Does Google rank websites higher for using their APIs?
We’re using a few Google APIs on our site such as embed maps, static maps and address lookup. We were thinking about removing these and going with other services, or even saving the returned static map...
View ArticlePageRank zero after a few years
I’ve never focused too much on the actual PageRank on my sites but, after having had a specific one for few years that is still at zero I start to worry that I’ve been somehow blacklisted. Is there a...
View ArticleUsing the same text copy as another website for a higher search result?
One of my superiors, (whom presumably doesn’t understand much about SEO) thought that copying text from another website onto their website would cause their search results to come to the top of an...
View ArticleGoogle Site: listing Parent Domain directory Index
Currently when we search site:domain.com on google we get a return of 3.6 million pages indexed, About 3,650,000 results (0.31 seconds). When we search site:domain.com/childdirectory we get 3.8 million...
View ArticleMany user-created sites/pages and subdomains. SEO questions for primary domain
My site allows people to create free websites and provides them with a subdomain link to their site. For example, a user bsmith will end up with a site at bsmith.example.com, and pages like...
View ArticleSEO hurt by unrelated links? Long term linking, spammy terms
I have a couple of questions regarding SEO ranking as it pertains to spam sites linking to my site. I have a niche website that allows people to create their own web pages for free. A couple of years...
View ArticleIs it possible for a script tag to be perceived as an inbound link for SEO?
My company has <script> tags on a lot of sites, some of these sites have very high page ranks. Right now the <script> tags have a src of Microsoft’s blob data. We want to move away from...
View ArticleInline SVG within H1
I’m in the process of updating my website by replacing large PNG images with inline SVG images. My current code looks something like this: <h1> <img src="logo.png" alt="Company Name" />...
View ArticlePageRank or SiteRank
When I visit our website via the root domain we have a Google PR of 3, yet when I go into any other page there is not a Google PR displayed. For example, the blog on our website does not have any...
View ArticlePagespeed rating vs server speed from a SEO perspective
What’s more important for my website, from a SEO perspective? I first had a page load time from around 900ms and a google rating from about 70. Using some plugins I managed to get the rating up to...
View ArticleWhich sites to link exchange with?
When approaching websites for link exchange (presumably, this is a worthwhile link building exercise?), what factors should one look at to assess whether or not the site is worthwhile the effort?...
View ArticleDo inbound links pass link juice up the url hierarchy?
Our site is very regional, so we focus all of our seo efforts on each of these region landing pages. For Example: domain.com/toys/us/ca/san-francisco We added an informational page (ex. reviews) and...
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