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Will SEO still exist in 5 years?

If I’m looking to hire an SEO agency, which one do you recommend?

I have the same sandwich for lunch every day. Will I be punished by Google for duplicate content? Can the canonical tag help me here? I just can’t get enough.

Is Google aggregating SearchWiki data with Analytics for ranking

“Excessive white space” in the HTML source is bad. Fact, myth, or somewhere in between

Recently, Google has been more proactive in providing results that feature “corrected” spellings. In what way will smart guesses be employed in search results in the future? Can we expect more synonyms in search results, for example

When permanently redirecting (301) a large number of domains (read: more than 10) to 1 domain does Google flag this as suspicious? What considerations does Google look at? For the purposes of this question let’s assume this is a consolidation move.

“Preventing Blight” presentation offers tips for preventing abuse of web services. Site owners can protect their services by..

Senior Support Engineer Maile Ohye explains the background and implementation considerations for using IP delivery on your site.

Does anchor text carry through 301 redirects

“What impact does server location have on Google rankings?”

“How can I make sure that Google reaches and indexes pages that are on a lower (deeper) level of a website

“Is it good to put a ‘coming soon’ page for new domains? Google seems to prioritize new domains in SERPs. Will a ‘coming soon’ page stand as negative for it

“Is there a limit to the number of pages that Google will index from one site

“When I do a Google search for my business name, Google suggests ‘Did you mean: ‘ with some other company name. Is there anything we can do to keep that from happening.

Matt Cutts shares an example of whitehat linkbait.

Matt Cutts shows an example of how you shouldn’t hide text from users.

“As far as big brands go, why is it that they seem to do well irregardless of relevance, content or links when analyzing keyword placement in search engine results pages

“Is a website designed with a CSS-based layout more SEO friendly than a table based layout

“Will Google consider Yahoo! Directory and BOTW as source of paid links? If no, why is this different from another site that sell links

“If you have a company logo on your site, what is the best way to include the text of the logo for SEO purposes? ALT tag, CSS hiding, or does it matter

Seeing as the “link:” search query is hardly ever accurate, what would your favorite/preferred way to check for inbound links be if you were a webmaster?”

“We are changing a fairly large HTML site to CMS. What are the essentials to keep in mind so that we do not loose our search rankings

This video explains gzip compression between a web server and browser and how using gzip can help improve speed.

This video explains how to improve your web page load time by browser caching

Learn how appropriate ordering of scripts and styles can speed up page loads. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed

This video presents ways to minimize reflow on web pages. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed

Learn how to make your markup leaner by omitting HTML tags to decrease file size and increase the performance of your site. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed

Learn how to reduce content size on web pages with Page Speed and more. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed and http://code.google.com/spee…

Learn how you can speed up your PHP scripts. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed

Learn how to optimize web graphics for faster downloads on the web. For more information, visit http://code.google.com/speed

“Is over optimization bad for a website? Ex. - excessive use of nofollow”

“We sell a software product, and there are 100s of software download directories on the web of varying quality. Could submitting our product to all of them hurt our rankings or domain trust/authority?”

A webmaster tutorial video that introduces other useful Google resources for webmasters.

A webmaster tutorial video that introduces what Webmaster Central offers.

A webmaster tutorial video that covers how sites are displayed in Google search results.

A webmaster tutorial video that addresses crawling and indexing of sites.

A webmaster tutorial video that covers how Google can find your site.

Which search media does return the more reliable information: Google or Twitter?

“Will I be penalized for having every file in my XML Sitemap listed with the same priority? Google Webmaster Tools gives me a warning on that. But at the same time the pr…

“How does someone begin to SEO their site on a small budget in an overwhelmed industry such as real estate?”

“When will you commence work on improving the information provided in Google [Webmaster Tools] as per the suggestion you would at the start of the year?”

“I keep a “blogroll” page with link to all my friends’ blogs on my blog. Will that affect my blog’s reputation in Google? Recently my friend lost PR5 to 0 for such a page.”

“If a page is disallowed in the robots.txt, will a link to this page transfer/leak link juice?”

“How do meta geo tags influence the search results?”

“Will Google find text in images someday?”

“In the search results, Google will often display a snippet appropriate to the specific search query - often disregarding the meta description. Is Google doing away wi…

“Query deserves freshness.” Fact or fiction?

WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool that allows users to search for conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most. Whether it be your favorite sport, favorite food, celebrity, or your company’s brand name; Whostalkin.com can help you join in on the conversations that you care about most.

68 Page Traffic Guide Reveals How To Create An Avalanche of Traffic! Search engine optimization -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Search engine optimization (SEO) ..

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Laura Thieme from Columbus, OH asked:
A client has a leading competitor who has created 100 or so blog sites with little depth - Google gives them a top ranking on every related term to their [...]

www.seomoz.org. This week, Rand discusses various methods of Content Categorization. Placing some time and effort into your info architecture can make a huge difference in both rankings and user experience.

This week, Rand discusses how to manage the flow of link juice within your site and how it can help improve rankings, traffic and all kinds of fun stuff. Make sure your cup is half-full, folks.

from http://www.seobook.com On the page search engine optimization techniques that will help your site rank better in Google’s search results.

from http://www.seobook.com Aaron Wall discusses why new internet marketers are best off starting marketing by creating a blog.

Learn how domain names play a role in seo, and strategic online marketing optimization.

Video explaining why some search engines such as Google favor older websites.

Learn how to write page titles that will rank well in Google and make people click through to your site.

Tips on how to do keyword research for search engine optimization to help ensure your site ranks well in search engines like Google.

Does anchor text carry through all 301 redirects? Will there be a penalty for sites that do this as their sole way of link building?

When will Google create a software similar to Web Position so that SEOs, spam fighters and regular webmasters can check rankings etc. without violating the guidelines? Why not make a better product instead of going to war against these programs?

In regards to the new canonicalization tag, does it make sense for large corporations to consider placing that tag on every page due to marketing tracking codes and large levels of duplicate URLs like faceted pages and load balancing servers?

Do you think web search will ever make use of references (web site mentions that are not links) as a ranking signal?

Does the position of keywords in the URL have a significant impact:
example.com/keyword/London is better than example.com/London/keyword?

Is Google planning to create read-only “Guest accounts” for Webmaster Tools? Many clients (particularly in heavily regulated industries e.g. banks) are very reluctant to provide access to a third party.

More than one H1 on a page: good or bad?

Can you confirm if the Google SERPs are moving to AJAX, http://tinyurl.com/be5shp, if so how do think it will affect analytics which rely on the keyword information being in the URL.

Why does Google crawl/index blogs (specifically sites notified by “WordPress XMLRPC pings”) so much faster than a “normal” site submitting a revised Sitemap. What is the impact of that on the overall “quality” of the index?

Does stripping file extensions from URLs
(site.com/folder/page.html versus site.com/folder/page) have demonstrable benefit in the SERPs?

At WebmasterWorld’s PubCon in Las Vegas, Matt presented a webmaster-focused overview of what Google has done in 2008, and what to expect in 2009.
Highlights from the year include improvements to Webmaster Tools and more communication between Google and webmasters.