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Category: Matt Cutts

Will Having A Site Available On Both IPv4 And IPv6 Cause A Duplicate Content Issue?

In this video, Matt Cutts, the head of Google search spam answers the question: “As we are now closer than ever to switching to IPv6, could you please share some info on how Google will evaluate websites. One website being in IPv4, exactly the same one in IPv6 – isn’t it considered duplicate content?”

If You Think Your Site Is Affected By Panda, What Should You Do?

In this video concerning the effects of the Panda update, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, answers the question: “Recently Google has integrated the Panda update in to its normal indexing process. Now, how will webmaster come to know whether her site is hit by Panda? And, if her site is already hit, how she will know […]

Can no follow Links Hurt SEO?

If you’re wondering whether or not no follow links can hurt your SEO, the answer would generally be no.  This isn’t the case 100% of the time.  There are some instances, if not rare instances, where rankings could be jeopardized.  As an example, if you left a ton of no follow comment links of different […]

Can You Walk In Google’s Shoes?

Isn’t it funny how easy it is to negatively say things about something or someone?  Especially when that something is a big business entity like Google.  When it comes to their search results, it’s easy to complain that Google shouldn’t be doing this or that they should be doing that.  Realistically, it’s much harder to […]

Nowfollow Links Won’t Hurt You Unless You’re Spamming Says Matt Cutts

Today, a video was released starring Matt Cutts, who heads up the Search Spam of Google, stating that links that are nofollowed won’t hurt your rankings in Google. Most of the time, nofollowed links usually won’t affect your rankings on Google negatively.  With that being said, Google did say that Google will take manual action […]

Google Plans to Withhold Search Data And Create New Advertisers

It seems that whether Google planned for this to happen or not, Google has been withholding data from publishers who would buy ads on their service.  For these publishers looking to get a broader visible marketing scheme, this kind of sucks.  As I said, I don’t think Google has meant to do this, but even […]

Does Google Take Action On Automatically Generated Pages That Provide No Added Value?

In this video, Matt Cutts answers the following question: “What does Google do against sites that have a script that automatically picks up the search query and makes a page about it? Ex: you Google [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ […]

Is Page Speed A More Important Factor For Mobile Sites?

Matt Cutts, The head of Google Search Spam is asked this question in this video, “Is load speed a more important factor for mobile? Is it really something that can change your rankings, all the things being equal?”

Hidden Text And/Or Keyword Stuffing

Matt Cutts and Nelson explain what it means if your site has a manual action labeled as “Hidden text and/or keyword stuffing” and what you can do to fix it. Hidden text and/or keyword stuffing: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604780 Find more webmaster resources at http://www.google.com/webmasters/

Matt Cutts Wants To Know If Your Small Web Site Not Ranking Well In Google?

Last night via Twitter, Matt Cutts, Google’s Head of Search Spam asked  webmasters and SEOs to fill out a survey revolving around the topic of small sites and Google rankings. Matt Cutts asked “if there’s a small website that you think should be doing better in Google, tell us more here.” In the form, it […]