Thursday, March 25, 2010
Googles Matt Cutts SEO Tips
I often intend to watch the Google webmaster videos Matt Cutts puts on Youtube however life is too busy most of the time but this morning I had a couple of spare hours so thought I would watch a few and summarise some brief points here.
Tables or Divs - do they affect SEO?
Matt says no they do not affect at all how the Googlebot treats the website.
Should you Use -9000px for the Logo for Your Website?
This matter intrigued me as I am on a forum for web designers, a large proportion of whom are graphic designers and I often end up in arguments with them regarding this point - they favour this practice whereas I feel it is unnecessary. Well in June 2009 Matt Cutts said that this method of placing the logo text way off the page is indeed hidden text and should not be used and instead the alt attribute should be used. Controversially he also referred to the alt TAG as opposed to alt ATTRIBUTE, as I recall, which is hilarious as that is another of the subjects that people on the forum get pretty hot under the collar about.
Should I Use Keywords in My URLs?
Matt’s answer was that it helps but it’s not overly important. He said to only use 2 or 3 keywords and to not worry too much about the order they are in.
As I don’t want my posts to be too long I will carry on with these snippets of information in the next post.
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