googlebot crawling many dupe content pages may slow down indexing of a large site.
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09.03.10 0:54 Does Google treat "brandname" and "brandname®" differently?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "Many corporate legal departments insist on using registered and trademark symbols on brand keywords in titles and on page.
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08.03.10 2:03 Does the PageRank of Twitter profiles matter?
Mani in Delhi asks: "I'm seeing Google PR for some Twitter profiles, even a PR of 4 for someone with less than 50 followers and 100 tweets, whereas for some more meaningful profiles there is no PR.
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04.03.10 7:52 What are some effective techniques for building links?
Pulkit Agrawal from Ahmedabad, India asks: "Organic link building, according to me is one of the most difficult tasks for SEOs of SMEs.
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04.03.10 0:26 Are you on the Google PR team?
Marto K from Sofia, Bulgaria asks: "Are you sure you're still in the web spam team and not in the Google PR team?"
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02.03.10 1:03 Does conference attendance affect rankings?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "I haven't been to any conferences yet this year, I don't live in the valley, and I'm not an attractive female. Will my rankings be negatively affected?
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01.03.10 1:17 Should we create a mobile version of our site?
Tommo from London, UK asks: "We work on a well established website. Mobile web seems to becoming more and more popular - should we create a mobile version of the site.
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25.02.10 1:21 How will Google search work with pages built with GWT?
Rokesh from Den Haag, The Netherlands asks: "How will Google search work with dynamic HTML pages (and I don't mean JSP or other Web1.0 technologies), like application that are built with GWT?
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24.02.10 1:34 If I use multiple versions of a phrase, would it be seen as keyword spam?
HVR asks: "I noticed that, for example Texas widget and widget Texas, return different results. I think the gist is the same but the results were different.
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23.02.10 0:57 How can I add more than 1,000,000 URLs to a Sitemap?
Magico from London, UK asks: "What is the best way to deal with BIG sitemaps.xml (eg.
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22.02.10 2:35 Can having dofollow comments on my blog affect its reputation?
Brett from Michigan asks: "Are there negative SEO implications to having a blog with do-follow comments? What about commenting on do-follow blogs?"
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18.02.10 0:40 A curious question about cats
Georgiad from Coventry, UK asks: "Why do cats bums go up when you stroke them?"
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17.02.10 2:15 How can a site that focuses on video or images improve its rankings?
A from San Francisco asks: "If search engines rely primarily on textual analysis, how can a site that focuses on audio, video, or other non-textual content improve its rankings?"
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16.02.10 1:59 Is it worth spending time on creating tags and categories?
techguy from Las Vegas, NV asks: "In a blog, is it worth spending time creating tags and categories for SEO purposes?"
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11.02.10 1:59 Will Google offer ranking reports?
Ryan from Dearborn, MI asks: "Will Google ever offer (through Webmaster Tools or an API) a keyword ranking report similar to what WebPosition and various other scrapers do?
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10.02.10 1:40 Are nofollow links irrelevant?
Dan from Bucharest asks: "Are nofollow links worth getting? Or are they almost irrelevant?"
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09.02.10 1:53 Will changing hosts cause any SEO concerns?
Fernando C from Spain asks: "We are a pretty big site. We are changing our hosting company in the next few weeks (same country). Should we be scared from an SEO perspective?"
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