Google says it will try to get more examples of so-called "bad links" in its messages to webmasters who have submitted reconsideration requests after being hit with webspam penalti...
Today, keywords still play a significant role in search habits, and in how Google and other search engines deliver search results. The trend, however, is moving further and further...
Google's view of guest blog posts has come up in industry conversation several times this week. Webmasters and marketers have long engaged in the practice in writing articles for t...
Google has released a new Webmaster Help video with Matt Cutts addressing the question: If my site goes down for a day, does that affect my rankings?
Sound familiar? I thought...
Google posted an interesting Webmaster Help video today about linking. It's basically about whether it's better to link to an original source somewhere at the top of a post, or at...
Google is currently running a "multi-week" rollout of an update that will continue until the week after July 4th. Matt Cutts mentioned the update in response to some questions abou...
Today's Webmaster Help video from Google includes something of an announcement. Matt Cutts reveals that the company is working on some upcoming changes to the Webmaster Tools API....
Use stock images on your site? Soon, you may find that it is hurting your rankings in Google. Maybe.
Do you think rankings should suffer when content utilizes stock ima...
Today's Webmaster Help video from Google is an interesting one. It's essentially Matt Cutts saying that Google does not hate Albania, after a user asks if this is the case.
Mor...
It's been a pretty big week for search and SEO news. There have been a lot of announcements, not only from Google, but from Google competitors. Let's recap, and discuss in the comm...
Google announced that it is now including examples of problems in its messaging to webmasters who have been hit with manual webspam penalties. Google's Matt Cutts actually mentione...
Google has clearly had it with sites that have lackluster mobile experiences. This week, the company took to its Webmater Central blog to discuss "several ranking changes" it's pre...
Matt Cutts participated in a Q&A session with Danny Sullivan at the SMX Advanced conference. SMX has now made the video available to all via its YouTube channel, so if you couldn't...