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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.

Adeel from Manchester, UK asked:

Does the position of keywords in the URL have a significant impact:
example.com/keyword/London is better than example.com/London/keyword?

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Does the position of keywords in the URL affect ranking?

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[postlink]http://mattcuttsvideos.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-redirecting-large-number-of-domains.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a70ygsHgvMwendofvid
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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.

cweave from Dallas, TX asked:

When permanently redirecting (301) a large number of domains (read: more than 10) to 1 domain does Google flag this as suspicious? What considerations does Google look at? For the purposes of this question let's assume this is a consolidation move.

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Is redirecting a large number of domains suspicious?

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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.

Eric Enge from Boston, MA asked:

Do you think web search will ever make use of references (web site mentions that are not links) as a ranking signal?

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Will Google use non-link references as a signal?

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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.

Terry Cox from Orlando, FL asked:

In regards to the new canonicalization tag, does it make sense for large corporations to consider placing that tag on every page due to marketing tracking codes and large levels of duplicate URLs like faceted pages and load balancing servers?

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Should large corporations use rel=canonical?

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[postlink]http://mattcuttsvideos.blogspot.com/2009/02/will-google-provide-rank-checking.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLWR5k8Q1pIendofvid
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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.

Mark Lykle from Oslo, Norway asked:

When will Google create a software similar to Web Position so that SEOs, spam fighters and regular webmasters can check rankings etc. without violating the guidelines? Why not make a better product instead of going to war against these programs?

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Will Google provide a rank-checking service?

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[postlink]http://mattcuttsvideos.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-questions-about-nofollow.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4UJS-LFRTUendofvid
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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.

Vince Samios from the United Kingdom asked:

Do you feel that the widespread and blanket use of nofollow tags is devaluing Google's search algorithms? Examples such as Wikipedia, where ALL external links are nofollow. Does Wikipedia mean nothing to Google's algorithms?

jonaths from Brighton, UK asked:

Do Google take into account quality factors from nofollowed links when the links come from well established authority websites, such as Wikipedia?

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Two questions about nofollow

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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.

Mharris from New York asked: Does anchor text carry through all 301 redirects? Will there be a penalty for sites that do this as their sole way of link building?

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Does anchor text carry through 301 redirects?

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[postlink]http://mattcuttsvideos.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-google-putting-more-weight-on-brands.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMfWPWUh5uUendofvid
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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.

Monica from Madison, WI asked:

Can you verify that Google is putting more weight on "brands" in search engine rankings? If the answer is "Yes" -- what is Google's definition of a brand? Inspired by Aaron Wall's post:

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Is Google putting more weight on brands in rankings?

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[postlink]http://mattcuttsvideos.blogspot.com/2009/02/matt-cutts-of-google-introduces.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9onOGTgeMendofvid
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Matt Cutts of Google introduces the canonical link element.


Resources:
Blog post on Google webmaster blog:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspo...

Yahoo blog post:
http://ysearchblog.com/2009/02/12/fig...

Microsoft:
http://blogs.msdn.com/webmaster/archi...

Ask:
http://blog.ask.com/2009/02/ask-is-go...

Google Help Center documentation:
http://google.com/support/webmasters/...

Joost de Valk: WordPress, Magento, and Drupal
http://yoast.com/canonical-url-links/
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Canonical Link Element

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At WebmasterWorld's PubCon in Las Vegas, Matt presented a webmaster-focused overview of what Google has done in 2008, and what to expect in 2009. Highlights from the year include improvements to Webmaster Tools and more communication between Google and webmasters.

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State of the Index 2008