Search Results for: algorithms

At State of Search in Dallas last week, I asked Gary Illyes about the issue about 301 versus 302s when it comes to passing PageRank.  While Google has said previously that both pass PageRank, there are arguments from many SEOs that 301s are better for passing PageRank while others insist 302s are better for PageRank. […]

Normally when one does a site move – whether for https or moving to an entirely new domain, one of the steps to to redirect all the old site pages to the new ones.  This helps Google match up the old pages to the new ones, as well as transfer all the ranking signals, including […]

Does your site rank better or worse based on which browser someone is using when they search in Google?  Do algos impact sites differently in different browsers?  What about mobile browsers?  Or does Google not take browser differences into account when deciding to rank sites. The question came up in the most recent Google Webmaster […]

Gary Illyes from Google revealed some interesting insights into site’s search results pages and the Google search results – Google’s algos can automatically detect some search result pages from a site’s own internal search engine and automatically remove them from Google’s search results. Getting a site’s internal search results pages indexed into Google’s search results […]

Can a new page rank well for a competitive keyword in Google?  The question came up about whether new pages could rank for competitive keywords or not in Google or if Google does something that makes it difficult for these newer pages to rank well for more competitive keywords. John Mueller from Google discussed this, […]

Gary Illyes from Google has posted a blog entry on the Google Webmaster blog, touching on Googlebot and crawl budget issues that site owners might have. First, it is important to note that not all site owners will be impacted by crawl budget issues.  For the most part, sites with 4,000 or fewer URLs generally […]

It comes up periodically where webmasters will question whether Google has any kind of throttle in place to restrict traffic to sites, particularly new ones, and if it will stop sending traffic to the site in question once a specific quota has been met. The question came up in a recent Google Webmaster Office Hours. […]

Google has updated their site move recommendations for those who are moving sites to new domains, to https or to a new URL structure. The new recommendations are specifically about when to move a site at once and when to do it in steps or phases. The new section reads: Decide how you will move […]

Ever since Google announced RankBrain, a machine learning algo, there has been much speculation about what other parts of the search algo Google might use machine learning in.  While they have said Penguin is not a machine learning algorithm, there is speculation that other parts of the search algo could incorporate machine learning, especially with […]