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On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Kevin from Marseille, France asked:
Will SEO still exist in 5 years?
Matt Cutts works for the Search Quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues.
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Kevin from Marseille, France asked:
Will SEO still exist in 5 years?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Frank from West Virginia asked:
If I'm looking to hire an SEO agency, which one do you recommend?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Nik from London asked:
I'm using a template website (I'm an amateur!). The h1 tag appears below the h2 tag in the code. Does the spider still know what's going on?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
BlindFiveYearOld from SF, CA asked:
When did "Did you mean" search results begin to be displayed? And what is the criteria for presenting "Did you mean" search results above the normal search results?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Amalve from Bangalore asked:
Are title and description tags helpful to increase the organic CTR — clicks generated from organic (unpaid) search — which in turn will help in better ranking with a personalized search perspective?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Katy Bairstow from London asked:
There seems to be little impact on human visitors where in the site's structure a given page is, so:
Is it better to keep key content pages close to root, or have them deep within a topical funnel-structure, e.g.:
food/fast-food/burgers/hamburgers.php
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Paddy Moogan from the UK asked:
Hi Matt, what are your opinions on optimising an Ecommerce website where the main pages/products may not necessarily be rich in content?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Sven Heß from Wiesbaden, Germany asked:
How accurate is Google's backlink-check (link:...)? Are all nofollow backlinks filtered out or why does Yahoo/MSN show quite more backlink results?
San Diego Tim from San Diego asked:
If you have inbound links from reputable sites but those sites do not show up in a link:webname.com search, does this mean you are not getting any 'credit' in Google's eyes for having inbound links?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Lee Willis from Cumbria, UK asked:
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?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Owen from London asked:
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.
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Erin from south of Boston asked:
More than one H1 on a page: good or bad?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Ian M from the United Kingdom asked:
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.
Rachel Searles and Brian White provide tips on requesting reconsideration of your site using Google Webmaster Tools.