Comments on: Watch my site review session from Google I/O http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/ neat fun stuff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Isaac http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-361651 Isaac Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-361651 I'm glad that Matt touched on the vulnerability of WordPress to be hacked and that Google is aware of this. Mine was hacked last April and I didn't notice until several days later. In fact, my blog was already getting listed in Google for some of these spam terms, until I made the fix! :( Like Matt said, if you're running WordPress it is very important to stay on top of the updates. Also, do occasional site searches for popular spam terms just to be sure... site:www.yourdomain.com vioxx site:www.yourdomain.com xanax site:www.yourdomain.com etc... I’m glad that Matt touched on the vulnerability of WordPress to be hacked and that Google is aware of this. Mine was hacked last April and I didn’t notice until several days later. In fact, my blog was already getting listed in Google for some of these spam terms, until I made the fix! :(

Like Matt said, if you’re running WordPress it is very important to stay on top of the updates.

Also, do occasional site searches for popular spam terms just to be sure…
site:www.yourdomain.com vioxx
site:www.yourdomain.com xanax
site:www.yourdomain.com etc…

]]> By: Lars Vogel http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-360994 Lars Vogel Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-360994 I liked the part where you showed the website and asked the audiance what this webpage is about. Looking at my website made me realize that the homepage did also not give a clue that it was about. ;-) Sometimes it is healthy to get reminded of the simple things. I liked the part where you showed the website and asked the audiance what this webpage is about. Looking at my website made me realize that the homepage did also not give a clue that it was about. ;-)

Sometimes it is healthy to get reminded of the simple things.

]]> By: Djoko http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-359268 Djoko Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:14:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-359268 Hey, I wanted to ask about url's that contain UTF-8 characters, say Cyrillic. I the form of: www.yourwebsite.com/продукт/ауди-80 Anyways, does google index's these? Do you possibly get penalized due to this? And what about different home page based on the language the person choose? My concern is that the url is the same but the content is different. Is that a problem considering that the page will have a different content-language meta tag? What about AJAX? Are you able to index an ajax content? I assume not, so what do you do when you have Ajax content? You do not execute the javascript code? you execute it but you do not index it? What about region access ? You have ip based search results... and the hl=en or what ever in the google search query... Can we webmasters show different content based on from where the user is or based on cookies or user preference made on my website. I can't really find an answer to this. Hey,

I wanted to ask about url’s that contain UTF-8 characters, say Cyrillic.

I the form of:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/продукт/ауди-80

Anyways, does google index’s these?

Do you possibly get penalized due to this?

And what about different home page based on the language the person choose?

My concern is that the url is the same but the content is different. Is that a problem considering that the page will have a different content-language meta tag?

What about AJAX?

Are you able to index an ajax content? I assume not, so what do you do when you have Ajax content? You do not execute the javascript code? you execute it but you do not index it?

What about region access ? You have ip based search results… and the hl=en or what ever in the google search query…

Can we webmasters show different content based on from where the user is or based on cookies or user preference made on my website.

I can’t really find an answer to this.

]]> By: SEO Mark http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-354022 SEO Mark Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:12:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-354022 Hi Matt I was always worried that you can be punished for too much internal anchor keyword linking. In better words I have sites where the internal linking has words that match what the page is about but is also my keywords. In order not to be seen as spamming, I put nofollow tags on many of the intrenal linking not to sculp page rank (because these pages are importnat to me), but to ensure Google did not think I was spamming my internal link structure. I would be delighted to remove these nofollow tags, but first I need to know if Google will be happy with a few thousand internal anchor text links within my menu. Mark Hi Matt

I was always worried that you can be punished for too much internal anchor keyword linking.

In better words I have sites where the internal linking has words that match what the page is about but is also my keywords.

In order not to be seen as spamming, I put nofollow tags on many of the intrenal linking not to sculp page rank (because these pages are importnat to me), but to ensure Google did not think I was spamming my internal link structure.

I would be delighted to remove these nofollow tags, but first I need to know if Google will be happy with a few thousand internal anchor text links within my menu.

Mark

]]> By: Simon Colley http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-353429 Simon Colley Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:40:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-353429 Hey Matt, Great video, you touched upon websites being indexed with and without www., funnily enough if i type my website name in google's search it's first in the results but the display url is shown without the www., although when you click the link it does re-direct to my main domain....so am i right in thinking this is cool and i just need to change the setting in webmaster tools so the www. are shown? Cheers Simon. Hey Matt,

Great video, you touched upon websites being indexed with and without http://www., funnily enough if i type my website name in google’s search it’s first in the results but the display url is shown without the http://www., although when you click the link it does re-direct to my main domain….so am i right in thinking this is cool and i just need to change the setting in webmaster tools so the www. are shown?

Cheers Simon.

]]> By: Nevalex http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-352729 Nevalex Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:42:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-352729 Matt, I would disagree with nofollow a bit. I do believe it's up to a webmaster to decide wich page to label with nofollow attribute. It is not all about login pages, you can mark every single page you believe has less value on the site. So if a webmaster considers lets say Terms of Use or Contact, or any other page of less importance - it is quite obvious to mark it with no follow, to let the page rank flow to other "more" important pages. Thats the was y I see this... Matt,

I would disagree with nofollow a bit. I do believe it’s up to a webmaster to decide wich page to label with nofollow attribute. It is not all about login pages, you can mark every single page you believe has less value on the site. So if a webmaster considers lets say Terms of Use or Contact, or any other page of less importance – it is quite obvious to mark it with no follow, to let the page rank flow to other “more” important pages.

Thats the was y I see this…

]]> By: will http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-352357 will Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:03:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-352357 crap I posted that in the wrong blog post! crap I posted that in the wrong blog post!

]]> By: Get A Trip.com http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-351991 Get A Trip.com Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:17:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-351991 This is fantastic. I wish though I could just rent you for an afternoon. What do you think Matt -- auction you on Ebay? So, settling with just videos and your blog, I am getting a lot of useful information, though do not know where to go for say "best practices for link building." Also the truth to starting off with an old domain name. I was talked into buying a premium domain name because supposedly the older the domain the better. Then, I read you saying something about resetting old domains that change hands back to zero page rank. Have I been duped? If my page is parked while in web development and links come through will they still count? Answers to these questions are where? This is fantastic. I wish though I could just rent you for an afternoon. What do you think Matt — auction you on Ebay? So, settling with just videos and your blog, I am getting a lot of useful information, though do not know where to go for say “best practices for link building.” Also the truth to starting off with an old domain name. I was talked into buying a premium domain name because supposedly the older the domain the better. Then, I read you saying something about resetting old domains that change hands back to zero page rank. Have I been duped? If my page is parked while in web development and links come through will they still count? Answers to these questions are where?

]]> By: Ample Gains http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-351966 Ample Gains Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:06:02 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-351966 Here is something I've been wondering about for awhile and Matt if you end up reading this maybe you can clear it up a little bit. How does Google look at site structure? Let me be more clear about this, lets say I'm running a version of Wordpress and I have created my own unique custom theme for the website and down the road I decide to use this theme on another un-related website. In the process both sites have there own unique content, both are set up with proper white hat SEO, ect... Google would have indexed site A first and site B second, but if the underlying HTML (Not the content but the design structure, div tags, h1 tags, span tags in the same place, ect...) is the same would we get hit with a duplicate content penalty. I've heard rumors which say if you use the same design (I.E. Theme) on multiple sites, even though you have unique content on both sites and even though both sites follow white hat SEO techniques you'll still get hit with a duplicate penalty. Honestly in my mind I think it wouldn't matter if your content is unique, ect... but maybe you can help shed some light on this possible SEO myth. Thanks. Here is something I’ve been wondering about for awhile and Matt if you end up reading this maybe you can clear it up a little bit.

How does Google look at site structure?

Let me be more clear about this, lets say I’m running a version of Wordpress and I have created my own unique custom theme for the website and down the road I decide to use this theme on another un-related website.

In the process both sites have there own unique content, both are set up with proper white hat SEO, ect…

Google would have indexed site A first and site B second, but if the underlying HTML (Not the content but the design structure, div tags, h1 tags, span tags in the same place, ect…) is the same would we get hit with a duplicate content penalty.

I’ve heard rumors which say if you use the same design (I.E. Theme) on multiple sites, even though you have unique content on both sites and even though both sites follow white hat SEO techniques you’ll still get hit with a duplicate penalty.

Honestly in my mind I think it wouldn’t matter if your content is unique, ect… but maybe you can help shed some light on this possible SEO myth.

Thanks.

]]> By: Mickelodian http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-site-reviews/#comment-351933 Mickelodian Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:51:24 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2684#comment-351933 The link you put in one article 'how to write extensions for Chrome' sort of discounts the issue regarding using nofollows to sculpt pagerank since the links anchortext would still give you the position above the actaul target when applied by the SE's algo to the results. In other words Matt, you can say it... but Dude... it is not yet true since a link on your own site disproves this! This could be a abhoration of the math involved in PR and you site might have had more iterations to increase PR than the target in the link so I could be wrong, but it seems to me that I can sculpt results now rather then simply PR! Mickelodian. The link you put in one article ‘how to write extensions for Chrome’ sort of discounts the issue regarding using nofollows to sculpt pagerank since the links anchortext would still give you the position above the actaul target when applied by the SE’s algo to the results.

In other words Matt, you can say it… but Dude… it is not yet true since a link on your own site disproves this! This could be a abhoration of the math involved in PR and you site might have had more iterations to increase PR than the target in the link so I could be wrong, but it seems to me that I can sculpt results now rather then simply PR!

Mickelodian.

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