Now that Google penalizes websites with bad backlinks, getting high quality backlinks has become even more important than it was before. Many people say that content matters most, which is true to some degree....
It seems that some webmasters add a noindex command to the robots.txt file of their website when they go on vacation. Google’s John Mueller has said on Google+ that you should not do that:...
Search engine optimization is so important that even Google is looking for SEO managers who help it to improve the organic rankings of their web pages. If you think that your website does not...
In a Google Hangout, Google’s John Mueller explained why the latest Panda 4.2 rollout update is taking months instead of weeks: “[The Panda rollout] is actually pretty much a similar update to before. For...
In a post on Google’s Webmaster Central blog, Google’s John Mueller explained how Google handles new top level domains (TLDs) such as .guru or .how. Here are the details: 1. Google does not favor...
In an online discussion, Google’s Gary Illyes said that rich snippets markup should not be used on the home page of a website: “Review rich snippets should only be used in cases where ‘the...
The HTTPS ranking signal that was announced by Google some weeks ago has not been very significant to many webmasters. Google’s Gary Illyes commented on that on Twitter: @MattSouthern more like a dealbreaker. All...
There are a lot of legitimate reasons to use ‘display:none’ in the CSS of a web page. However, you should be aware that Google gives hidden content less weight. Google’s Gary Illyes has explained...
Have your rankings dropped recently? Don’t panic. Before you do anything, you should find the cause of the problem. The better you understand the reason why your rankings dropped, the better you can prevent...
Rich snippets help you to improve the look of your website on Google’s search results pages. Google uses Schema.org markup to create the rich snippets on the result pages. The rich snippet creator in...
One of the main problems in Internet marketing is that it is often an “all or nothing” game. The best website will get the deal and all other websites will get nothing, no matter...
On Twitter, Google’s Gary Illyes said that it was not necessary to change the links to your HTTP pages when you switch your website to HTTPS: @pip_net if your redirects are properly implemented, the...
A webmaster asked Google’s John Mueller if the English content on his website will benefit from German links that point to the site, and if the German content on his website will benefit from...
