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Google Responds To Detailed Questions On Pagination SEO Issues

Duplicate content is not a fun topic for many SEOs and Webmasters. When it comes to dealing with large dynamic sites and dealing with how they paginate content, it makes things a bit more complicated. Pagniation of articles and even worse, pagination of the navigational elements (categories, sub category pages) to those articles can be a real hair puller for many webmasters. So what do you do? I spotted one of the most detailed threads on this topic with some of the brightest SEOs and even a Googler discussing the various options.
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Setting The Preferred Domain In Google Webmaster Tools Won’t Hurt You

A quick SEO myth buster post for you. You know how you can set the preferred domain in Google Webmaster Tools? Well, if you do that, you won't be deindexed, so don't worry. A webmaster asked this question in a Google Webmaster Help thread and Google's JohnMu replied. John said: No, setting a preferred domain name does not result in a site being deindexed.
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Why Are My Search Query Counts in Google Webmaster Tools The Same?

If you ever login to see your Google Webmaster Tools search query reports you may notice that from day to day, the chart may display the same number of queries. One person questioned this in Google Webmaster Help asking how this is possible. This webmaster didn't believe his eyes and asked, "How come that the queries can be the same 4 days in a row?" Here is a screen shot from my report and I see similar patterns: Google's JohnMu confirmed this reality in the Google Webmaster Help thread and said it was due to how the numbers were "bucketed" in their system. John said: This is due to the way that the numbers are "bucketed" in our system. Basically, to simplify the UI a bit, ca. the values 160 to 260 may get reduced to 210 and shown that way in the user interface. In practice, if the numbers are the same for you, this means that it has been relatively stable for that time.
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Google Lets You Verify Your Site in Webmaster Tools With Google Analytics Code

Google announced adding an additional method of verifying your site with Google Webmaster Tools. In addition to the HTML file, META tag inclusion, and DNS method of verification, you can now use Google Analytics code. This specifically works with the new asynchronous Analytics JavaScript code but everyone should use that code anyway. The process is simple. Set up the special code on the site, then go to Webmaster Tools and verify the site. You must be the administrator on the Google Analytics account associated with the JavaScript snippet for you to continue to see that site in your Google Webmaster Tools section. Here is a screen capture of the current available methods of verification: Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help .
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Yahoo Site Explorer Migrating Into Bing Webmaster Tools & More

As you know by now, Yahoo promised to complete the transition to being fully powered by Bing in the U.S. and Canada within a week of time. But what does that mean for the beloved Yahoo Site Explorer or BOSS or Search Monkey? Site Explorer will stick around until all of the migration is complete.
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Opting for an SEO Web Hosting Company

Understanding the need to focus on the latest installment of SEO Hosting, there have been a number of contributing factors which tend to confuse the webmaster in opting for the best web host. What must be understood is that there are a ...
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Google Adds Video Sitemaps Errors To Google Webmaster Tools

Google has been explaining to us recently that videos and video sitemaps will be something they are focusing a lot of effort on over the rest of this year. Matt Cutts has recommended SEOs focus a bit more on their video sitemaps efforts because of this change. Over the weekend, Google has added a "Video Sitemaps" section under Google Webmaster Tools's "Lab" section. When you access it, it tells you: Video Sitemaps Errors. We are constantly updating our data, so please keep checking back with us to make sure your sitemaps are healthy. Currently, for all my Sitemap feeds in this report, I see "No information found." I honestly do not see how this differs from the "Sitemaps" under "Site configuration," where you can learn more about your Sitemaps errors there. But Google has added a special Video Sitemaps page to the Labs section for a reason. What can we take away from this?
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Since MayDay/Caffeine is PageRank Being Diluted More When 301 Redirected?

In March, we learned that there is some dilution of PageRank when 301ed from another URL. That means, if I have PageRank on example.com/page1.html and I redirect that page to example.com/page2.html, most but not all of the PageRank from example.com/page1.html will pass to example.com/page2.html. This was contrary to what most people felt was really happening. Most people felt that 100% of the PageRank would ultimately pass form one URL to the next if a 301 redirect was used. So now maybe 99%?
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Google Doesn’t Use Alexa Data For Sitelinks or PageRank

I spotted a funny but yet basic SEO concept in a Google Webmaster Help thread. One webmaster asked, and I quote: It true that Get sitelinks from Google is directly related to traffic of alexa.com The first flag that this is a poor question is that I had to edit several typos in the question itself. The second flag is that a Googler comes in and gives a straight forward answer, as opposed to tip-toeing around the response. JohnMu from Google clearly said, no! He said: Just to be very clear: Alexa's metrics do not play a role in whether or not Sitelinks are shown for a site for a specific query. There you have it - a clear, very clear, response from Google on Alexa's role at Google, or lack there of. Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help .
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