Off Page & Off Site

What is Google's view on guest blogging for links?

Today's question comes from San Francisco, and the question is, what is Google's view on guest blogging for links?

What's a preferred site structure?

Here's a question from London.

Which is better: an HTML site map or XML Sitemap?

Raj and India asks HTML site map versus XML site map.

Does the position of keywords in the URL affect ranking?

An interesting question from a deal in Manchester, UK.

How much does a domain's age affect its ranking?

We have a question from JayZ in Ohio who asks, how much weight does the number of years a domain is registered for have on your ranking?

How can a site rank for keywords that aren't anywhere on its pages?

Today's question comes from Landlubber in Colorado.

How is Google finding pages which don't have any links to them?

We've got an interesting question from Danny and Bucharest, who wants to know how can Googlebot crawl and index pages that don't have any links to them on my website?

Why would an FAQ page rank above a site's homepage?

We have a question from Alex in Germany.

Two questions about nofollow

Let's talk a little bit about nofollow.

How can I make sure Google reaches my deeper pages

Pai from Portugal writes and asks:

Is PageRank calculated differently for domains registered before 2004?

Today's question comes from landlubber in Colorado.

Why might a page with bad backlinks links be ranking highly?

Today's question comes from Idaho.

Are Google SERPs the same on all browsers?

We have a question from Landlubber in Colorado.

If a site linking to mine gets caught selling links, what happens to my site?

Today's question comes from New York City.

How can content be ranked if there aren't many links to it?

Today's question comes from India.

Does Google try to return results based on signals other than popularity?

Today's question comes from Jack in the UK, Jack asks, Does

Can nofollow links hurt my site's ranking

Today's question comes from the United Kingdom.

How does Google separate popularity from authority

Today's question comes from Blind Five

Why are .com sites ranking highly in UK SERPs

CUTTS: Okay, let's walk through some questions. There was an interesting one from Guavarian in the U.K. and I think Rhocile like lobbied

Is freshness an important signal for all sites

Cutts: Hey everybody.

Should I link to all press mentions of my site

All right, we have a question from

Does the size of a website affect its authority in Google

We have a question from Brian Hancock in Long Island, New York. And Brian asks,

Does the number of subdirectories in a URL affect its ranking

Today's question comes from Monique in the Netherlands.

How do I get my search rankings back after my site has been down

Today's question comes from Pierre Far in London, who asks--