English Google SEO office-hours from December, 2022
This is an audio-only recording of the Google SEO office-hours from December, 2022 - a transcript is available at https://developers.google.com/search/help/office-hours/2022/december
These sessions cover topics submitted around anything search & website-owner related like crawling, indexing, mobile sites, internationalization, duplicate content, Sitemaps, Search Console, pagination, duplicate content, multi-lingual/multi-regional sites, etc. The answers are compiled by the Google Search Relations team.
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Chapters (23)
Introduction
0:22
How to reduce my site from 30,000 products to 2,500?
1:09
Does Google ignore links to a page that was a 404?
1:37
Do speed metrics other than Core Web Vitals affect my site's rankings?
2:06
Why doesn't Google remove all spam?
2:55
Do too many 301 redirects have a negative effect?
3:42
How does Google determine what is a product review?
4:23
Should I delete my old website when I make a new one?
4:59
Should paginated pages be included in an XML sitemap?
5:37
My site used to be hacked, do I have to do something with the hacked pages?
6:11
Does Google care about fast sites?
6:38
Can Google follow links inside a menu that shows on mouseover?
7:10
Why did reporting shift between my mobile and desktop URLs?
7:56
Does having many redirects affect crawling or ranking?
8:21
Can I use an organization name instead of an author's name?
8:53
What can we do if someone copies our content?
9:35
Do URL, page title, and H1 tag have to be the same?
10:17
Is redirecting through a page blocked by robots.txt a valid way to prevent passi
10:37
Why is my site flagged as having a virus?
11:20
Is there any way to get sitelinks on search results?
11:59
Does having two hyphens in a domain name have a negative effect?
12:12
How important are titles for e-commerce category pages pagination?
12:44
Is it better to post one article a da
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Can Experts Exchange be excluded from search results?
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Will DiggBar create duplicate content issues?
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Can I publish 100+ pages at once?
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Why is the @ character ignored in search queries?
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Can product descriptions be considered duplicate content?
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How can new pages get indexed quickly?
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What are your views on PageRank sculpting?
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Will you ever switch to a Mac?
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Are shortened URLs treated differently than other redirects?
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How can I make sure Google reaches my deeper pages?
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What impact does server location have on rankings?
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Will a "coming soon" page negatively impact my site?
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How many pages can Google index from a single site?
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What if a search for my business triggers "Did you mean?"
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Why do big brands rank so well?
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Are CSS-based layouts better than tables for SEO?
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Do dates in URLs determine freshness?
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What impact does "page bloat" have on Google rankings?
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Should I include my logo text using 'alt' or CSS?
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What's the preferred way to check for links to my site?
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What are some best practices for moving to a new CMS?
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