Comments on: Google's Matt Cutts on WordPress http://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/ WordPress Plugins and Custom WordPress Development Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aaron D. Campbellhttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-938 Aaron D. Campbell Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:15:46 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-938 Thanks...I fixed it. Thanks…I fixed it.

]]> By: Kadimihttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-944 Kadimi Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:25:10 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-944 Typo: He said that’s why he uses is and a [...] Typo: He said that’s why he uses is and a [...]

]]> By: Aaron D. Campbellhttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-945 Aaron D. Campbell Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:44:22 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-945 I can understand if you don't care what he says, but to be clear...he STILL works for Google. I can understand if you don’t care what he says, but to be clear…he STILL works for Google.

]]> By: Charleshttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-943 Charles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:41:40 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-943 matt cutts isn't important. He's just a guy who used towork for google matt cutts isn’t important. He’s just a guy who used towork for google

]]> By: Aaron D. Campbellhttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-942 Aaron D. Campbell Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:05:49 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-942 There's another little tidbit that I forgot in the article, which can be just for you comment readers. Words in a URL should be separated by a hyphen (-) if possible. Underscores are also OK, but no separation is really bad. He used as an example "<a href="http://experts-exchange.com" rel="nofollow">Experts Exchange</a>" who uses a hyphen, but if they didn't, their domain would be ExpertsExchange.com which with different capitalization is ExpertSexChange.com. I know, I know, it's funny. We all get to be 11 again and laugh. However, the truth of the matter is that the search engine has to try to make sense of a big blob of text, and sometimes that's not as easy as it sounds. There’s another little tidbit that I forgot in the article, which can be just for you comment readers. Words in a URL should be separated by a hyphen (-) if possible. Underscores are also OK, but no separation is really bad. He used as an example “Experts Exchange” who uses a hyphen, but if they didn’t, their domain would be ExpertsExchange.com which with different capitalization is ExpertSexChange.com. I know, I know, it’s funny. We all get to be 11 again and laugh. However, the truth of the matter is that the search engine has to try to make sense of a big blob of text, and sometimes that’s not as easy as it sounds.

]]> By: Aaron D. Campbellhttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-941 Aaron D. Campbell Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:01:40 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-941 I don't claim to be an expert (not on the same level as someone like Matt Cutts or even Joost de Valk, who also uses that <a href="http://yoast.com/changing-your-permalink-structure/" rel="nofollow">permalink structure</a>). However, just doing some quick Google searches for common keywords, it looks like maybe 5-7% of the top 100 links returned use .html (about 2% on the low end, and 15% on the high end, with most searches being about 5-7%).That sounds pretty small, considering how many sites out there actually use .html as their default extension. I'm not sure if this means that .html is worse for SEO or just that most people that are good at SEO choose not to use it. However, I lean toward the latter. I don't think it makes much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. I don’t claim to be an expert (not on the same level as someone like Matt Cutts or even Joost de Valk, who also uses that permalink structure). However, just doing some quick Google searches for common keywords, it looks like maybe 5-7% of the top 100 links returned use .html (about 2% on the low end, and 15% on the high end, with most searches being about 5-7%).

That sounds pretty small, considering how many sites out there actually use .html as their default extension. I’m not sure if this means that .html is worse for SEO or just that most people that are good at SEO choose not to use it. However, I lean toward the latter. I don’t think it makes much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.

]]> By: Idaho Falls Photoshttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-940 Idaho Falls Photos Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:27:44 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-940 Really good article, wish he had more to say about wordpress. Been to quite a few SES and the SMX Advanced conferences and it seems to be split down the middle on the permalink structure. I've spoke with many top SEO's and WP fans and, in my experience, the results are half one way, half the other. This is in regards to Matt's quote:"He also mentioned that he uses /%postname%/ for his WordPress permalink structure, which I think is pretty standard among many SEO professionals"When asking this question to various people at the conference, half go with /%postname%/ and the other half go with /%postname.htmlJust looking for "solid" proof one way is better then the other, not just opinions. Anyone have something to add or share on this?Have a great day! Really good article, wish he had more to say about wordpress. Been to quite a few SES and the SMX Advanced conferences and it seems to be split down the middle on the permalink structure. I’ve spoke with many top SEO’s and WP fans and, in my experience, the results are half one way, half the other. This is in regards to Matt’s quote:

“He also mentioned that he uses /%postname%/ for his WordPress permalink structure, which I think is pretty standard among many SEO professionals”

When asking this question to various people at the conference, half go with /%postname%/ and the other half go with /%postname.html

Just looking for “solid” proof one way is better then the other, not just opinions. Anyone have something to add or share on this?

Have a great day!

]]> By: WordPress & Blogging Articles for june 10 2009 | WPStart.org - WordPress themes, plugins and newshttp://xavisys.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-wordpress/#comment-939 WordPress & Blogging Articles for june 10 2009 | WPStart.org - WordPress themes, plugins and news Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:39:41 +0000 http://wpinformer.com/?p=65#comment-939 [...] Google’s Matt Cutts on WordPress Matt Cutts is the head of the webspam team at Google where he specializes in search engine optimization (SEO) issues. He is known in the webmaster and SEO community for applying Google’s Quality Guidelines. Before working in the Search Quality group at Google, Matt worked at the ads engineering group and on Google’s SafeSearch. The point is, unlike many “SEO Professionals” who only claim to know what they’re doing, Matt Cutts is well respected because he really does! - By WordPress Informer [...] [...] Google’s Matt Cutts on WordPress Matt Cutts is the head of the webspam team at Google where he specializes in search engine optimization (SEO) issues. He is known in the webmaster and SEO community for applying Google’s Quality Guidelines. Before working in the Search Quality group at Google, Matt worked at the ads engineering group and on Google’s SafeSearch. The point is, unlike many “SEO Professionals” who only claim to know what they’re doing, Matt Cutts is well respected because he really does! – By WordPress Informer [...]

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