On the Daily SearchCast with Danny yesterday, we got into the topic of the paid link debate. He was joking that if SEOs are really that upset that Google is coming out on paid links with the nofollow, then they...
On the Daily SearchCast with Danny yesterday, we got into the topic of the paid link debate. He was joking that if SEOs are really that upset that Google is coming out on paid links with the nofollow, then they...
A couple weeks ago Microsoft Promised Webmasters a Live Search Portal. Part of that included the ability to be part of the beta, to test out new features. Some Webmasters signed up and have already been invited into the beta....
With Google's updated Webmaster Guidelines which have been added to the Google Webmaster Help Center, Google has officially acknowledged statements made by Matt Cutts on paid links. Some of the findings have been outlined in a WebmasterWorld thread. Google works...
A Google Groups thread suggests that Google should not only show the URL, the type of error and the date of the error in the web crawl error report within Google Sitemaps. It should also referrer data, so that the...
Typically, if you want to make sure your site is indexed in Google, you would use a site command (i.e. site:www.domain.com) to see if Google returns results for your site. You can also search on just the domain (i.e. www.domain.com),...
Google keeps stocking up on staff dedicated to help with the Webmaster to Google communication aspects of the business. Last night, Vanessa Fox Welcomed Jonathan to the Google Groups forums. Jonathan Simon was introduced as the "newest member of our...
Simple questions, deserve simple answers, don't they? What is the best way to contact someone at Google? Well, that may look like a simple question, but trust me, it is not. Getting in touch with someone at Google to help...
Matt Cutts wrote an excellent blog post named How google handles hacked sites. This is very interesting to me, since I had a similar situation with a client in the past (see Jennifer Convertibles Web Site Hacked & Delisted In...
The other day we reported that Google Webmaster Sitemaps Tool Back With Old Data? where I said, there was in issue with the common words. The issue is most likely old data. Vanessa Fox replied to the forum thread at...
A WebmasterWorld thread asks why after he set up his site in Google's Webmaster Central Sitemaps, his site was no longer "verified." Vanessa Fox from Google replied saying; We recommend that you leave the verification file or meta tag in...
Well that was fast! After I resubmitted the site October 25th at 7am and I checked again this morning at it is back in the index. This is after Jennifer Convertibles Web Site Hacked & Delisted In Google.com, I decided...
Some of you may have heard the name Vanessa Fox before. She is the one who posts at the Google Sitemaps blog and Google blog on occasion to give updates about the Google Sitemaps product. WebmasterWorld broke out a thread...
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