SEO questions answered by Matt Cutts

It’s been real long I have written a post. This post of mine will answer many queries of yours which might be puzzling you since long.

Does Google crawl and treat Tiny URLs using a 301 redirect the same as other links?

Yes, Google consider the tiny URLs same as other links if they are 301-redirected. If links are 301 redirected then Google passes the page rank just as other links. So, basically it depends on the URL shortening services whether they are using a 301 redirect or not. If not, then Google will not consider them & will not pass any PageRank. These days many sites offering URL shortening services & number of service providers are increasing day by day, so make sure to pick only those that does provide what you actually want.

How can we make sure that Google reaches & indexes pages that are on a deeper or lower level of the website?

For this, one thing to make sure is that every important deep level page should link with your main or root page of the website. But this does not mean that you should link every deep level page with your Home Page rather it is advisable to focus on your money making or very important pages should be easily accessible to search engines & users. It is always good to link your money making pages with the pages which have good PR. So it is not a matter of concern to use deep directory folder.

Google seems to prioritize new domains in SERPs, will a Coming Soon page negatively impact the side?

No, this should not impact the website ranking. In fact, this is a pretty smart act to make your users aware with your upcoming services or information. This should not be a problem to search engines. You can optimize these page by putting quality content once the service/ section is ready for lunch.

How many pages can Google crawl or index from a single website?

Well, there is no limit as far as the page indexing is concern. Google always try to crawl as many pages as possible if pages are important for users & have quality information. In fact, you can find many websites with millions of indexed pages. But Google avoid indexing millions of pages from a website with auto generated junk stuff. So, always take care of the content quality & accessibility of the pages to make them crawlable.

Does position of keywords in URL have a signification impact on rankings?

Matt says that we should not be very possessed about these kind of details as these are very secondary kind of things. Keywords use in URL is definitely adds some value but the path or level should not impact much. Also, we not stuff the URLs with so many keywords which actually looks like a spam.

How much time does Google takes to index a new web page?

Google can find a new page very quickly like in seconds or minutes if the page is linked with an authority site, blog etc. For example, if your new webpage have quality info & is linked with CNN website then Google can crawl it very quickly.

Can I publish 100+ pages at once or in bulk? Would it count as spamming?

If you are publishing 100+ pages or 1000s pages with quality content which might be useful for your visitors then there is no problem but if you are planning to publish millions of pages at once then Google can find it strange. If Google found that the pages are auto generated junk stuff or does not have quality info for users then it will not crawl your website pages.

Should I tweak the Title & Description of the web pages to improve the CTR?

Many people think that their SEO work is over if they are ranking for their targeted keywords but it is not the case. If you are ranking on top 10 and visitors are still not clicking or if you are not getting conversions from your organic search then there is no mean of having a good rank.
We should optimize our Title & Description tags & try to make them compelling (not decisive) with correct info. Title & description tags are the part of ranking snippet in organic listing and are very helpful in increasing the organic CTR which will in turn helps in better ranking & conversions.

Do Google take into account quality factors from Nofollowed links when the links comes from authority websites like Wikipedia?

No, Google will add any value to the links which are nofollowed. Nofollowed links (even from authority websites) will not boost website’s ranking in Google. But yes, websites can get good no. of visits with the help of relevant links from the authority websites like Wikipedia.

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