Off Page & Off Site

Will Google notify webmasters of violations of the webmaster guidelines?

We have a question from Paul Kit Agrawal in India, and Polit ask or polite, perhaps asks whenever Google detects a violation of its Webmaster guidelines, can we expect a feature to be added in Webmaster Central where it could help the Webmasters learn what the issue was?

Do robots follow links on a page which uses rel="canonical" to point to a different page?

Today's question is a little bit of a confusing one, but I'll try to tackle it.

How should I handle localized content?

Today's question comes from Tim Wible in Buffalo, New York, and Tim wants to know, let's say I want to add multiple languages or countries to mysite com.

Does Google use EXIF data from pictures as a ranking factor?

Today's question comes from Christian in Madrid who asks,

How are duplicate shopping pages with different currencies handled in Google?

Here's a question from David in Berlin, Germany.

Can I use rel=canonical when publishing articles on different sites?

Here's a question from B Flicker in Los Angeles, California.

Does linking my two sites together violate the quality guidelines?

We have a question from Tokyo, Japan, and the question is, suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall site A and I make another fishing site that solely focuses on lure fishing site B.

Does selling the same product on three different domains look spammy?

Today's question comes from Josh K and Dallas.

Is there such a thing as building too many links?

Today's question comes from Mark Schneider in Denver, Colorado.

Is cross-linking websites bad?

Linda in Lakewood, New Jersey, asks if I have three websites.

How long does it take for rich snippets to appear

Ok, we're back for another round of webmaster questions.

How would a non-optimized site outrank a site which has done SEO?

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What's your take on "addon domains"?

Today's question comes from Landlubber in Colorado.

How important is it to have keywords in a domain name?

Today's question comes from MCDOT in Berlin.

Does Google see automatically generated content as a bad thing

Today's question comes from

Will Google suspect that useful links on our site are paid

MALE SPEAKER: Today's question comes from Greg M. in Vancouver.

Does the use of schema.org markup create a ranking benefit

MALE SPEAKER: Today's question comes from Quincy in Rotterdam.

How can I guest blog without it appearing as if I paid for links

Today's question comes from Phoenix, Arizona. Ben asks, "How can I guest blog without it looking like I pay for links?" OK, that's a fun question.

How should I link to a site that I have a personal relationship with

CUTTS: We have a question from Tom Critchlow asking from London, UK. Tom says, “If asite owner has a personal relationship with another unrelated site in a different niche and adds a link to their site from his, thislink looks a lot like a paid link.

Is it useful to have a section of my site that re-posts articles from other sites

MATT CUTTS: OK.

What's your opinion on microsites

How does Google consider site-wide backlinks

Today's question comes from Chris in Poland.

Will Google penalize sites which only link using the nofollow attribute

Today's question comes all the way from Thailand.

Can I buy a domain that used to have spam on it and still rank

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