Category: Webmaster Hangouts

WebMaster Hangout – March 9, 2023

Based on the English Google SEO office-hours from March 2023 What is the most effective way to update the results for the website? Bob asked about the most effective way to update SEO results when a URL has been redirected to a new WordPress site, but the search results display a mixture of the old […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from January 31, 2023

Introduction Lizzi: (00:00) It’s January, it’s 2023, it’s the new year. And what do we have for you today? It’s office hours, and it’s me. And some questions and some answers, and let’s get into it. I’m Lizzy from the Search Relations team. Do meta keywords matter?  Lizzi: (00:15)  Do meta keywords still help with […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from DECEMBER 29, 2022

Introduction Lizzi: (00:00) Hello, hello, and welcome to the December edition of the Google SEO Office Hours, a monthly audio recording coming to you from the Google Search team answering questions about search submitted by you. Today, you’ll be hearing from Alan, Gary, John, Duy and me, Lizzy. All right, let’s get started. How to […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from SEPTEMBER 07, 2022

A site that connects seekers and providers of household-related services. LIZZI SASSMAN: (01:03) So the first question that we’ve got here is from Dimo, a site that connects seekers and providers of household related services. Matching of listings is based on zip code, but our users come from all over Germany. The best value for […]

WEBMASTER HANGOUT – LIVE FROM JULY 01, 2022

Which number is correct, Page Speed Insights or Search Console? Q: (00:30) Starting off, I have one topic that has come up repeatedly recently, and I thought I would try to answer it in the form of a question while we’re at it here. So, first of all, when I check my page speed insight […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from June 03, 2022

Can I use two HTTP result codes on a page? Q: (01:22) All right, so the first question I have on my list here is it’s theoretically possible to have two different HTTP result codes on a page, but what will Google do with those two codes? Will Google even see them? And if yes, […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from May 06, 2022

Can I use Web Components for SEO? Q. (03:04) Is there any problem with using web components for SEO, or is it OK to use them for my website? Is it ok to use FAQ schema across different parts of a page? Q. (05:18) Is it OK to use the FAQ schema to markup questions […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from April 29, 2022

Should we make a UK version of our English blog? Q. (03:15) The company I work at is working on expanding its market in the UK and recently launched a UK subsite. 70% of our US traffic comes from our blog, and we don’t currently have a blog on the UK subsite. Would translating our […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from April 01, 2022

Crawling of Website. Q. (00:55) My question is about the crawling of our website. We have different numbers from the crawling of the Search Console in our server log. For instance, we have three times the number of the crawling from Google in our server, and in Search Console, we have one of the three […]

WebMaster Hangout – Live from March 25, 2022

Search Console Says I’m Ranking #1, but I Don’t See It. Q. (00:56) The question is about the average position in Google Search Engine. A few days ago, I realised that over 60 queries show that I am in position #1. I still don’t understand how that works because some of the keywords I am […]