Are you wondering that in case a site linking to your site gets penalized for purchasing links, will the penalty affect your site?
Google Webmaster has just uploaded a video citing the answer to your question:
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Google has added new integration options to Google+ Sign-in. They have forged partnership with social login providers JanRain and Gigya bringing Google+ sign-ins to thousands of new sites.
Developers will now be able to add trusted authentication to their apps and websites, enabling instant download of Android app by the users. The mechanism will enable users customize their app experience using Google+ profile info and share interactive posts with friends.
A webmaster recently put up an interesting question to Matt Cutts, head of webspam team at Google – “I've seen multiple websites that appear in the #1 spot for various keywords, whose backlink profiles are pretty low quality…Why wouldn't Penguin have moved these sites further down in rankings?” Find what Matt has to say.
The craze of 1st April, the April Fool's day seems to have died over the years, but Google is determined to keep the craze alive. Here is a long list of Google pranks that we have come across so far…
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Matt has explained an interesting question – ‘Where do you see Google search 10 years from now?’ with diligence. It envisions how Google expects search to develop in the coming years and their plans to tackle the challenges.
Matt Cutts has posted a short video advising webmasters not to block Googlebot from crawling Javascript using robots.txt. He was replying to a query on the crawling issues. Blocking Javascript may prevent Googlebot from crawling a site effectively.
What if a website is down for a couple of days and loses its Google ranking? Matt Cutts has come up with a comprehensive answer on a recently uploaded Google Webmaster Help video.
YouTube has announced that their search are now a part of Google Trends. To try YouTube Trends search, visit Google Trends, enter a search keyword, on the search result page select “YouTube” under the “limit to” option on the left. That will provide you with the current search trend of the keyword on YouTube search.
The latest webmaster help video by Matt Cutts, Head of Search Spam Team at Google, focuses on the need for text to index content on the website. Matt Cutts answers a question regarding the importance of text in getting Google to index the site. The per son who has asked the question has a website that has mainly image content, and informs that users like it much better, the bounce rate is lowered and the conversion rate is higher.
Webmasters have always relied upon the ability of Google Webmaster Tools to keep themselves updated with detailed reports about the visibility of their websites on Google. It has provided them with detailed information regarding link as well as query traffic. This system has provided the webmasters with an easy understanding of how Google's indexing method works. Now this system has been upgraded to increase ease of management for webmasters.
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