Google recently made lot of updates in its search algorithm update. But they disclosed few updates only for public and most of them never got disclosed. Myself ( i own few websites ) and my friends website, they all used to have a good traffic for few years and months and once i/them moved to...

If one looks to hire an SEO agency, which one do you recommend? Actually, it will not be good enough to recommend an SEO agency personally, because they may change their policies and we do not know what different agencies might be doing.  So, the general answer is, one can search for Google...

Is it true that domains registered before 2004 have a totally different way of getting PageRank? Like 'Pre-2004' domains are highly desirable because they get PageRank based on old easier criteria. No, it is completely false. There is obviously no difference between 2004 domains, 2005 domains...

Does the first link on a page matter a lot? Should I ensure that first link is really what I care the most?If so, should we modify CSS or JavaScript to show the correct link first? Generally, it is better not to worry about it. If one has a thousand links, I wouldn't make it a thousand and...

Will Google find text in images someday? Actually, it is easy to say in words, but it is a big undertaking in real. But, it will be fun at the same time. Actually, it will be great, if Google crawled the web, found all the images and ran OCR (optical character recognition) on all the images on...

Will one be penalized for having every file in XML Sitemap listed with the same priority? Definitely, one will not be penalized for this. If one gives same importance to all files in XML Sitemap, then Google will try to find out which ones are really important from their perspective. So, one...

How Google calculates site load times in the data it exposes in Google's webmaster statistics? Is the calculation simply average time to get and receive the HTML content for a page?  Actually, it's a Yes. It works as, Googlebot sends out the request and beginning from there, Google calculates...

Will therefore be any issues, if the h1 tag appears below the h2 tag in the code. Does the spider still know what's going on? Actually, one need not to be worried about it, as Google handles h1s and h2s so well. So, just do not  make a whole page h1 or h2.  People put up lots of stuff on the...

Are product description pages on an e-commerce site termed as duplicate content, if the same description appears on other sites? Usually, It happens for many branded products. Actually, it's a Yes, it happens. And mostly it happens because it's not original content.  So, when one gets an...

Do dates in the URL of blogs or websites help in determining the freshness of the content? Actually, the dates in the URL or in the content is really helpful, but people may maximize it and say, it's always ten minutes old.  So Google has their own ways to find out how fresh pages are. For an...

What is the best way to include the text of a company logo for SEO purposes? ALT tag or CSS hiding? One should have little more consideration in choosing this, because it really matters. It is recommended to use an ALT tag rather CSS hiding. This is because the ALT tag was more or less...

Google has been more proactive in providing results that feature "corrected" spellings. How Google will employ smart guesses in search results in the future?  Google has lots of visitors every day, in that, some users are not savvy and some users do not always spell correctly. When you look at...

If one has a lot of blog content for a new section of a site (100+ pages), is it best to release it over a period of time or is it fine to just unleash 100 pages?  Generally, one can unleash those hundred pages at a time, if it is a high quality content. But, when it comes to ten thousand or a...

What are the factors in determining of PageRank of a Twitter page? Is it the followers or backlinks? One should remember the fact that, Google treats Twitter pages as regular web pages. Google does not consider the number of followers on Twitter, but they only consider the number of links that...

Will SEO still exist in 5 years? Yes, Search Engine Optimisation will still exist in 5 years. Google tries to make a thing that one does not need to be an SEO expert. Actually, SEO helps in putting the best foot forward for your website. So, the notable fact is SEO is not spam. One can use...

Is it good to put a 'coming soon' page for new domains? Yes, it's a pretty smart thing to put a "coming soon" on a page for new domains. It's good thing for the visitors, because they just don't end up on a "black hole page" atleast.  If you have some content which is ought to come out, then...

Why Google search does not treat the @ sign differently given the rise of Twitter? For example @google and google give me the same results. Actually, this is a considerable choice as Google did not want an index email addresses, at least. One does not want somebody scraping Google to find a...

What is the power of keyword domains? And what kind of domain one can go for?  If one is registering a new domain name, they wish to compete in particular niche within SEO. So one can opt for two different strategies. One can opt for brandable names such as Twitter, Tumblr, etc. People will...

Does Google consider SEO to be spam? Google does not consider SEO to be spam. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It ensures that your pages are well represented within search engines. There is a lot of things one can do as a search engine optimizer. One can ensure that your pages are...

Would you spend time with a perfectly optimized website or a barrel full of kittens? Well, in my case, I will definitely go for the second option, without giving a second thought. One has to remember the fact that they have sort of an emotional appeal. They tug at your heart strings. If you...