Category: Google Search Engine Optimization

Hacker News thread points out that heavensgate.com is still live after 16 years. Heaven’s Gate was a religious group/cult where

Google’s Matt Cutts posted a video answering the old question…

There is this fundamental truth when it comes to GoogleBot, treat it like you would all your other users.

So when someone created a new WordPress plugin named WP-Shabbat, he got into some trouble.

The WordPress plugin shuts down the web site to use…

In Google Webmaster Help there is a straight forward question and answer about how to handle M-dot (i.e. m.domain.com sites in Google Webmaster Tools.

In short, an M-dot is a separate site and should be verified separately in Google Webmaster Tools……

This is your opportunity to give Google your two-cents on the features and issues you have with Google Webmaster Tools.

I blew up about it the other day where I asked in a nice way for Google to add a feature named automated actions to Google Webmaste…

One of the most basic reasons Google or any search engine won’t index and rank a web page is because you won’t allow them to.

Either the spiders cannot access the site due to technical issues or you are explicitly instructing them to not enter your s…

Matt Cutts posted a video answering the question “Should I use the disavow tool even if there’s not a manual action on my site?”

The short answer is yes. But when…

An old WebmasterWorld member posted in the WebmasterWorld forums that he had enough…

I spotted a very interested comment by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts at Hacker News. The obvious comment is that Matt Cutts outs thecupcakeblog.com as being impacted in a negative way by the Panda algorithm…

I always find it interesting when people come into the Google Webmaster Help and complain about issues with Google and it turns out they were obviously doing something against Google’s webmaster guidelines…

Last night, I covered at Search Engine Land a video Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts…

Since November 14th, I’ve been seeing a large uptick in complaints about Google Webmaster Tools reporting DNS issues with sites, leading to Google not being able to index sites fully.

There is a thread at WebmasterWorld and dozens at Google Webmaster …

Yesterday I reported that Google says using keyword rich user names in comments can be considered spammy and against Google’s policies…

In early October, we reported Google added authorship to image search. We also reported how confusing it was because the authorship was applied to the author of the story on the page but not the author of the image…

As someone who manages a content site with comments, there are things that bother me with some comments I get here. I dislike it when I see comments from people but they use their company name and/or keyword rich anchor text…

John Mueller announced on Google+ that Google will be offering short site reviews for webmasters this coming Monday, November 18th at 10am EDT…

I always find it interesting to share SEO questions submitted by huge brands and online properties…

Over a year ago, Google launched their disavow link tool and webmasters and SEOs have been all over it since. But every now and then…

A BlackHat Forum thread asks SEOs and Webmasters if the Google Disavow Tool works for you or not…

A Hacker News thread cites a story I wrote at Search Engine Land named Long-Time SEO Jill Whalen Moves On, Praises Google For Rewarding Content More which I also wrote over here…