THE search engine. This is for discussion about Google as a company, <strong>not</strong> for discussion of individual sites (SEO, PageRank for a site or "why a site ranks where it does" questions) or Google search results. Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:41:10 +0000 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:41:10 +0000 Digital Point https://forums.digitalpoint.com/forums/google.5/ Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:57:36 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-stop-pagerank-google-we-wont-be-updating-toolbar-pagerank.2734862/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-stop-pagerank-google-we-wont-be-updating-toolbar-pagerank.2734862/ goldmon goldmon check source - https://www.seroundtable.com/google-toolbar-pagerank-dead-19256.html
what will be next?]]> 30 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:48:18 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/from-where-i-can-start-off-page-seo-for-my-new-blog.2735967/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/from-where-i-can-start-off-page-seo-for-my-new-blog.2735967/ sagorbiswas51 sagorbiswas51
Every help will be acceptable.]]> 2 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:31:16 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-serp-update-since-sunday-who-is-affected.2736003/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-serp-update-since-sunday-who-is-affected.2736003/ Banglamart Banglamart
My experience is very bad. 05 of my highly optimized website has been kicked from 1st page to 05th page.

Please update your experience ?]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:53:19 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-penguin-3-0-just-rolled-out.2735925/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-penguin-3-0-just-rolled-out.2735925/ x.marty.x x.marty.x
http://www.geekiti.com/2014/10/google-update-penguin-30/]]> 4 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 03:56:46 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-add-a-site-to-google-webmaster-tools.2735968/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-add-a-site-to-google-webmaster-tools.2735968/ exoticpublishing exoticpublishing
So I've never done this before b/c I hired others to do it, so can someone give me step-by-step instructions on how to add the GWTs code to the site if it's a WordPress site.

The sites are added to GWTs, but I don't know where the code goes on the site to verify it.

Thanks]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:28:02 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/traffic-dropped-by-80-moving-from-http-to-https.2735956/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/traffic-dropped-by-80-moving-from-http-to-https.2735956/ Banglamart Banglamart
I would like to let all of you know that, I moved 04 of our websites from HTTP to HTTPS 72 hours back (due to Google's new SSL policy). Now I have noticed that, my traffic has dropped by 80 % to 90 %.

Now, I can find my website to Page 05 while it was on the 2 - 5 position of 1st page. I have no idea how can i regain my possible back.

Should I get this back to HTTP again? I do not want you to be victim same mistake.

I am at a loss ]]> 1 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:29:57 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-sandbox-how-would-you-get-out.2735575/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-sandbox-how-would-you-get-out.2735575/ Mr.Dog Mr.Dog
I'm finding it a bit harder than usual to get out of Google's sandbox. I think in the past it was easier.
Despite a few good links, guest articles, etc....

What techniques would you use?]]> 9 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:45:58 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-is-becoming-too-powerful.2699795/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-is-becoming-too-powerful.2699795/ maddog1993 maddog1993 125 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:37:03 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-does-google-see-one-page-parallax-for-seo.2735909/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-does-google-see-one-page-parallax-for-seo.2735909/ DBL07.co DBL07.co Cheers,
DBL07]]> 4 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:19:15 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-pr-is-dead.2735916/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-pr-is-dead.2735916/ not DigitalPoint. not DigitalPoint.
I have got information recently:
10/15/2014 PageRank No Longer Being Updated by Google
Dear Bloggers,

Google recently announced that they are no longer going to be updating PageRank. Please read through this article for further information: searchengineland (dot) com/google-toolbar-pagerank-finally-officially-dead-205277

Now that PR is no longer being updated it cannot be relied on as a stat/metric. We will be removing it from our interface in the future but for now we are...

Google PR is Dead]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:13:28 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/thread-removed.2735807/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/thread-removed.2735807/ waqasjawedmemon waqasjawedmemon 8 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:11:32 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/simple-a-b-testing-for-google-analytics.2735873/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/simple-a-b-testing-for-google-analytics.2735873/ abtst abtst
I'm working on an A/B testing solution that will report directly
to Google Analytics and you take your conversion goals right
from Analytics too.

It is easier to use than Google Content Experiments because
you won't have to create different URLs for your experiments,
there are no redirects. And you can test across all pages of
your site (or any single page too) unlike the Content Experiments
solution. Integration with your site is also easy - you place a single
tag to your site and that's...

Simple A/B testing for Google Analytics]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:52:58 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-penguin-3-0-likely-in-2014-says-john-mueller.2732969/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-penguin-3-0-likely-in-2014-says-john-mueller.2732969/ kusonpadam kusonpadam
"My guess is yes," Mueller says. "But, as always, there are always things that can happen in between. I'm pretty confident we'll have something in the reasonable future, but not today, so we'll definitely let you know when things are happening."

This news comes after Mueller said in aSeptember 8 hangoutthat Google is working...

Google Penguin 3.0 Likely in 2014, Says John Mueller]]> 7 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:10:57 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-panda-4-1-are-you-affected.2734572/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-panda-4-1-are-you-affected.2734572/ chinesegirl07 chinesegirl07 25 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:11:15 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/best-tools-methods-for-analyzing-why-my-site-dropped-in-google-ranking.2735484/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/best-tools-methods-for-analyzing-why-my-site-dropped-in-google-ranking.2735484/ tjonnyc tjonnyc
I would like to analyze my site and figure out what's wrong... but don't know where to begin. Are there any reputable tools (or decently-priced LEGITIMATE SEO companies) that can perform an analysis and give me a list of things to improve?

I have the basics covered - W3C error checking, site speed,...

Best tools / methods for analyzing why my site dropped in Google ranking?]]> 3 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:41:51 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-we-promote-a-business-in-multiple-cities.2735589/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-we-promote-a-business-in-multiple-cities.2735589/ sanjaywebmaster sanjaywebmaster
I have a website and want to promote in multiple cities with target keywords.

Services in delhi

Services in Mumbai

Services in Kolkata

Services in Chennai

Services in pune

And 15+ more cities

Can anyone suggest me what process I use to execute this campaign.

1. Please suggest me website design.

2. SEO plan to get rank on those keywords.

3. Content writing guideline

Note : I have only 1 local physical address.]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:11:49 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/i-need-to-create-a-new-youtube-account-keeping-old-account.2733243/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/i-need-to-create-a-new-youtube-account-keeping-old-account.2733243/ aselapop aselapop my youtube acc has a 1strike ,not suspended ,now i need to create a new account keeping my old account on same IP ,thats why my adsense acc has associated ,How To do this without Both account Suspention,help me]]> 6 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:49:40 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-seo-and-open-graph-protocal-seo-do-they-clash.2086608/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-seo-and-open-graph-protocal-seo-do-they-clash.2086608/ flyingkiwi flyingkiwi i am looking at adding the variious ogp (open graph protocol) tags into my site http://ogp.me/ so that when people "like" the page more information is posted on their facebook profile. My question is does anyone have any experence or know if the additional og tags (especially descriptions title etc) will clash with main site ones which help with google seo????

interested in your thoughts
neil
http://www.flyingkiwi.com]]> 5 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:17:53 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-webmaster-error.2735133/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-webmaster-error.2735133/ gree124 gree124
I am getting error daily on my google webmaster like forums//showthread.php?t=915 all errors start with forums//showthread i want to know why i am getting this and how to resolve this below is robots.txt

www.mknexusonline.com/robots.txt (this one i put on google webmaster)
www.mknexusonline.com/forums/robots.txt

and this my url mknexusonline.com/forums/

google webmaster error]]> 2 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:40:19 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/thirdparty-matching-for-my-own-videos.2735285/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/thirdparty-matching-for-my-own-videos.2735285/ aselapop aselapop 2 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:17:37 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/iyourdomainname-com.2735307/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/iyourdomainname-com.2735307/ Lemans Lemans I'm planing to launch one clothing domain name with "i" in front of domain. My concern is how this kind of domains perform in G.

Thank you]]> 2 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:40:25 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-panda-4-1-update-is-rolling-out.2733884/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-panda-4-1-update-is-rolling-out.2733884/ KylieSweet KylieSweet 24 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:25:35 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-webmaster-error.2735132/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-webmaster-error.2735132/ gree124 gree124 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:30:16 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/information-about-backlinks.2734927/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/information-about-backlinks.2734927/ phanvanhan phanvanhan www.yourdomain.com' and you will get your results. When you enter the same query with a space before the 'www' eg. 'link: www.yourdomain.com' the results are so different?
Does anyone know why?

Information about backlinks]]> 6 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:44:23 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/starting-a-youtube-channel-with-others-videos-is-it-illegal.2731781/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/starting-a-youtube-channel-with-others-videos-is-it-illegal.2731781/ moccc moccc Is it illegal to start a youtube channel and upload other's videos ? for example , downloading funny videos from a facebook page and then upload it on youtube ?
I have about 100GB of funny video clips that i can start a channel ,
How about creating a Facebook Page and upload these videos there ?]]> 17 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:21:43 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/i-dont-have-any-own-videos-to-upload-youtube-what-should-i-upload-and-monetise.2734094/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/i-dont-have-any-own-videos-to-upload-youtube-what-should-i-upload-and-monetise.2734094/ aselapop aselapop i don't have any own videos to upload youtube ? What should i upload and monetise]]> 12 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:13:40 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/why-google-says-page-doesnt-exist-in-wmt-when-it-actually-exists.2733981/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/why-google-says-page-doesnt-exist-in-wmt-when-it-actually-exists.2733981/ softech02 softech02 This thing is driving me crazy and I have been trying to figure out why Google says it. I have a forum that uses MyBB forum software. It was working fine till couple of weeks ago but since then new posts aren't being crawled by Google. Initially I thought, It will take sometime for google to crawl them but later I realised the posts aren't being crawled. When I checked WMT, I saw there was many error saying the pages google is trying to crawl do not exist but they do!

For example Below is...

Why Google says page doesn't exist in WMT when it actually exists]]> 8 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:46:18 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/when-will-be-major-pagerank-update.2729043/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/when-will-be-major-pagerank-update.2729043/ Card Card
Can anyone tell when will be the next PR Update?]]> 26 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 03:53:41 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/page-views-have-decreased-overnight.2734910/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/page-views-have-decreased-overnight.2734910/ manishak2001 manishak2001 4 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:57:10 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/answer-about-google-index-page.2734928/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/answer-about-google-index-page.2734928/ phanvanhan phanvanhan also since my bl have returned i have a further 2000 pages indexed by google.
is this to do with the datacenters thing?]]> 2 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:58:00 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-disavow-okay-to-use.2707877/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-disavow-okay-to-use.2707877/ nickywalker nickywalker
My site dropped over the past year and a bit with the penguin updates etc. I used linkdetox.com to see if I had many dodgy links a basically I've got loads and it recommends I either remove the links (not possible in most cases) or use Google disavow.

Basically, has anyone used the disavow tool and had any problems?

I've read a few (possibly anecdotal) reports that in using it you could be seen as essentially saying to google "look at me, i admit it I've got dodgy links,...

Google disavow - okay to use?]]> 29 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:23:24 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/obscene-images-nsfw-being-displayed-for-a-word-used-to-search-for-a-brand.2734806/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/obscene-images-nsfw-being-displayed-for-a-word-used-to-search-for-a-brand.2734806/ rahul_kp5 rahul_kp5
One of our client's website domain url starts with the word "Cipy" and whenever a user searches on Google for their brand using this word he gets to see adult/obscene images which is hampering their online reputation. Now my query here is whether the dictionary meaning of the word Cipy is resulting this images or is it a result of some unknown activity on the web?

Also request if any one of you could help us fix this issue or let us know as to what things should we do to replace the...

Obscene images (NSFW) being displayed for a word used to search for a brand]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:26:52 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/life-without-google.2728974/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/life-without-google.2728974/ marktravellinks marktravellinks
Can you imagine the online life without Google? I was trying to do that and think for the various strange results came in the mind:

1) Where students will look for the answers and detailed study of their questions?

2) Some of the professionals will lose their jobs as they are considered only for doing Google research

3) We may face some spammy and worthless sites well as we used to see when try to research on other search engines

4) Google algorithms are very large and...

Life without Google!]]> 43 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:16:18 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/softaculous-wordpress-clone-bad-for-google.2731998/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/softaculous-wordpress-clone-bad-for-google.2731998/ haliloo22 haliloo22
i create wordpress websites and get some traffic from google. but it takes a lot of times to create a new site: new wordpress install, plugins, themes. now i discovered softaculous wordpress clone system in cpanel.
is this bad for seo?

say i create a new website 1. i install all plugins and 10 themes i want on it. then i clone this new fresh website to new 10 domains. will this 10 domains also be good at google search engine?
all there content will be different. only the...

softaculous wordpress clone bad for google?]]> 3 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:01:15 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-design-for-the-new-googles-youtube-channels-youtub.2734731/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-design-for-the-new-googles-youtube-channels-youtub.2734731/ Fastseo Fastseo ]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2014 03:53:33 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/what-the-heck-all-of-google-is-down.2733124/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/what-the-heck-all-of-google-is-down.2733124/ DinoJRG DinoJRG
It's crippling my internet use!

Anyone else notice?]]> 11 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:57:25 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-play-promotion.2731543/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-play-promotion.2731543/ Mylands Mylands I am an Internet Marketing Manager of an Online Browser Game.
What I am doing now is promoting the game in Google Play. And I am going to buy reviews and ratings from Advertising Network in huge amounts (up to 1000 reviews).
Please tell me will I have any problems and will Google Play ban my product somehow for this? Or they just don`t track this issue?

thanks]]> 1 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:56:21 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/keyword-planner-tool.2698120/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/keyword-planner-tool.2698120/ Jin Well Jin Well
Anyone else getting same error or just happening on my System only?]]> 18 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:36:22 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/4624147-gmail-password-leaked-in-public.2732493/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/4624147-gmail-password-leaked-in-public.2732493/ pupul pupul So do check if your password is compromised any way.
isleaked.com/results/en
If you have't changed your password in last three years you must worry.]]> 2 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:35:50 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/junk-in-searches.2725247/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/junk-in-searches.2725247/ qwikad.com qwikad.com 18 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:34:29 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/blogspot-content-scraper-how-long-did-it-take-for-google-to-delete-the-blog.2733604/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/blogspot-content-scraper-how-long-did-it-take-for-google-to-delete-the-blog.2733604/ dcristo dcristo
Also, what exactly did you do? Did you report the blog as spam in Webmaster Tools?]]> 5 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:11:44 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/do-you-think-ratings-in-rich-snippets-increase-ctr.2733104/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/do-you-think-ratings-in-rich-snippets-increase-ctr.2733104/ juhasan juhasan
Personally I think it does, bright rating star gets click-through rate. Do you think the same? Disagree?]]> 5 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:48:53 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-request-for-reconsideration-in-google-webmaster.2695368/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-to-request-for-reconsideration-in-google-webmaster.2695368/ Devprakash Devprakash
According to Google Blog it should be here.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604824
View the Manual Action page:

1. On the Webmaster Tools Dashboard, click Search Traffic.
2. Click Manual Actions.
3. Review any manual actions that are listed. Once you've addressed these problems, and...

How to Request for Reconsideration in Google Webmaster?]]> 17 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:43:32 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-default-google-analytics-failing.2732445/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-default-google-analytics-failing.2732445/ ConnorMarc ConnorMarc
I have a situation as follows...

Google Analytics shows only 30 or so hits for last 30 days, while Google AdWords shows 900 or so-- this situation hasn't changed for several months-- used to be the two services showed similar results.

Anyone knows what causes this and/or how to rectify it?

Sincerely,
Marc]]> 1 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:47:12 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-really-frustrates-me.2726856/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-really-frustrates-me.2726856/ Veronica Ruggiero Veronica Ruggiero
A lot of the times, my search queries don't even show up correctly. They still allow spam to get through, so I've picked up malware on multiple occasions.

A new search engine needs to come along asap! Google is starting to rule the world.]]> 33 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:54:13 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/can-i-get-subscribers-from-exchanger-programe-to-my-yt-channel.2733348/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/can-i-get-subscribers-from-exchanger-programe-to-my-yt-channel.2733348/ aselapop aselapop 3 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:45:35 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/what-is-google-search-terms.2727635/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/what-is-google-search-terms.2727635/ notty queen notty queen 6 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:05:23 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/old-youtube-channel-has-a-one-strike-and-created-new-channel-on-same-email.2733292/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/old-youtube-channel-has-a-one-strike-and-created-new-channel-on-same-email.2733292/ aselapop aselapop old youtube channel has a one strike ,and created new channel on same email ,now my new channel running well ,but if my old chnnel suspended,what will happend my new channel ,both channels are running on same email ...]]> 5 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 01:46:55 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-search-results-google-places-concern.2732802/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-search-results-google-places-concern.2732802/ PhiladelphiaIM PhiladelphiaIM
I just recently ran a search on the name of a business and all of the top results were associated with the business, so everything was pretty normal on that end. However, on the right-hand side of the page was a huge Google Local result for ANOTHER business. Why would this happen and what can be done about it? I've never seen anything like this before. Any suggestions?]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:43:33 +0000 https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-no-longer-the-best-engine-for-organic-results.2664568/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/google-no-longer-the-best-engine-for-organic-results.2664568/ dvduval dvduval
Ixquick and DuckDuckGo to a much better job of providing...

Google No Longer the Best Engine for Organic Results]]> 58