Google Questions

I'm investigating ad serving software. Google has a product, acquired from DoubleClick, called DFP. They've divided it up into a free "small business" version (too small for me) and a premium DFP...

Advertising Website Google

asked May 20 '10 at 01:25

Joel Spolsky
13,482 points

If I get several links from authority sites that aren't really related to my site's topic, would they count towards an SEO benefit? Or worse, could it have a negative affect on my rankings?

Google SEO Niche Link Building

asked Jun 5 '14 at 16:09

Sonja Smith
29 points

I had a page with an obscure url that wasn't linked from any other page and no where on the web. My sitemap file didn't include this page either.Yet I just saw that Google indexed the page and it...

Google Search Engines Search Search Ranking

asked Jun 16 '14 at 20:44

Mark Christensen
7 points

For my target keyword I am ranking as #1. Lately I've started seeing strange backlinks (lots of them) in Google Webmaster Tools.I suspect one of my competitors is doing it to potentially screw up...

Competition Google SEO Spam Backlinks

asked Jun 19 '14 at 01:42

Kevin Kinder
11 points

I have a high quality content site that was consistently growing the last three months. The backlinks are from authority sites.Just a few days after I changed my whois registration to private, my...

Google SEO Search Engines Search Ranking Domain Names

asked Jun 23 '14 at 12:28

Albert Vaughan
7 points

I own a fairly popular image hosting site (mostly memes). The content of the site isn't high value to advertisers on Google so my application to AdSense was rejected.How can I find a way to...

Monetization Advertising Google Adsense

asked Jun 25 '14 at 13:10

Joseph Larson
12 points

How large of a factor do backlinks play in SEO rankings in Google?Is it possible to rank high for moderately competitive terms with little or no backlinks?If I put out great high quality content,...

Blog Google SEO Link Building Backlinks

asked Jul 11 '14 at 14:25

Roland Henderson
7 points

How do I link AdSense to each author to see how much revenue each individual author generates? I'm using Wordpress.

Metrics Google Adsense Performance

asked Jul 23 '14 at 04:27

Starrychloe S.
83 points

We spent a lot of money on PPC ads and lately seeing a ton of fraudulent clicks. After some investigation, they appear to be clicks by competitors. How can we prevent this from happening on not...

Adwords Competition Advertising Google Fraud

asked Apr 17 '15 at 10:10

Frank Heacock
12 points

Matt Cutts, the head of web spam at Google, made a statement that site owners should nofollow any link on widgets they distribute. So apparently this common practice has also now become gray/black...

Google SEO Link Building Backlinks

asked May 27 '14 at 16:26

Julia Levine
12 points

I would like to run Google AdWords campaigns with the keywords as my competitor's brand names. Some questions: Is it legal to do so? Would consumers view this negatively for my brand (i.e. would my...

Adwords Competition Google PPC Keywords

asked May 11 '14 at 18:44

Yesenia Mc Laughlin
7 points

Google has made it public in their guidelines that too many affiliate links on a site effects it's rankings significantly.Does that mean sites that are completely about affiliate marketing...

Google SEO PPC Affiliate Marketing

asked Apr 12 '14 at 00:40

Gary Taylor
12 points

With all the information being dispensed by Matt Cutts and the Google web spam team, is link building soon going to be dead. In terms of not being a prominent factor in rankings?Especially since...

Google SEO Spam Link Building

asked Apr 3 '14 at 10:41

Christopher Arnold
11 points

When I Google my own name, all my social media accounts (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc) show up before my personal blog. What can I do to ensure my Blog gets listed before the social...

Google SEO Bloggers

asked Mar 31 '14 at 11:57

Megan Sherman
7 points

Which one of these should startups focus on for the most impact: SEO Content marketing Branding Social media marketing The biggest downside of focusing on SEO first is that almost every month...

Marketing Google SEO Traction

asked Mar 29 '14 at 18:57

Angelina Hall
2 points

How do you see Facebook potentially fitting WhatsApp in their ecosystem?Do you think the market is too saturated for another startup?The current players are WhatsApp, KIK, Viber, Google Voice,...

Google Facebook SMS Whatsapp

asked Mar 26 '14 at 11:55

Joseph Styers
60 points

What are some of the most important things I should be doing after pushing games live to attract users?How did Flappy Bird get it's traction? All I've read in articles is that the game was live for...

Marketing Google Apps Android Ios

asked Mar 20 '14 at 19:57

Elizabeth Wilburn
25 points

How many cars does Google's buses remove from the roads per day in the bay area?Also, is a there any company that allows smaller startups to pool together to provide the same benefit to their...

Google Perks Environment

asked Mar 21 '14 at 16:25

James Guy
15 points

I purchased an expired domain on Godaddy Auctions for about $1,500 which had quite a few backlinks. I thought it would give me a head start with SEO.I, unfortunately, didn't research the domain out...

Google SEO Domain Names Godaddy

asked Mar 13 '14 at 20:55

Joel Mayes
35 points

With a hold on the search market share like Google has, how would you imagine a company becoming the next search engine giant? DuckDuckGo, a small company, has been trying but wasn't able...

Google Search Engines

asked Feb 20 '14 at 21:27

Dominick
16 points