Google Webmasters

Vladgidea from Romania asks: "How much time is Google taking to index a new webpage, and how can we accelerate the process besides using Google Webmaster Tools?"

Mani from Delhi asks: "Are product description pages on an e-commerce site termed as duplicate content if the same product description appears on other sites?

Atul Arora from Fremont, CA asks: "Any reason why Google search does not treat the @ symbol differently given the rise of Twitter?

Dave from the Philippines asks: "If you have a lot of blog content for a new section of a site (100+ pages), is it best to release it over a period of time, or is it fine to just unleash 100

Remiz Rahnas from Kerala, India asks: "Will DiggBar create duplicate content issues?

Joshua Starr from Indianapolis, IN asks: "Is it possible to exclude Experts Exchange from search results? Why are they ranked so high, with such a spammy interface?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

We've redesigned Google Webmaster Tools! Check out the new look and features. Read more about the redesign here: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-time-design-refresh.html

Atul Arora from Fremont, CA asks: "What are the factors that go into determining of PageRank of a Twitter page, e.g. it is the followers, backlinks?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

JZ from Ohio asks: "How much weight does the number of years a domain is registered for have on your ranking?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

Deepak Kumar's talk on Google Analytics and Website Optimizer to webmasters at the Google India SearchMasters '09 conference.

Adam Lasnik's talk on Google Webmaster Central to webmasters at Google India SearchMasters09 conference.

In this hour-long Q & A session at the India SearchMasters conference, Adam Lasnik, Google's Search Evangelist, answers several webmaster questions.

Ankit Gupta's talk on Building Mobile Friendly Websites to webmasters at Google India SearchMasters09 conference.

Rajat Mukherjee's talk on Google Custom Search™ to webmasters at Google India SearchMasters09 conference.

Vivaik Bharadwaaj delivers the welcome note at Google India SearchMasters '09 conference. You may view the slides here: docs.google.com/Present?docid=ddrxs4sv_0cwv94hgv&skipauth=true

Koti Ivaturi's talk on Google Webmaster Help Forum to webmasters at Google India SearchMasters09 conference.

Matt Cutts from Bay Area, California asks: "Can you talk about the change in Google's referrer string?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

Google India SearchMasters '09 - February 28th , Bangalore, India

JP from Los Angeles, CA asks: "When a site is penalized by Google, why isnt a message sent to the owner via Google Webmaster Tools telling them how/why it was penalized?

Deepesh from New York asks: "How does Google calculate site load times in the data it exposes in Google Webmaster statistics?

Michel from The Netherlands asks: "Is it a good thing to put 'nofollow' in links to a disclaimer, privacy statement and other pages like that with the internal PageRank in mind?

Scott Clark from Lexington, KY asks: "When you move a domain from one registrar to another or your registrant information changes very slightly (e.g.

Matt from California asks: "Is Google doing anything different when it comes to serving up Twitter results?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

Deepesh from New York asks: "What impact do site load times have on Google rankings?" Recorded on April 23, 2009.

Rachel Searles and Brian White provide tips on requesting reconsideration of your site using Google Webmaster Tools.

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Barbeta from Buenos Aires asked: Star Wars or Star Trek?

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.